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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Passiflora ‘Kingiana’
I have found no description of this plant, although it is probably a hybrid, one of the hybrids originally numbered 1 to 10 in Macarthur’s notebook and described under these numbers.
Passiflora alata C.Curtis
Frost-tender, robust climber with sparsely-branched, 4-winged stems, broadly ovate, often toothed leaves, to 15cm long, and nodding, fragrant, bowl-shaped, carmine-red flowers in spring and summer, with purple, red and white marked coronas, followed by ovoid yellow fruit, to 15cm long. To 6m or more. [RHSE, Hortus].
Passiflora alata C.Curtis var. superba
Presumably a variety of Passiflora alata C.Curtis which see. I have found no description.
Passiflora caerulea L.
Frost-hardy, fast-growing, often rampant, climber with slender stems, deeply, 3-9-lobed leaves, to 10cm long, and bowl-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers in summer and autumn, to 10cm across, with purple-, blue- and white-zoned coronas, followed by edible orange-yellow fruit, to 6cm long. To 10m or more. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Passiflora coccinea Aubl.
Frost-tender, vigorous climber with slender stems, deeply-toothed oblong leaves, to 14cm long, and saucer-shaped, scarlet flowers, to 8cm across, with purple-, pale pink-, and white-zoned corollas, in summer and autumn, followed by edible fruits. To 4m or more. [RHSE, Hortus].
Passiflora edulis Sims
Frost-tender, vigorous, woody climber with 3-lobed, toothed leaves, to 20cm long, and bowl-shaped white flowers in summer, to 7cm across, with wavy, purple-zoned white coronas, and ovoid yellow to purple fruit. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Passiflora edulis Sims var. incarnata
Passiflora incarnata of Linnaeus is now recognised as a form of Passiflora edulis Sims. Half-hardy vine with trilobed leaves, to 15cm, and pale lavender flowers, to 7.5cm across, with pink to purple filaments, followed by yellow fruit to 5cm across. [RHSD, Hortus].
Passiflora edulis Sims var. middletoniana
Passiflora Middletoniana is figured in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. It has fragrant flowers with pale green calyx and segments, with numerous pink dots inside. The petals are narrower with a whitish ground and similar spotting. The crown consists of 2 rows of beautiful purple and white filaments. [MB p.51/1842].
Passiflora foetida L.
Frost-tender, vigorous climber or trailer with 3-5-lobed leaves and green and white, fragrant flowers, to 5cm across, and white filaments, banded violet, followed by yellow to bright red fruit, to 2.5cm across. The crushed foliage has a malodorous smell. [RHSD, Don].
Passiflora herbertiana Ker-Gawl. var. herbertiana
Half-hardy, robust-stemmed climber with minutely hairy leaves, to 12cm wide, and solitary or paired, pale orange-yellow or greenish flowers, to 10cm across, followed by green fruit, to 5cm long. [RHSD, Don, FNSW, Beadle].
Passiflora hybrid no.1
‘No.1. Paler than Kermisina, similar flowers, much [words indistinct] centre petals, very good colour semi-double(?).’
Passiflora hybrid no.10
A Camden Park raised hybrid, (Passiflora kermesina x Passiflora caerulea) x Passiflora kermesina. ‘No.#10, described only as P. floribunda fertilised by P. kermesina, was sent to Loddiges’ on 1st February, 1849 [MP A2933-1, p.185]. No.12 was also sent to Loddiges’ nursery and is of the same parentage.
Passiflora hybrid no.2
‘No.2. Much darker than Kermisina, a lot of purple carmine, lance shaped broader petals and better centre.’
Passiflora hybrid no.3
‘No.3. Darker than ?Kermisina, narrower petals better centre smaller flowers.’
Passiflora hybrid no.6
‘No.6. Like kermisina, not so bright a colour, broader petals, better centre.’
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