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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Rosa ‘Imogen’
A cluster-flowered Hybrid China bred by John Bidwill at Camden Park. Macarthur referred to it as a ‘new hybrid, pure white’ in a letter to John Bailey, nurseryman of Adelaide, in 1845.
Rosa ‘Jacques Lafitte’
A Hybrid Perpetual rose, the flowers are carmine pink or rosy-crimson in colour.
Rosa ‘Jaune Deprez’
Noisette rose. A vigorous climber with apricot-yellow flowers and a reliable repeat-flowerer. In my garden the pink tones predominate and it scarcely warrants the name ‘yellow’.
Rosa ‘Joasine Hanet’
Although most modern authors regard ‘Joasine Hanet’ as a Damask Perpetual rose, Paul, in the first edition of The Rose Garden, places it in a group with an affinity for the ‘Rose de Trianon’. See Rosa ‘Sydonie’ for details. [Paul 1848]. The flowers are of medium size, full, purple-red in colour, borne in clusters. [Paul 1848].
Rosa ‘Joseph Decaisne’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Joseph Decaisne’ has rose coloured flowers and was considered by Rivers to be remarkable for the elegance and perfection of its flowers, along with ‘Lucie de Barant’ and ‘William Grifiths’. [Rivers 1854].
Rosa ‘Jules Margottin’
Thomas Rivers considered that it ought to have been named ‘Brennus Perpetual’ because of its similarity to this old Hybrid China rose. Hybrid Perpetual. A ‘La Reine’ seedling, it has a vigorous habit, thick, dark green foliage and shapely, pointed buds which open to large, flattish, finely shaped, strongly scented, light vivid crimson flowers. To 1.2m. [Paul (1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Gard. Chron. 1856, Amat].
Rosa ‘Kean’
Gallica rose. Velvety crimson, shaded with purple, fine centre; large and very full. Rivers describes its colour as approaching to scarlet and really very beautiful. [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Paul (1848, 1863, 1903), FC p.227/1857].
Rosa ‘Königin von Dénemark’
An Alba rose. ‘Königin von Dánemark’ has deep pink flowers and grows to about 1.5m, ‘one of the deepest coloured of this section’, according to The Gardeners’ Chronicle. Paul described it as rosy pink, with paler margins, the flowers of medium size, full and cupped. It produces a moderately sized bush of erect habit. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863) Gard. Chron. 1841].
Rosa ‘La Felicité’
‘La Felicité’ was described by Gore as a Damask rose. ‘La Felicité has middle-sized flowers, semi-double, white, spotted and variegated with red. [Gore].
Rosa ‘La Pactole’
Usually classified by contemporary authors as a Tea rose, but today often classified as a Noisette. ‘La Pactole’ has cream flowers with yellow centres, large, full and cupped, of moderate growth. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888), Gard. Chron. 1842, 1846].
Rosa ‘La Tourterelle’
A Hybrid China rose. It was described as a Hybrid Bengal rose by Gore under the name ‘Parny’, its flowers middle-sized, regular, full, of a light uniform lilac. Paul described its flowers as rose and dove-coloured, shaded with slate, cupped, large and full, on a vigorous shrub with a branching habit. [Paul (1848)]. Thomas Rivers, writing in the Floricultural Cabinet, described ‘La Tourterelle’ in similar terms. [FC p.241/1835].
Rosa ‘Lady Alice Peel’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Lady Alice Peel’ is a dwarf growing rose with deep pink flowers, often delicately veined with carmine. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888), Gard. Chron. 1852].
Rosa ‘Lamarque’
Noisette rose. ‘Lamarque’ has very large, full, cupped white flowers with deep straw centres, produced on a vigorous, almost thornless shrub. [Gore, Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), FC p.230/1857, Amat].
Rosa ‘Lane’
Hybrid Perpetual. Paul describes the flowers as rich purplish rose, sometimes vivid, large and full with an expanded form, occasionally fine, on a moderate, erect shrub. [Paul (1848, 1863)].
Rosa ‘Latour d’Auvergne’
Gallica rose. It was described in the Floricultural Cabinet in 1857 as a gallica rose with rich carmine flowers, sometimes inclined to purple, with a brilliant centre, large and fine. [Rivers (1857, 1863), Paul (1863), FC p.227/1857].
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