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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Laurus nobilis L.
Frost hardy, evergreen conical tree or large shrub with glossy, ovate leaves, to 10cm long, and clusters of greenish flowers, to 5mm across, in spring, followed by black berries in female plants. To 12m. [RHSE, Hortus. Hilliers’].
Lavandula spica Cav.
Hardy sub-shrub with pale grey, downy leaves and terminal spikes of fragrant, tubular, pale grey-blue flowers. To 1.2m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lavandula stoechas L.
Fully hardy, compact, bushy shrub with linear, grey-green leaves and dense spikes of fragrant, dark purple flowers, to 3cm long, topped with conspicuous purple bracts on short stalks, in spring and summer. To 60cm [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Lavatera trimestris L. var. alba
Fully-hardy annual with rounded, shallowly lobed leaves, to 6cm long, and, in the variety alba, open funnel-shaped white flowers, to 10cm across, produced singly from the leaf axils in summer. In the species the flowers vary from white to blush pink. To 1.2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Lawsonia inermis L.
Frost tender, large evergreen shrub or small tree, sometimes spiny, with lance-shaped leaves, to 5cm long, and pyramidal panicles, to 40cm long, of many tiny, fragrant, white, pink or red flowers, in summer. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. var. grandiflorum (Lodd.) Benth.
Frost-hardy upright shrub with white-hairy stems, ovate, grey-green leaves, to 1.5cm long, and solitary, saucer-shaped, white, or rarely pink, flowers, to 2cm across, in summer. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Leucadendron argenteum R.Br.
Short-lived dioecious tree with lance-shaped leaves, densely covered with silky hairs and terminal heads of small flowers surrounded by prominent bracts. To 9m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit
Frost-tender, spineless shrub with leaves composed of up 6 or more pairs of pinnae, each composed 15 or more pairs of leaflets, and yellow-tinged white flowers in summer. To 3m. [RHSD].
Leucocoryne ixioides (Sims) Lindl.
Bulbous perennial with narrow leaves, to 30cm, and a scape of 6-9 perfumed, pale blue, purple or white flowers. [RHSD, Howard].
Leucocoryne species unidentified
Unidentified species, but see Leucocoryne ixioides Lindl.
Leucojum aestivum L.
Robust, hardy, bulbous perennial with leafless stems bearing up to 8 bell-shaped, faintly chocolate-scented, white flowers with green tips in spring. To 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus, Baker Am.].
Leucojum vernum L.
A bulbous perennial, it bears a few only erect, strap-like leaves and stout, leafless stems with 1, sometimes 2, bell-shaped, green-tipped white flowers in early spring. To 30cm. [RHSE, Hortus, Baker Am.].
Leycesteria formosa Wall.
Fully hardy, upright, thicket-forming shrub with bamboo-like first-year shoots, ovate, pointed leaves to 17cm long, and axillary or terminal, pendant spikes, to 10cm long, of white flowers among dark purple-red bracts, in summer and autumn, followed by red-purple berries. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Libertia formosa Graham
Hardy rhizomatous perennial with sword-shaped leaves, to 30cm long, and white flowers borne in dense clusters. [RHSD, Hortus].
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