Sunday 25 January 2009

Villa Victoria, Cannes 1873

Thomas Robinson Woolfield wrote to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener, on the 30th January, 1873.

He reports that his Eucalyptus globulus, sown in March, 1862, had now attained the height of fifty-five feet, with a girth of four feet. He sold to leaves and small branches to be distilled at 2s. 4d. per cwt.

He added the following list of flowering plants from his garden:

Abutilon Duc de Malakoff
Thompsoni
venosum
vexillarium
Acacia dealbata
lophantha
myriobotrya
ovata
Achanea africana
Agathaea coelestis
Ageratum mexicanum
Anemones
Bignonia capensis
Bellis perennis
Calendula officinalis
Callistemon viminale
Calycanthus praecox
Capraria lanceolata
Carnations
Cassia australis
tormentosa
Ceanothus azureus
dentatus
Cestrum auranticum
Chorozema ilicifolium
nanum
Chrysanthemum frutescens Comtesse de Chambord
and the yellow variety
Citrus Bigaradia
Coabaea scandens
Correa alba
cardinalis
rosea
Cuphaea emines
platycentra
Cyclamens
Dahlia arborea
Delairea scandens
Eriobotrya japonica
Eriocephalus aromaticus
Eucalyptus globulus
Eupatorium grandiflorum album
micranthum
Grevillea pumica splendens
rosmarinifolia
Thelmanni
Habrothamnus auranticum
elegans
fasiculatus
Hakea eucalyptoides
Victoria
Heliotropes
Iberis semperflorens
Iochroma coccinea
Tonelliana
tubulosa
Warscewiczii
Ionopsidium acaule
acaule alba
Irises
Jasminum nudiflorum
Kennedya ovata
ovata alba
ovata lilacina
Lantana delicatissima
Lavandula dentata
Libonia floribunda
Linum tigrinum
Lopezia miniata
Lycium afrum
Mahonias
Myoporum parvifolium
Narcissus
Nemophila alba
insignis
Nicotianas
Osmanthus fragrans
Osteospermum moniliferum
Oxalis versicolor
Pansies
Phlox Drummondii
Pimelea deussata
Polygala Dalmaisiana
grandiflora
Primula sinensis
Reseda odorata
Ribes speciosum
Rosmarinus officinalis
Ruscus
Salvia eriocalyx
gesneraeflora
princeps
sylvestris
Sparmannia africana
Stenia salicifolia
Tacsonia ignea
manicata
mollissima
Templetonia glauca
Teucrium fruticans
Tussilago suaveolens
Veronicas
Violas

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