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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Lobelia gracilis Andr.
Erect to shortly trailing glabrous herbaceous plant, leaves to 5.5cm long, the upper ones lance-shaped and pinnatifid, becoming linear, the flowers in one-sided racemes of up to 12 blooms, dark blue or violet, paler at the base. To 30cm. [FNSW, Beadle].
Lobelia ignea Paxt.
Herbaceous perennial with scarlet flowers, growing to 90cm. [BM t.4960/1857].
Lobelia laxiflora H.B. & K.
Half-hardy perennial or sub-shrub with toothed, lance-shaped leaves and red and yellow flowers. To 1.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lobelia mucronata Cav.
Half-hardy, upright, herbaceous perennial with oblong to oblongo-lanceolate, toothed leaves and crimson flowers. To 90cm. [JD, BM t.3207/1833].
Lobelia propinqua Hort. ex Loud.
Lobelia fulgens var. propinqua, said to be a hybrid between L. fulgens and L. splendens, is figured in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. [MB p.52/1835]. See Lobelia splendens Willd. var. fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) S.Watson.
Lobelia splendens Willd. var. fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) S.Watson
Borderline frost hardy, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial with dark red stems and tubular scarlet flowers in late summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Lobelia tenuior R.Br.
Half-hardy perennial with deeply toothed, obovate leaves and deep blue flowers with a white eye. To 30cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lonicera capitata [Macarthur]
I have found no reference to a plant of this name. The specific name capitata suggests a species or variety with a distinct rounded head of flowers.
Lonicera caprifolium L.
Fully hardy, woody, deciduous, twining climber with paired, oval leaves, to 10cm long, and axillary whorls of tubular, very fragrant, pink-flushed, creamy-white to yellow flowers, in summer. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Lonicera flava Sims
Half hardy, bushy, sometimes climbing, deciduous shrub with broadly elliptic leaves, to 8cm long, and terminal, spreading whorls of fragrant, yellow, later orange flowers, followed by red fruit, in spring and summer. To 2.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lonicera implexa Ait.
Half hardy, semi-evergreen, twining honeysuckle with cream and white flowers, flushed pink on the outside, to 5cm long, borne in whorls at the ends of the shoots in early summer. To 2.4m. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Fully hardy, vigorous, woody, evergreen or semi-evergreen, twining climber with paired, ovate, sometimes lobed leaves, to 8cm long, and axillary pairs of tubular, very fragrant, often purple-flushed, white flowers, to 4cm long, ageing to yellow, throughout the summer, followed by blue-black berries. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. repens (Sieb.) Rehd.
See Lonicera japonica Thunb. for a description. Repens is a distinct variety with leaves and shoots flushed purple on the outside and very fragrant. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Lonicera sempervirens L.
Fully hardy, woody, deciduous or evergreen, twining climber with paired, oval leaves, to 7cm long, and terminal whorls of tubular, rich scarlet-orange flowers, yellowish inside, to 5cm long, in summer and autumn, followed by red berries. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Lonicera sempervirens L. var. minor Ait.
See Lonicera sempervirens L. for a description of the type. The variety minor is an evergreen or semi-evergreen form with scarlet flowers. [Hortus].
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