Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Plants
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. Some of the more important families of the Hortus are included here, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae and Liliaceae. It also contains a wide assortment of other plants with a modified stem or root that acts as a storage organ. Such plants are usually deciduous and have a distinct dormancy period. Shrubs and trees are not included, but there is some overlap with herbaceous plants.
Gladiolus cardinalis x (x gandavensis) [#5]
Gladiolus cardinalis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid no.5 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1847. Resembles No.3. Flower rather smaller, and pale in colour, but much resembling it, lower lobes varied by yellow and with larger purple blotches than No.3. Good variety. [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus cardinalis x (x gandavensis) [#6]
Gladiolus cardinalis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid no.6 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1847. Robust scape, very large flower resembles last in colour but not so much yellow on lower lobes. Good variety. [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus cardinalis x (x gandavensis) [#7]
Gladiolus cardinalis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid no.7 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1847. Not so robust as No.6. Scarlet and yellow, good shaped flower. Very good variety. [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus cardinalis x (x gandavensis) [#8]
Gladiolus cardinalis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid no.8 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1847. Robust scape, middling flowers nearly same colour as No.5, but darker, with tinge of lake. Crimson yellowish throat. No spots.. Inferior to No.5. [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus cardinalis x (x gandavensis) [#9]
Gladiolus cardinalis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid no.9 in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 in an entry dated 1847. Robust scape, moderately large flowers, good shape, dull crimson. Tolerably good variety. [MP A2948-5].
Gladiolus carneus Delaroche
A variable, slender cormous plant with lance-shaped leaves and lax, sometimes branched, spikes of usually 3-8 funnel-shaped, cream, white or pink flowers, flaked with purple or yellow, in spring. To 60cm. [RHSE, CECB, Hortus].
Gladiolus carneus Delaroche var. blandus
See Gladiolus carneus Delaroche for a description of the species. Although Gladiolus carneus and G. blandus are the same species, the separate catalogue entries suggests that they were quite different in appearance and they were acepted as separate species by many botanists at the time. Gladiolus blandus is generally described as having white flowers with carmine markings and the name indicates a pale flower. Gladiolus carneus is a very variable plant, from white to salmon in colour, open or quite narrow in form and marked more or less on the bottom petals. There are also significant differences in habit, some varieties being much taller than others.
Gladiolus caryophyllaceus (Burm.f.) Poir. var. roseus
A cormous perennial with sword-shaped leaves and widely-funnel-shaped deep pink to mauve flowers and it is possible that Gladiolus roseus of the catalogues is a pink-flowered form. To 110cm. [CECB].
Gladiolus communis L.
Fully-hardy, vigorous cormous perennial with leaves to 50cm long and branched spikes of up to 20 rose-pink flowers, streaked or blotched with white or red, in summer. To 1m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Gladiolus communis L. subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Hardy, vigorous perennial with spikes of up to 20 funnel-shaped, deep magenta flowers in spring. To 1m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Gladiolus cunonius (L.) Gaertn.
Cormous perennial with linear leaves, to 35cm long, spirally twisted towards the end and the spikes of up to 8 bright red flowers, with the 3 lower lobes yellow or green, appear in spring. [RHSD, CECB].
Gladiolus cuspidatus (x colvilli)
Gladiolus cuspidatus x Gladiolus x colvilli hybrid. No description is extant.
Gladiolus cuspidatus Jacq.
Very variable Gladiolus with sword-shaped leaves, to 75cm long, and flower stems to 80cm, bearing typically 9 flowers, to 10cm long, bell-shaped with undulate margins from a long, tapering, greenish white tube, the lobes being cream or pink, sometimes pale mauve, variously marked pink or red at the bottom. [CECB, RHSD, Hortus]. Now recognised as synonymous with Gladiolus undulatus L., which see, the latter being the valid botanical name. They are recorded as separate species in Hortus Camdenensis to both differentiate the plants grown by Macarthur and to emphasise the difference between forms recorded by early botanists. The description given here is of plants that were specifically recorded as Gladiolus cuspidatus.
Gladiolus cuspidatus x alatus
Gladiolus cuspidatus x Gladiolus alatus hybrid. No description is extant.
Gladiolus cuspidatus x blandus
Gladiolus undulatus x Gladiolus carneus hybrid. I have found no description of this plant.
