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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Coronet’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Dark rose. ‘Coronet’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Emma’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Dark maroon purple, a plant of fine habit, a profuse bloomer, perhaps one of the most striking varieties in cultivation. Height 1 foot.’ W. P. Ayres. [GC Oct. 11th, 1845].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Excelsa’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Deep reddish rose, a fine kind, with a profusion of large trusses. Height 12 to 18 inches.’ W. P. Ayres. [Gard. Chron. Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Excelsa’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Favourite’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. There were probably several varieties of bedding verbena called ‘Favourite’. The variety listed by Woods, and probably the plant purchased by Macarthur, was described as having a clear pink salmon flower. [Gard. Chron. 1848]. Mary Conway of the Earl’s Court Nursery, Old Brompton, advertised a verbena ‘Favourite’ with a dark purple flower with a white eye. [Gard. Chron. 1850].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Gem of the West’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Fine crimson, large truss, free bloomer, good show flower.’ James Manley. [Gard. Chron. 1847]. Described as salmon shaded with rich rose by Woods, a verbena called ‘Gem of the West’ was included in his list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ It is probably the same flower, differences in colour descriptions being common, although not usually as marked as this. ‘Gem of the West is conspicuous for its fine, large truss of bloom.’ William Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Imperatrice Josephine’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘This very pretty variety of dwarf habit, not exceeding 4ins in height and bearing a succession of bright lavender flowers striped with white, [is] well adapted for edging or small beds.’ Youll & Co. advertisement. [Gard. Chron. 1857]. ‘Imperatrice Josephine’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. ‘Imperatrice Josephine [is an] interesting approach to a lively blue.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘La Villagoise’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. I have found no description.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Lilac Perfection’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Lilac in colour, nothing more is known.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Louis Phillippe’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘A trifle darker than Stewartii [this being dark velvety purple], and of dwarf trailing habit, with strong foliage. Height 9 inches.’ W. P. Ayres. [GC Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Louis Phillippe’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Mont Blanc’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White. ‘Mont Blanc [is] adapted for late aurumnal bloom.’ ‘Preference is given to White perfection over Mont Blanc for its fragrance.’ William Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Rosy Morn’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White shaded or margined with rich cherry colour. ‘Rosy Morn’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ ‘Rosy Morn (has a) lovely cherry-coloured margin.’ ‘Cultivators who manage to grow Rosy morn as I have seen it, will not easily forget it, and those who have it not may regret its absence.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Western Rival’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Violet-crimson in colour.
Verbena x hybrida ‘White Perfection’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White. ‘White Perfection’ was included in William Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties which seems a little incrongruous. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Wonder of Scarlet’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Scarlet. ‘Wonder of Scarlet’ was included in ‘a selection of clean and rich-coloured varieties, forming fine single trusses of bloom.’ William Wood of Fishergate Nursery. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida Barker’s ‘Marchioness of Ailsa’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘A very neat pale pink, which becomes lighter to the centre of the flower. Good shape and substance, and very pretty.’ [FC p.245/1847]. ‘A good delicate pink.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
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