Correspondents include: representatives of East Malling [Kent] Research Station (5) and Hillier and Sons, nurserymen and seedsmen, (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and secretaries Grace Hamblin, Kathleen Hill, and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Subjects include: purchasing and growing plants, trees, and flowers; encouraging bees; recommending treatments; instructions to the gardener, Harris; opening the grounds to visitors.Also includes: East Malling annual report 1944; fruit tree catalogue; circular letter from 1st Lord Athlone [earlier Alexander Cambridge].