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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Mirbelia speciosa Sieb. ex DC.
Half hardy, erect, bushy, evergreen shrub with narrow, linear leaves and axillarey or terminal spikes of reddish-purple, pea-like flowers in winter. To 1m. [RHSD, FNSW, Beadle].
Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Grabn.
Cormous perennial with a solitary, linear, flat, basal leaf and occasionally branched stems bearing white flowers with conspicuous, green, blue or violet central eyes on the outer tepals, in spring. To 35cm. [RHSE, Hortus, CECB].
Moraea collina Thunb.
Cormous perennial with a solitary, linear, basal leaf, sheathing the wiry stem for half its length, and cup-shaped, scented, bright red, yellow, peach or pink flowers in succession from spring to summer. To 50cm. [RHSE, CECB, Hortus].
Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq.
Cormous perennial with a solitary, occasionally two, very long, wiry leaf below the inflorescence, and a stem, to 40cm, bearing up to 4, short lived, sweetly-scented, white, yellow or lilac flowers, with a bright yellow patch at the base of the outer segments, in late summer. The flowers open at mid-day, fading in the evening. [RHSD, CECB, Hortus, Grey].
Moraea ramosissima (L.f.) Druce
Cormous perennial with numerous semi-erect, narrowly linear basal leaves and many-branched stems bearing bright yellow flowers from spring to summer. To 1.2m. [RHSE, Hortus, CECB].
Morina longifolia Wall. ex DC.
Fully hardy, rosette-forming perennial with tiered, whorled clusters of waxy white flowers in spikes in mid-summer, the flowers turning rose-pink then red after fertilization. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Morus alba L.
Fully hardy, spreading tree with heart-shaped, sometimes lobed, leaves, to 20cm long, and ovoid, insipid-tasting white fruit, to 2.5cm long, ripening to pink or red, in late summer. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Morus alba L. var. multicaulis
For detail see Morus alba L. Multicaulis, meaning many-stemmed, is a suckering shrub with much larger, coarsely toothed leaves to 35cm, and fruit nearly black when ripe. ‘Famous for its part in the historic attempts at silk-raising in North America.’ [Hortus Second].
Morus nigra L.
Fully hardy, rounded tree with ovate, sometimes lobed leaves, to 12cm long, and cylindrical, sweet fruit, to 3cm long, ripening to dark purple in summer. To 12m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Muraltia heisteria (L.) DC.
Half hardy, erect or branching, evergreen shrub with clustered leaves, to 8mm long, and solitary or paired, axillary, purplish flowers, to 8mm long. To 1m. [RHSD].
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack var. exotica (L.) M.R.Almeida
Frost tender shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves and usually terminal corymbs of small, fragrant, white flowers several times a year. To 7.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Musa acuminata Colla. var. Cavendish group
Frost-tender, upright, variable, suckering perennial with large paddle-shaped leaves and pendant, pear-shaped white, cream or yellow flowers with reddish-purple bracts, in summer, followed by edible yellow fruits. To 6m. There is also a dwarf form, synonym Musa x paradisiaca, growing to 3m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Musa rosacea Jacq.
Small banana with long-stalked leaves, to 90cm, with a drooping inflorescence bearing yellow flowers with reddish bracts. To 1.3m. [RHSD].
Muscari botryoides (L.) Bak.
Fully-hardy, slender bulbous perennial with semi-erect, narrowly spoon-shaped leaves and dense racemes of spherical bright blue flowers with white mouths in spring. To 20cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
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