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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.

Lagarostrobos franklinii (Hook.f.) Quinn

Marginally frost-hardy, evergreen conical tree, spreading with age, with slender, drooping branches clothed in scale-like leaves, and erect and terminal female cones. To 30m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].

Lagerstroemia indica L.

Frost hardy, upright, deciduous tree or large shrub with peeling, grey and brown bark, oblong leaves, to 8cm long, and panicles, to 20cm long, of white, pink, red or purple flowers from summer to autumn. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].

Lagerstroemia indica L. var. elegans

See Lagerstroemia indica L. for a description of the species. Elegans is a variety with rose and yellow flowers.

Lagerstroemia indica L. var. elegans alba

See Lagerstroemia indica L. for a description of the species. Elegans alba is probably similar to elegans but with white flowers. [Hortus Second]. See also Lagerstroemia indica L. var. elegans.

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

Half hardy, spreading, freely branching, evergreen tree with peeling, light brown bark, elliptic leaves, to 20cm long, and open panicles, to 40cm long, of pink, mauve, purple or white flowers, to 5cm wide, from spring to autumn. To 24m. [RHSE, Hortus].

Lagunaria patersonia (Andr.) G.Don

Frost-tender, pyramidal to columnar tree, with lance-shaped leaves, to 10cm long, whitish-grey beneath, and a succession of pink, trumpet-shaped flowers, to 6cm across, mainly in summer, followed by ovoid seed capsules. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus].

Lampranthus aurantiacus (DC.) Schwantes

Erect succulent plant with slender, erect stems, 3-angled, spotted leaves with a spiny tip and yellow-orange flowers. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus].

Lampranthus emarginatus N.E.Br.

Stems erect, branched, leaves slender, keeled, with translucent dots, the flowers magenta and numerous. To 45cm. [RHSD, Hortus].

Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.

A tender, erect perennial with 3-angled leaves, somewhat flattened, and large, sulphur-yellow flowers. To 60cm. [Hortus].

Lampranthus multiradiatus (Jacq.) N.E.Brown

Erect-stemmed succulent with spreading branches, slender, 3-angles leaves with translucent dots, and pale pink flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].

Lantana camara L.

Frost tender, variable, often prickly-stemmed shrub with ovate, slightly wrinkled, finely-toothed leaves, to 10cm long, and flower heads, to 5cm across, bearing numerous small, yellow or orange flowers, turning deeper red, followed by black fruit. To 2m. There are many garden cultivars in colours ranging from white to red or purple. [RHSE, Beadle].

Lantana camara L. var. crocea grandiflora

See Lantana camara L. for a description of the type. Crocea is a frost tender evergreen shrub with quadrangular stems when young, somewhat wrinkled and rough ovate, opposite leaves, and axillary corymbs of bright red to copper-coloured flowers on long peduncles, yellow in the centres of the clusters. Grandiflora is presumably a large-flowered form. I have found no specific reference to this variety. To 1.2m. [RHSD].

Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq.

Frost tender, spreading shrub, often forming a dense mat, with flexible stems, lance-shaped, coarsely-toothed leaves, and flower heads, to 3cm wide, bearing yellow-eyed, lilac-pink to violet flowers, to 1cm across, in summer. To 1m. [RHSE, FNSW, Beadle].

Lantana trifolia L.

Frost tender, erect, unarmed shrub with oblong-lance-shaped leaves, to 12cm long, usually whorled, and dense spikes of long-stemmed pink, lavender or violet, rarely white flowers. To 2m. [RHSD].

Lardizabala biternata Ruiz & Pav.

Frost hardy, vigorous, evergreen climber with large leathery leaves, to 10cm long, usually monoecious, sometimes dioecious, with the male flowers borne in pendant racemes, to 10cm long, and the female flowers borne singly, in autumn and winter. The flowers are purple-brown and white and are followed by dark purple, edible fruits, to 8cm long. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].

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