DIPLADENIA. 



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peared surrounded by a kind of 

 mucus, and soon disappeared. In 

 tlie like manner, the remains of the 

 bodies of flies are often found in the 

 leaves of this plant and those of the 

 common Sundew, though both plants 

 will thrive, if kept sufficiently moist, 

 without such nourishment, 



Dio'&^iA.—Bitidcece. — Cape shrubs 

 with hair -like roots, which require 

 to be grown in pots in a greenhouse 

 or room, in sandy peat, well drained, | 

 and frequently watered. Like all 

 the Cape shrubs, they are easily 

 killed by too much or too little 

 water ; and should never be suffered 

 to stand with water in a saucer, or 

 to get too dry. They have a very 

 peculiar smell, which some persons 

 like, and which is said to be very ! 

 wholesome ; but which is generally | 

 thought to be very disagreeable, and j 

 which remains in gloves, or any other | 

 article of dress that may have touched j 

 the plant, for a long time. The Hot- j 

 tentot belles are said to use it as a i 

 perfume. The plants have heath- j 

 like leaves, and small but pretty i 

 flowers ; they are propagated by ! 

 cuttings, which root freely in sand 

 under a glass, 



Di'pLACUS. — Scrophuldrince. — 



The Monkey-plant. — The shrubby 



kinds of Mimulus, vrith yellow or 



I scarlet flowers ; which should be 



I grown in a mixture of sandy loam 



I and peat. They are natives of 



I California, and, like all the plants 



I from that country, they are easily 



I killed by the sun striking on the 



1 collar of the root ; they likewise 



i sufi"er severely from drought, or too 



I much moisture. They are propa- 



i gated by cuttings struck in sand 



without bottom -heat. 



DiPLADEiviA. — Ai^ocynece. — Z>. 



flava is a very showy bright golden ! 



'■ yellow flowei-, very like the Alia- \ 



manda. It is a native of New I 



' Granada, whence it was first sent to ! 



England in 1845 ; but it has only 

 lately flowered in this country. 

 The genus Dipladenia was for- 

 merly called Echites ; and the spe- 

 cies are generally climbing plants, 

 shrubby towards the base. See 

 Echites. 



DiPLOLJU'NA. — Rutacece. — D. 

 Dainpieri is a very singular plant, 

 the flowers of which resemble those 

 of one of the Compositse. It is a 

 native of Western Australia, whence 

 it was introduced about 18-10. 



Di'rc A. — T/ii/m ela cecs. — Leather- 

 wood. — This is the smallest of trees, 

 as though some of the kinds of Willow 

 are of still lower growth, they are too 

 herbaceous in the texture of their 

 stems to be legitimately entitled to 

 the rank of trees. The Dirca, on 

 the contrary, is as completely a tree 

 as an oak, though it seldom grows 

 above three feet high. It is a native 

 of America, and requires a marshy 

 soil, or to be grown in peat kept 

 constantly moist. 



DiSE'iiMA.— /*fiss?'^o7'ac€CE. — This 

 is a genus of very handsome plants, 

 natives of Australia, and nearly allied 

 to the Passion Flower. The flowers 

 of D. aura at ia are remarkable for 

 their change of colour, being nearly 

 white in the bud, and when they 

 first expand ; afterwards assuming 

 a yellow or buff tint ; and finally 

 becoming a brick red. 



DiTTAKT OF Crete. — Origanum 

 Dictdmnus. — A kind of Marjoram, 

 with pink flowers ; a native of Can- 

 dia, which is quite hardy, but should 

 be grown in rich mould. On the 

 Continent, a branch of it hung up 

 in a room is said to keep away fleas 

 and other vermin. 



Division . — Plants are said to be 

 propagated by division when they 

 are taken up and separated into 

 portions ; each portion having part 

 of the root and one or more buds 

 attached, if in herbaceous plants; 



