Plants in the Hortus
Many of the plants described here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861. A large number of additional plants were identified from correspondence, gardening notebooks and other documents surviving in the archives. The Hortus attempts to describe all the plants grown in the gardens at Camden Park and those grown in horticultural enterprises such as orchards and vineyards and includes plants grown outside the gardens in the park-like environs of the Camden Park estate. The Hortus plants served a wide range of purposes in the 19th century household; as ornament, living fences, fibre, dyestuffs, medicines, food and drink from the garden, orchard and vineyard and many others.
Gladiolus (cardinalis x tristis) x (x gandavensis) [#7]
Three way hybrid, (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis no.7, described in Macarthur’s notebook no.4 in 1847. ‘Scape, flower middling size and shape, upper lobes pale pink striped with yellow, lower lobes striped with dark purple crimson or carmine with same colour in throat.’ [MP A2948-4].
Gladiolus (cardinalis x tristis) x (x gandavensis) [#8]
Three way hybrid, (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis no.8, described in Macarthur’s notebook no.4 in 1847. ‘Slender scape, middling sized flower, good shape, yellow throat striped with carmine, lower lobes tipped with pink. Good variety.’ [MP A2948-4].
Gladiolus (cardinalis x tristis) x (x gandavensis) [#9]
Three way hybrid, (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis no.9, described in Macarthur’s notebook no.4 in 1847. ‘Robust scape, flowers large, well shaped pale crimson approaching to scarlet, lower lobes partly yellow inside with a little purple. Good variety.’ [MP A2948-4].
Gladiolus (scarlet from Mr. Herbert) x (x gandavensis)
A single hybrid derived from an unnamed plant obtained from William Herbert, presumably by John Bidwill, is described but not named. ‘Gladiolus scarlet Mr. Herbert x G. Gandavensis. Flowers very large of bright pink and scarlet, tolerably well shaped, petals too pointed – [word indistinct] flower lobes light yellow ochre and a little purple, beautiful bright colour. Shape not so good.’ [MP A2948-4].
Gladiolus (x colvilli hybrid) x blandus
A hybrid of a Gladiolus x colvilli hybrid x Gladiolus carneus. No description is extant and the nature of the G. x colvilli hybrid is unclear.
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x ‘Hero’
Hybrid of Gladiolus x colvilli x Gladiolus ‘Hero’. See Gladiolus ‘Hero’. No description is extant.
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (angustus x blandus)
Four way hybrid, Gladiolus x colvilli x (Gladiolus angustus x G. carneus). No description is extant.
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) colvilli-gandavensis [#10]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.10 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Pink inclining to scarlet in stripes upon whitish ground, purple feathered blotches upon lower lobes, large well shaped flowers, slender scape. Curious variety and good.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) [#3]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.3 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Very robust scape, large flowers, much paler than No.1 [Hero], purple orange blotches on lower lobes. Good variety.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) [#4]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.4 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Robust scape. Paler than No.3, lower lobes partly yellow with dark crimson blotches. Middling variety.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) [#6]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.6 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Very robust scape, flowers smallish and of middling shape, colour bright pink, with carmine yellow-brown on lower lobes, beautiful in colour but shape and size inferior.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) [#7]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.7 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Very robust scape, flowers smallish and of middling shape, colour bright pink, with carmine yellow-brown on lower lobes, beautiful in colour but shape and size inferior.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x (x gandavensis) [#9]
(Gladiolus x colvilli) x (Gladiolus x gandavensis) hybrid, no.9 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1846. ‘Robust scape, large flowers, indifferent shape, petals too thin, pale pink above, pink, yellow and purple on lower lobes. Middling variety but curious.’ [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x blandus
Three way hybrid, Gladiolus x colvilli x Gladiolus carneus. No description is extant.
Gladiolus (x colvilli) x cuspidatus
Gladiolus x colvilli x Gladiolus cuspidatus hybrid. No description is extant.
