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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill.
Frost hardy, erect, densely hairy perennial with basal rosettes of lance-shaped, deeply-lobed, wavy-margined leaves, to 15cm long, and stiff, branched, winged stems, bearing panicles of tiny, funnel-shaped, pink, white or blue flowers, enclosed in white or pale calyces, in summer and autumn. It is usually grown as an annual. To 40cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Linaria species unidentified
An unidentified species. Linaria are hardy annual and perennial herbs grown for their irregular, 2-lipped, spurred, white, pink, red, purple, orange or yellow flowers, resembling Antirrhinum. [RHSD, Hortus].
Linum album Kotschy ex Boiss.
No description at present.
Linum grandiflorum Desf.
Hardy annual, branched at base, with linear-lanceolate leaves, somewhat erect, and large usually rose-coloured flowers but variable in colour, in loose panicles in summer. To 30cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Liparis reflexa (R.Br.) Lindl.
Frost-hardy terrestrial or lithophytic orchid with fleshy dark green or yellowish green pseudobulbs, leaves up to 30cm long, and terminal racemes of yellowish-green, occasionally reddish-purple flowers with an unpleasant odour of which the common names are suggestive. Flowers in the autumn. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
Liquidambar styraciflua L.
Fully hardy, broadly conical, deciduous tree, with palmate, 5-7 lobed, glossy leaves, to 15cm across, which turn orange, red and purple in autumn. To 25m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Liriodendron tulipifera L.
Large deciduous tree with alternate, three-lobed leaves and large, solitary, very fragranr green, yellow and orange flowers in summer. To 30m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Lisianthus splendens Hook.
Tender, drooping evergreen with pendant red flowers. [JD].
Lissochilus streptopetalus Lindl.
Terrestrial orchid with prominently veined lance-shaped leaves, sheathed at the base, and spikes of bright yellow flowers, the sepals green striped with brown. [RHSD].
Lithocarpus elegans (Blume) Hatus. ex Soepadmo
Somewhat variable evergreen tree with shiny, glabrous leaves with entire leaf margins, the male flowers being held in erect spikes. To 25m. It provides valuable timber.
Lithocarpus glaber (Thunb.) Nakai
An evergreen tree with usually entire, sometimes toothed leaves, to 12cm, and erect catkins. [RHSD, Hortus]. The acorns have been consumed as food by the Japanese.
Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart.
Large palm with an erect, robust trunk and long, spiny leaf stalks supporting longer, fan-like leaves. From spring to summer long panicles of cream flowers are produced, followed by brownish red to black fruit. To 25m. [RHSE, Hortus, FNSW, Beadle].
Livistona inermis R.Br.
Frost hardy, small, unarmed, fan-leaved, solitary palm, rarely exceeding 5m in height, with large, fan-like leaves. [Wrigley].
Lobelia cardinalis L.
Fully hardy, short-lived, clump-forming perennial with reddish-purple stems and long racemes of tubular brilliant scarlet-red flowers in summer and early autumn. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Lobelia coronipifolia L. var. caerulea
Procumbent half-hardy perennial with toothed, lance-shaped leaves and large purplish-blue flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
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