…Cam sasanqua left. Hamamelis mollis ½ open. Flowers on the white C japonica Dutch Pearl shows colour. 1927 – JCW A good few lapagerias flowers, several Rho sulfureum and lutescens,…

…Double form out – also a few flowers of Speciosa and its hybrids. Also Engine House double white. Hamamelis beginning to be good. Rho mucronulatum coming out and lutescens. Several…

…Salicifolia above Camellias fully out. Camellia hybrids very good also Reticulata species and Lady Clare. Rhodo sutchuenense hybrids and reds at their best, red Auklandii coming. Lutescens very good. Most…

…Cam sasanqua, lapagerias,. Rhodo’s lutescens, mucronulatum, nobleanum, keysii, thomsonii show bits of flowers. 1908 – JCW Some coums, some polyanthus and blue primulas. 1903 – JCW Coums begin to look…

…colour. Lutescens very fine for weeks and ciliatum. One Lapageria flower. 1924 – JCW This is very near 1914. The best Rhodo’s are the Hippophaeoides set but frost and the…

…season, though Nobleanum and Lutescens have been open for some time. 1913 – JCW Many good roses, over 100 lapageria on the pillar plant. Clematis cirrhosa very good. Camellia sasanqua,…

…– JCW H mollis is the best thing we have and Rho mucronulatum next. Some Caucasicums Lutescens etc but no real show of them. The Cardinal willow is very nice,the…

…nice. R planetum opening. Lutescens is the best rhodo. Magnolia kobus with 500 (?) flowers open is far the best thing here. There are possibly over 1000 to open. The…

…most part very few of them open. 1918 – JCW Moupinense is open as to one third, bits of lutescens, scabrifolium, sutchuenense, Blood red hybrid and a fair bit of…