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.
Rosa ‘Mademoiselle Alice Leroy’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Mademoiselle Alice Leroy’ has delicate, shaded rose-coloured flowers, large, cupped and full, borne in clusters, growth moderate. Paul considered it to a pretty and distinct rose. [Paul (1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers 1854].
Rosa ‘Marquess Boccalla’
Described as a Hybrid Perpetual in contemporary literature. Dickerson classifies it as a Damask Perpetual. ‘Marquess Boccalla’ has very pale, flesh-coloured flowers and a dwarf habit. It was recommended as a continuous bloomer in The Gardeners’ Chronicle. [Paul (1848, 1863), Gard. Chron. 1851].
Rosa ‘Mathurin Regnier’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Mathurin Regnier’ has rose coloured flowers, and Rivers wrote that it ‘is, if possible, more perfect in shape than [‘William Griffiths’], it is also better in colour.’ This is strong praise as he had previously written that ‘the latter is indeed the most perefectly shaped of any rose known.’ [Rivers (1857, 1863), GC Nov. 29th 1856].
Rosa ‘Moss Lanei’
A Moss rose described by Rivers as a fine globular and very double rose, with flowers very fragrant and of a rich rosy-crimson tinted with purple, its habit vigorous, more so than any other moss rose, a large bed making a fine effect. [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903)].
Rosa ‘Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe’
Hybrid Perpetual. The flowers are a delicate rosy blush, large and beautifully cupped, very fragrant. [FC p.61/1855].
Rosa ‘Mrs. Bosanquet’
Classified as a China rose by most contemporary authors and in Macarthur’s hand-written 1861 list it is classified as an Indica. Paul classifies it as a Bourbon rose. Growing to about 1m, it forms a neat but spindly shrub and has flesh-coloured to pink, very double, medium-sized flowers, somewhat prone to a green heart; pleasantly scented. It performs very well in my garden, although it tends much more towards the pink tones of its ‘flesh’ colouring. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Amat].
Rosa ‘Napoleon’
Gallica rose. Deep rose coloured flowers, shaded purple, large and double. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers (1857, 1863)].
Rosa ‘Narcisse’
Tea rose. William Paul considered that ‘Narcisse’ ‘deserves universal cultivation; the flowers are yellow with creamy edges, perfectly circular and full, reminding one of a transverse section of a hard-boiled egg’. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903)]. Rivers described it as a very pretty pale yellow rose. It produces a hardy and free growing bush. [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863)].
Rosa ‘Noisette Lutea’
Probably a Rosa noisettiana Redouté cultivar. For a basic description of thr early Noisette roses see Rosa ‘Noisette Pulchella’. ‘Noisette Lutea’ presumably had yellow flowers.
Rosa ‘Noisette Pulchella’
Probably a cultivar of Rosa noisettiana Redouté. Catherine Gore lists ‘Purple Noisette’ synonyms ‘Red Noisette’ and ‘Noisette with small Pink Flowers’ in her section of Noisette roses with pink or flesh-coloured flowers. She describes it as having arching shoots and small, very double, light pink flowers with narrow petals, which is a reasonable description of ‘Blush Noisette’, one of the few surviving early Noisette roses, but which is also a reasonable general description of the group.
Rosa ‘Noisette Purpurea’
Probably a cultivar of Rosa noisettiana Redouté. For a basic description of the early Noisette roses see Rosa ‘Noisette Pulchella’. ‘Noisette Purpurea’ had red flowers.
Rosa ‘Odorata Lutea Simplex’
I have been unable to fully identify this rose. Possibly a single form of an early Tea rose, derived from Rosa chinensis Jacq. var. odorata.
Rosa ‘Oeillet Parfait’
Gallica rose. Thomas Rivers says of ‘Oeillet Parfait’: ‘A rose raised in the West of France, and given out to the world before its qualities were appreciated. It is hybrid between the Damask and the French rose, so exactly like a carnation in its beautifully striped flowers as scarcely to be distinguished from one: its ground colour is pale blush, striped distinctly with dark red and crimson: no other variegated rose approaches it in beauty.’ Paul describes the flowers as medium-sized, double and cupped, pure white, distinctly striped with rosy crimson, the latter shaded with purple, ‘beautiful, like a scarlet bizarre carnation.’. It forms an erect, short-growing bush. [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Amat].
Rosa ‘Ohl’
Classified as a Gallica rose by Paul and included among the Gallica & Provins roses by Macarthur. The Gardeners’ Chronicle of 1852, however, considered it ‘one of the finest roses in this [Hybrid China] group’, and in 1850, included it in a list of recommended Damask, Alba, French and Hybrid Provins roses. It produces a medium size, vigorous bush with large, very fragrant, fully double flowers, with deep crimson petals in the centre, and violet petals around the outside. To 1.2m. [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Rivers (1857, 1863), Gard. Chron. (1850, 1852)].
