"Fine bright day with beautiful coloring but rather cold wind. Temp. 50. A day of great enjoyment in the beauty of the Gardens with a lovely view from Gentian Walk seat. Gentiana acaulis in flower along the Walk, Pink Arabis still fresh and in good colour everywhere and a thick ribbon of Estevan Iris in their exquisite blue along the Gentian Shrubbery. View of High Bank quite brilliant but there there is yet a lot to come out before it will be at its peak." Elsie Reford, Garden Diary, Sunday, May 27th 1945