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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Mimosa sensitiva L.
A frost-tender, prickly, semi-climbing, evergreen shrub with sensitive stems and leaves composed of 2 unequal pinnae, and purple flowers in summer. Sensitive to touch. To 2m. [RHSD].
Mimulus ‘Andersonii’
Probably a hybrid or cultivar of Mimulus luteus L. which see. I have found no specific description of this variety.
Mimulus ‘Gutherianus’
Probably a Mimulus hybrid or cultivar, perhaps one of the ‘still more beautiful varieties’ mentioned in The Gardeners’ Chronicle. [Gard. Chron. 1852]. I have found no description.
Mimulus ‘Hendersonii’
Probably a Mimulus hybrid or cultivar, perhaps one of the ‘still more beautiful varieties’ mentioned in The Gardeners’ Chronicle. [Gard. Chron. 1852]. I have found no description.
Mimulus ‘Jeffryi’
Probably a Mimulus hybrid or cultivar, perhaps one of the ‘still more beautiful varieties’ mentioned in The Gardeners’ Chronicle. [Gard. Chron. 1852]. I have found no description.
Mimulus ‘Smithii’
‘Flowers of this beautiful plant were put into our hands last autumn by Mr. George Smith, nurseryman of Islington, who informed us he had raised it between M. variegatus, fertilized by M. luteus rivularis. It is a hardy plant, with all the habit of M. luteus rivularis, and no doubt the same cultivation as that species.’ As figured it has yellow flowers with large red blotches at the tips of the petals, and spotted red in the throat. [BR f.1674/1834]. Introduced in 1832. [PD].
Mimulus ‘Splendens’
Probably a hybrid or cultivar of Mimulus luteus L. which see. I have found no specific description of this variety.
Mimulus alatus Ait.
Fully hardy, stoloniferous, herbaceous perennial with ovate to lance-shaped leaves, to 15cm long, and light blue or violet flowers. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus, Don].
Mimulus aurantiacus Curt.
Frost hardy, erect, laxly branching shrub with toothed, lance-shaped, sticky leaves, and leafy racemes of open trumpet-shaped flowers of very variable colour, from yellow to orange or dark red, to 4.5cm long, with wavy petal margins, in summer and autumn. To 1m. [RHSE, Hilliers'].
Mimulus guttatus DC.
Fully-hardy, upright to spreading, vigorous perennial with funnel-shaped yellow flowers, often spotted or marked red to purple-brown at the throat, in summer. To 30cm. [RHSE, Hortus]. It is sometimes regarded as a form of Mimulus luteus L.
Mimulus luteus L.
Fully-hardy, vigorous, spreading perennial with yellow flowers with dark red to purple-red spots on the throat from late spring to summer. To 30cm by 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Mimulus moschatus Douglas
Fully-hardy, small, creeping, water-loving perennial with masses of clear, pale yellow flowers, lightly dotted with brown, in summer to autumn. To 30cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Mimulus puniceus (Nutt.) Steud.
Frost hardy, erect-branched shrub with narrowly lance-shaped, toothed, sticky leaves and leafy racemes of funnel-shaped, brick-red to orange-red flowers, to 5cm long, from spring to summer. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hilliers'].
Mimulus varieties unidentified
These are probably varieties or hybrids of Mimulus luteus L. which see. The illustration shows a selection of such plants available in 1864.
Mirabilis jalapa L.
Borderline frost hardy, tuberous-rooted, bushy perennial with fragrant red, pink, yellow or white flowers opening in the late afternoon from early to late summer. To 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
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