(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Acidalie’
Bourbon rose.  ‘Acidalie’ has large, full, globular, sweetly-scented flowers of pure white with blush centres on a vigorous bush.  It requires good weather to perform well.  [Paul (1848, 1863)].
 
Horticultural & Botanical History
Raised by Rousseau at Angers in 1835.  Thomas Rivers commented in 1854: ‘Only one really good White Bourbon rose exists at present, an old favourite and deservedly so, Acidalie: who that has seen this beautiful rose in fine calm weather in September, has been able to withhold intense admiration?  Its large globular finely-shaped flowers of the purest white, delicately tinted with purplish rose, seem always to be drooping with beauty.  Yes, it is indeed unique and charming.’  [Rivers (1854, 1857)].
 
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival.  For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Alexandrine Bachmeteff’
Hybrid perpetual.  ‘Alexandrine Bachmeteff’ has bright rosy carmine flowers, large and full, of first rate character, on a hardy, free-growing, vigorous shrub.  [Paul (1863, 1888), Rivers 1854, FC p.228/1857].
  
Horticultural & Botanical History
Bred by Margottin and released in 1852.  Louis van Houtte included it in an Énumération des plus belles variétiés et….des autres! in the Flore des Serres.  [FS pgs.91-102 vol.15/1864].
  
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival.  For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Auguste Mie’
Hybrid Perpetual.  ‘Auguste Mie’ was described by Paul as similar to ‘Coupe d'Hébé’, its flowers a light, glossy rose-pink, large, double, and globular in form.  A late bloomer producing a vigorous bush, good for standard, pot or pillar.  [Paul (1863, 1888), Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), FC p.228/1857].
 
Horticultural & Botanical History
Bred by Laffay in 1851.  In the first great National Rose show held in July 1858, ‘Auguste Mie’ was listed amongst the roses appearing in multiple (17) winning collections.  [Gard. Chron. 1858].
 
 History at Camden Park
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Baronne de Hecheren’
Hybrid Perpetual.  The flowers were described by Paul as rosy pink, the petals large, cupped and double, a fine showy rose.  [Paul 1863, FC p.61/1855].
 
History at Camden Park
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Beauté de Melan’   
It has yellow flowers but I have found no further information.

History at Camden Park. 
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].
Region of origin, probably France

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Bernard’
Classified as a Damask Perpetual by William Paul, writing in The Gardeners Chronicle and as a Portland rose by James Smith in the Floricultural Cabinet.  Rivers described ‘Rose Bernard’ as a sport of the ‘Crimson Perpetual’ rose, as was ‘Celina Dubos’, otherwise known as ‘Madame Dubos’.  He described it as ‘a most beautiful rose with rather small flowers, but these are very double and finely shaped, of a delicate pink tinted with salmon, and very fragrant.’  [GC 5th Aug 1843, GC p.831/1844, FC p.6/1853, Rivers (1854, 1863)]. ....
 
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival.  For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Blairii No 2’
Generally considered to be Bourbon rose, it was classified as a Hybrid China by Rivers and Paul and included in this group by Macarthur.  A climbing or pillar rose, it has large and distinct rosy, blush flowers and is said to be a reliable repeat flowerer although it never repeat flowers in my garden.  To 3.5m.  William Paul described it as one of the largest roses and one of the freest growers, often obtaining 10-12 feet in one season.  [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Gard Chron. 1847].

Horticultural & Botanical History
An English rose introduced by Blair of Stamford Hill in 1845.  Rivers wrote of it: ‘Blairii No. 2, a rose not so much known as it deserves to be, is a very distinct and unique variety, so impatient of the knife, that if pruned at all severely, it will scarcely put forth a flower: it is perhaps better as a pillar rose, than grown in any other mode, as it shoots ten or twelve feet in one season, and its pendulous clusters of flowers which are produced from these long shoots unshortened, have a beautiful effect on a pillar.’  [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863)].

