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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Smithiantha zebrina Kuntze
Frost tender rhizomatous perennial with heart-shaped leaves, marked dark green or purple-brown along the veins, and scarlet and yellow flowers with red-spotted throats, in summer. To 75cm by 35cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Solanum jasminoides Paxt.
Half hardy, scrambling, evergreen or semi-evergreen climber with glossy, narrow, lance-shaped leaves, to 5cm long, sometimes lobed, and terminal and axillary clusters of fragrant, blue-white flowers, to 2.5cm across, in summer and autumn, followed by ovoid black fruit. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Solenostemon scutellaroides (L.) Codd
Frost tender evergreen perennial, usually grown as an annual or short-lived perennial, with semi-succulent stems and ovate, toothed, multi-coloured leaves and terminal racemes of small blue or white flowers throughout the year. They are grown for their ornamental foliage. To 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Solidago sempervirens L.
Fully hardy perennial with lance-shaped basal leaves, to 30cm, narrower leaf stems and spikes of ferny yellow flowers in autumn. To 2m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Sophora japonica L.
Fully-hardy, spreading, deciduous tree with pinnate leaves, to 25cm long, composed of up to 17 lance-shaped leaflets, and terminal panicles, to 30cm long, of small, fragrant, pea-like white flowers in summer and autumn. To 30m. A number of varieties exist with variegated leaves or pendulous branches. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. var. grandiflora
Somewhat variable, frost-hardy, spreading, evergreen tree with pinnate leaves, to 17cm long, composed of up to 20 pairs of ovate leaflets, and racemes, to 6cm long, of 4-10 golden yellow flowers, to 5cm long, with forward-pointing petals, in spring. Grandiflora has large leaflets and drooping clusters of slightly larger flowers. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. var. microphylla
Spreading, evergreen, shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves, to 15cm long, composed of up to 40 pairs of ovate leaflets on silky stems, and small, axillary pendant racemes of pea-like, dark yellow flowers, to 5cm long, in spring. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Sophora tomentosa L.
Upright, evergreen, bushy shrub with typically nine leaflets and bright lemon yellow, scentless flowers. [BM t.3390/1836].
Sorbus aucuparia L.
Fully-hardy conical to rounded tree with pinnate leaves, to 20cm long, composed of up to 12 lance-shaped, sharply-toothed leaflets, and corymbs, to 12cm across, of white flowers in spring, followed by orange-red berries. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus. Hilliers’].
Sparaxis bulbifera (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Frost-hardy cormous perennial with up to 9 lance-shaped, ribbed leaves, to 30cm, and erect, dainty, rarely branched stems, with up to 6, white to yellowish cream, trumpet-shaped flowers in spring. [RHSD, Hortus, Grey].
Sparaxis fragrans (Jacq.) Ker-Gawl.
Cormous prennial, the flowers mostly 2-4 per spike, yellow to buff, usually mauve on the outside, highly scented. To 25cm. [CECB].
Sparaxis fragrans (Jacq.) Ker-Gawl. subsp. grandiflora (D.Delaroche) Goldbl.
Variable species with basal fans of lance-shaped leaves and spikes of up to 6, flattish, widely funnel-shaped, flowers in spring and summer. There are four ssp., grandiflora, with deep reddish-purple flowers; fimbriata with cream flowers; acutiloba with yellow flowers; and violacea with white flowers marked purple, shading to purple marked with white. To 45cm. [RHSE, CECB].
Sparaxis galeata Ker-Gawl.
Cormous perennial, leaves often prostrate, flowers 4-7 per spike, cream and yellow with mauve markings. To 35cm. [CECB, RHSD].
Sparaxis many varieties
Sparaxis or related species, unidentified. It is likely that these plants were collected in the wild in South Africa although many garden varieties were listed in nursery catalogues from early Victorian times.
Sparaxis species unidentified
An unidentified species of Sparaxis or a related genus. No description.
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