Herbaceous Plants
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is poorly defined. Annuals and perennial herbs were included here. This is retained but Annuals are also separately identified.
Paeonia species double red
Probably a species or variety listed in the catalogues under a more specific name.
Paeonia species unidentified [1]
An unidentified plant, probably a form of one of the commoner species described elsewhere.
Paeonia species unidentified [2]
An unidentified plant, probably a form of one of the commoner species described elsewhere.
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.
Fully-hardy, upright, sparsely-branched deciduous shrub with deeply cut leaves composed of 9 elliptic leaflets, and single or double, cup- to bowl-shaped, sometimes scented, white, pink, red or purple flowers, to 30cm across, often with maroon marks at the base, in spring and summer. To 2.2m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. Banksii
See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for a description of the species. The variety Banksii seems rather similar to Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. rosea which also see. Johnson’s Dictionary describes the flowers as purple.
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. carneaplena
See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for a description of the species and Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. Banksii and Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. papaveracea for more specific information relating to the description below.
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. humei
Paeonia suffruticosa var. humei has partially double, whitish flowers with a dark centre. [Hortus]. ‘The flowers of this variety are double, and have a bunch of petals arising from the middle of the flower of a reddish colour. It is a pretty variety.’ [Clericus in FC p.45/1842]. See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for more information.
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. papaveracea
Papaveracea has nearly single, white flowers with a purple blotch at the base of the petals. Such a plant is figured beautifully in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. The flowers apparently tended to become more double in succeeding generations. [Hortus, BM t.2175/1820, Don]. See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for more information.
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. rosea
See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for a description of the species. Rosea is a variety with pink flowers. [JD].
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. speciosa
See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for a description of the species. According to Johnson’s Dictionary it has pink flowers but I have no more detailed description.
Paeonia tenuifolia L.
A fully-hardy herbaceous perennial with deeply cut, fern-like leaves and single, cup-shaped, deep red flowers in spring and summer. To 70cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Paeonia tenuifolia L. var. latifolia
See Paeonia tenuifolia L. for a description of the species. The variety latifolia has a taller habit and the leaf segments are broader than the type and less finely cut. [Hortus, JD].
Papaver somniferum L.
Fully hardy, erect annual with solitary, bowl-shaped, pink, mauve-purple, red or white flowers in spring and summer. There are a number of ornamental garden forms, including paeony-flowered hybrids. Cultivated for the milky sap produced in their seed capsules, the source of opium and its derivatives, such as heroin and morphine and other powerful narcotics and analgesics. The seeds have also been used for medicinal and culinary purposes since antiquity. To 1.2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Parastranthus luteus A.DC.
Half hardy herbaceous perennial with lance shaped, serrated leaves, and loose, terminal spikes of deep yellow flowers in early summer. To 15cm. [Don].
Pelargonium ‘Bride of Abydos’
A Florists‘ Geranium. Rendle’s ‘Bride of Abydos’ was included in ‘a list of the most splendid seedling geraniums […] light pink, good spot, excellent form, and a fine trusser above the foliage. [FC p.57/1839]. It was still being offered for sale by Henry Walton, Florist, Burnley, in The Gardeners Chronicle of 1854. [Gard. Chron. 1854].