History at Camden Park
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

(27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Bouquet de Flore’
Bourbon rose.  ‘Bouquet de Flore’ is a light, glossy carmine colour, the flowers large and double, cupped, sweet-scented and exquisite.  A hardy, vigorous and free-flowering rose with fine foliage.  An excellent autumnal bloomer and useful as a standard, pillar or for pots.  [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888), Rivers (1857, 1863), FC p.252/1850].
 
History at Camden Park
Included in a handwritten list of roses dated 1861, probably intended for a new edition of the catalogue that was never printed.  [MP A2943].

(29 Jul 2010)  Includes photo(s).
 
Clematis aristata R.Br. ex DC.
Macarthur’s ‘Clematis sp. nova (Argyle)’, an unidentified species or variety, is probably a form of Clematis aristata.  This is a vigorous climber with ternate leaves, the leaflets usually simple, ovate and toothed, and white campanulate flowers.  [FNSW].  

Horticultural & Botanical History
Of the eight to ten recognised Australian species only four are native to New South Wales.  Three of these, Clematis microphylla DC., introduced to Britain before 1817, Clematis aristata R.Br. ex DC., introduced in 1812, and Clematis glycinoides DC., introduced in 1826 or earlier.  None of these on the surface fit the designation species nova.  Clematis fawcettii F.Muell., described in 1876, only occurs in far north NSW and Queensland.
Perhaps the most likely identification is a variety of Clematis aristata R.Br. ex DC.  This is a very variable species across its range, which is eastern Australia from Tasmania to Queensland and almost as far as South Australia to the west.  The Australian Plant Names Index lists many varieties and synonyms.  Such a variety is a possible identification for Macarthur’s plant.  Clematis aristata was figured in the Botanical Register:  ‘An unrecorded New Holland plant.  Introduced most possibly since the publication of the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis.  The species is dioecious, having fertile pistils with sterile stamens on one plant, and sterile pistils and fertile stamens on another.  The name has been adopted from the Banksian Herbarium, and was suggested to Mr. Brown by the small intermediate point which extends itself beyond the loculaments or body of the anthers.’  [BR f.238/1817]. 
Less likely is a variety of Clematis microphylla DC., possibly var. leptophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., described by Ferdinand Mueller in Bentham’s Flora Australiensis in 1863.  This is a frost hardy, vigorous climber with pinnate leaves and very small leaflets, to 3cm long, and a profusion of creamy-white flowers in spring [Hortus, FNSW, Wrigley].  The species occurs mainly west of the Great Dividing Range in higher country and cannot be discounted.

History at Camden Park
Listed only in the 1857 catalogue [T.330/1857].  The old county of Argyle, NSW, is situated on the Southern Tablelands, some 200 km south west of Sydney, with the city of Goulburn as its centre, and includes Taralga, the site of a Macarthur grazing property.  William Macarthur probably collected this plant here.  This plant was not recorded in his private herbarium.

(27 Jul 2011)  Includes photo(s).
 
Clematis campaniflora Brot.
Frost hardy, vigorous, deciduous climber with pinnate leaves, the leaflets in groups of three, bearing small, fragrant, lilac flowers in great profusion in terminal cymes in mid to late summer.  To 6m.  [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’.]

Horticultural & Botanical History
‘A native of Portugal, first described by Brotero, who found it in hedges, by the road from Oporto to Coimbra.
It is a climbing plant, growing to the height of eight feet or more, with many branches, towards the extremities of which the flowers are produced; with us they come out in the latter part of the summer; they are very delicate, of a clear purplish white.’  [LBC no.987/1825]. 
Introduced to England in 1810.  [JD].  Originally described by Prof. Brotero in 1804 in the Flore du Portugal.  [IH p.78 Vol.2/1855].  The flower in Loddiges Botanical Cabinet appears almost pure white compared with the pale lilac of the Illustration Horticole figure used here.

History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [T.320/1843].  A plant was presented to the Sydney Botanic Garden by William Macarthur on September 15th 1847 [RBGS AB].