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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Sinningia speciosa ‘Schaeferi’
A cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern, Gloxinia ‘Schaeferi’ is listed in the Appendix to the Gesneriad Register-Sinningia with a date of 1863, which would appear to be erroneous. No description is given. I have found no other reference.
Sinningia speciosa ‘Variegata’
Probably a cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern it has pale blue flowers and variegated leaves [JD]. This brief reference is the only description I have found.
Sinningia speciosa ‘Wortleyana’
Presumably a cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern but I have found no description.
Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern
Frost-tender tuberous perennial with rosettes of scalloped dark green leaves, flushed red beneath, and solitary or clustered, nodding, tubular, bell-shaped purplish flowers in summer. To 30cm. A parent of most of the modern gloxinias, it was originally called Gloxinia speciosa by the English nurseryman Conrad Loddiges and modern cultivars occur in a large range of colours. [RHSE, Hortus].
Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern (Lodd.) Hiern var. albiflora
Sinningia speciosa convariety speciosa (shortened to Sinningia speciosa here) is distinguished by slender, nodding flowers about 4cm long, solid white, violet or red, except for a band of yellow or white spotted with red inside the corolla tube. [RHSD]. The variety alba has white flowers.
Sinningia tubiflora Fritsch
Frost-tender tuberous perennial with leaves covered with fine white hairs, and fragrant, white, Nicotiana-like flowers borne on a one-sided raceme on erect stems, 60cm or more long. [Moore].
Sinningia x Cartoni Hort.
Edwards’ Botanical Register of 1844 reports the introduction of a number of new garden varieties of Gloxinia, including Gloxinia Cartoni, which is described as having deep pink flowers, the petals edged with white and with deeper pink stripes. The flower figured is a slipper gloxinia.
Sinningia x insignis Hort.
Insignis is figured in the Botanical Register, shown as white, flushed deep pink on the upper lobes and on the outside. It is a slipper gloxinia. [BR f.48/1844].
Sisyrinchium convolutum Nocca.
Frost-tender perennial with a creeping rootstock, linear to almost cylindrical leaves, basal fan of sword-shaped leaves, and a usually branched, winged stem, bearing up to 8 somewhat funnel-shaped yellow flowers with brown veining, to 1.5cm across. To 30cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Sisyrinchium species unidentified
An unidentified species, no description.
Sloanea monosperma Vell.
No detailed description at present. Sloanea is a genus of tropical American trees with large alternate leaves, entire or toothed, and white flowers. [RHSD]. Five species of Sloanea occur in Australia, two in NSW. [FNSW].
Smilax glauca Walter
Half hardy evergreen climber with suckering roots and whitish-green flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Smilax lanceolata L.
Tender, tuberous rooted, evergreen climber with recurved prickles at base of stem, lance-shaped leaves, to 10cm long, and numerous whitish flowers in axillary umbels followed by dark red fruit. To 10m or more. [RHSD, Hortus].
Smithiantha zebrina ‘Splendens’
See Smithiantha zebrina Kuntze for details of the species. The cultivar ‘Splendens’ was seen at Kew Gardens and reported in the Floricultural Cabinet: ‘The flowers are more rich and brilliant, and the spotting deeper, and the velvet stripes of the leaves more distinct than the original species.’
Smithiantha zebrina (Paxton) Kuntze var. geroltiana (Kunth & Bouche) Voss
‘The flowers are green and yellow, beautifully freckled. Very interesting and blooms freely.’ [FC p.235/1846]. ‘Highly valuable plant for autumn and winter decoration. Long (2 feet) pyramidal-formed spikes, with numerous laterals of scarlet and yellow flowers. Similar to Gesnera zebrina.’ [FC p.6/1849].
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