440 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
DANCING GIRLS. See Mantisia Saltatoria. 
DANDELION (Tarazacum oficinale). The culture of 
this herb as a salad-plant is the same as described for 
Chicory (which see). The flowers must be picked off 
frequently in summer, to- prevent the ripening, and dis- 
tribution by the wind, of seed. Dandelion roots are some- 
Fig. 612. DANDELION (TARAXACUM OFFICINALE). 
times dried, 
roasted, and ground, and employed to adulte- 
rate coffee, 
or as a substitute for it. The leaves, when 
blanched, are used in this country, and more so on the 
Continent, as a salad. See Fig. 612. 
DANES’ BLOOD. Sæ Sambucus Ebulus. 
DANEWEED. S Sambucus Ebulus. 
DANEWORT. 3^ Sambucus Ebulus. 
DAPHNE (from daphne, the Greek name of the Bay- 
tree, Laurus nobilis, used by Theophrastus). Овр. Thyme- 
Тасев. Very ornamental evergreen or deciduous shrubs 
(rarely tall). Flowers odorous, honeyed; perianth tubular, 
with four spreading lobes and a naked throat; stamens 
eight, sub-sessile in two series, Fruit coriaceons or fleshy. 
plants, extensively 
the open; their 
| lants, succeeđin 
admirably when trained on walls, nus ina rend 
_ Shaded position. The red and white forms of D. indica 
ате grown most largely indoors. 
Cultivation. The species cultivated for 
grafted on stocks of 
conservatory 
AAT 
to gentle heat, to encourage growth and the 
lon roots. The young plants may then be potted 
y, and grown on in a close, but not high, tempera- 
and afterwards hardened and kept quite cool during 
"wing autumn and winter, in order to thoroughly 
| Wood, a material point towards success in 
- indica. A temperature of 55deg. will be 
© excite growth, and this must not be exceeded 
8 are required to blossom. Grafted speci- 
on in a somewhat similar WAy, re- 
uly after flowering is over, using loam and 
‘Proportions as a compost. D. indica 
mtly large for good-sized plants. 
т, 
Daphne—continued. 
The hardier species may be used outside, in sheltered 
positions, on rockwork, or in shrubbery borders, with 
good effect. D. Lawreola and D. pontica are fine ever- . 
green species, thriving well when planted beneath the 
shade of trees. The cultivation does not materially differ 
in the younger stages from the greenhouse kinds; but as 
these make large specimens in а much shorter time, a 
richer, though well-drained, soil should be given when 
е insured, and water applied very 
planting ont. 
D. alpina (alpine). Л. white, very fragrant, sessile, aggregate, 
May to у. 1, lanceolate, a little obtuse, tomentose Эй АО 
deciduous. ^. 2ft. European Alps, 1759. A low, hardy, branchy 
evergreen shrub. (L. B. C. 66.) 
D. altaica (Altaic). Л. white, scentless, sessile, in terminal umbels 
of about five flowers, April 7, obovate-lanceolate, glabrous, of 
а somewhat glaucous and yellowish-green, especially when young. 
^. lit. to 3ft. Siberia, 1795. Hardy. (B. M. 1875.) 
(Blagay's)* Л. white, tubular, fragrant, 
D. Blagayana disposed | 
in dense terminal heads, April. Z. alternate, lanceolate, glabrous. 
h. lft. Mountains of Eastern Europe, 1872. 
C. n. s., xvii. 506.) 
© Hardy evergreen. 
ЖҮ. EL Ie. = = еа 
FiG. 613. DAPHNE CNEORUM, showing Habit 
Cluster of Flowers. 
and Detached 
D. Cneorum, 
rper m d brous, mucronate. 
сео. , "us, . 
we е ahead. See Fig 
* Garland Flower. /t. bright pink, sweet-scen al 
te, sessile. April, and aahi in im P. 
dl three 
. 613, | 
. collina (hill). pinkish, in terminal groups ; x 
р, соп villous. ) P es to June, l obovate, glabrous and gist 
: above, and hirsutely villous beneath. h. 2ft. to 5%. 
Italy, 1752. Erect hardy evergreen. (B. M. 428.) 
D. c. neapolitana (Neapolitan). A very pretty рм. hi 
t flowers, which are uced during the ды se 
differs from the t chiefly in the want of pubescence 
under surface of the leaves. B. C. 719.) 
D. Fortunei (Fortune's) 7. lilac, 
1. lilac, eene, sky. A е 
1 . February. i. oblong, or o , * 1 
shina, A hardy deciduous species. (F. d. S. 208. ; 
China, 1844. 
D. Genkwa (Genkwa). Л. lilac, fragrant, rather large, fascicle 
appearing before the leaves. ы "о. 499.) 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. Japan, 1866. Hardy a i panicled 
gm y А to August, эу эч ече Да with а (SF. G. 
tip. А. 2ft. South-west Europe, 1797. Hardy evergreen. (527 
i) 
а (Indian).* fl. red or white, terminal, sessile. ITO 
D. japonica (зра, Л. ere, terminal, ‹ mage 
ong-lanceolate, wavy, margined Ly 
^. 2ft. оа, 1840. Greenhouse evergreen. (P. M. B. 8, 175.) 
D. 
їп 
Laureola (Laurel.* Spurge Laurel. fi yellowish-gre the 
leaves.’ 
` clusters, that are 
а а іо Ве 
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