Trees and Shrubs
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. In broad terms it includes all plants with woody stems except conifers and fruit trees and shrubs.
Rhododendron x gandavensis ‘Cuprea Grandiflora’
Galle records an old Ghent Hybrid, ‘Cuprea Grandiflora’, orange coloured, blotched with orange-yellow which may be this plant. The 1836 edition of Loddiges’ Nursery catalogue lists Azalea hybridae-belgicae cuprea with six sub-varieties, alba, elegans, eximia, globosa, rubra and splendens. This perhaps makes it more likely that Macarthur’s Azalea cuprea is a variety of this old Ghent hybrid. Such plants are now collectively called Rhododendron [Azalea] x gandavensis Hort.
Rhododendron x gandavensis ‘Gloria-mundi’
I have found no specific description of this azalea, but see below for a general description.
Rhododendron x gandavensis ‘Punicea’
This is likely to be one of the early Ghent hybrids, known collectively as Rhododendron x gandavensis Hort. See Rhododendron x gandavensis ‘Gloria-mundi’ for further details. I have found no specific description of puniceas. Azalea hybridae-belgicae punicea is listed in both the 1830 and 1836 Loddiges’ Nursery catalogues, copies of which are held at Camden Park [CPA].
Rhododendron x nobleanum Hort. ex Lindl.
Paxton’s Dictionary describes Nobleanum as a hybrid with deep red flowers, introduced in 1832. [PD].
Rhododendron x pulcherrimum Hort. ex Lindl.
Paxton’s Dictionary describes pulcherrimum as a hybrid with pale rose flowers Introduced in 1832. [PD].
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Ait.) Harsk.
Tender, downy, evergreen shrub or small tree with opposite, oval leaves and axillary, solitary or 2-3 clustered rose-coloured flowers, to 3cm wide, followed by purple fruit. [RHSD, Hortus].
Rhus coriaria L.
Hardy, deciduous, small to medium-sized shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves, with up to 21 toothed leaflets. and greenish-white female flowers in loose terminal panicles in summer followed by brownish-purple fruits. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Rhus lucida L.
Frost tender shrub or small tree with grey-brown bark, compound leaves with 3 leaflets and terminal or axillary clusters of ivory flowers followed by yellow fruits. To 4m or more. [RHSD].
Rhus typhina L.
Hardy, deciduous, dioecious, wide-spreading shrub or small tree, the young shoots covered in reddish-brown hairs, the leaves large, pinnate and turning yellow, orange, red or purple in autumn, with large, erect clusters of male flowers, the female flowers followed by hairy crimson fruit. To 6m or more. [RHSD, Hortus].
Rhus verniciflua Stokes
With a range from the Himalayas to Japan, it is a medium-sized tree with large pinnate leaves and drooping panicles of flowers. It is the source of the famous varnish or lacquer of Japan. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Ribes aureum Pursh
Fully hardy shrub with 3-lobed leaves and spicily aromatic, yellow flowers, often flushed red, followed by black berries. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ribes grossularia ‘Green Walnut’
A cultivar of Ribes grossularia L. ‘Green Walnut’ is probably very similar to Macarthur’s ‘large, smooth, green’ gooseberry. ‘Fruit medium sized, obovate. Skin very thin, dark green, and smooth. An early variety, of excellent flavour. Bush with long-spreading shoots; leaves close to the branches; and a great bearer.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.83/1860]. Hogg includes it among his smooth, oblong, oval or obovate, green dessert gooseberries.
Ribes grossularia ‘Ironmonger’
A cultivar of Ribes grossularia L. A red gooseberry, cultivated by 1831, although not new at this time [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.178/1831]. ‘Ironmonger’ was only included among Additional Gooseberries Cultivated in this Country.
‘Ironmonger’ is considered a superior variety by Hogg and included among the hairy, round or roundish, red dessert gooseberries.
Ribes grossularia ‘Yellow Champagne’
A cultivar of Ribes grossularia L. ‘Small and roundish. Skin yellow, and hairy. Of first-rate excellence. Bush erect.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.90/1860]. Hogg included ‘Yellow Champagne’ among his yellow, round, hairy-skinned dessert gooseberries.
