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Downin'gia (named after A. J. Downing, a landscape 

 gardener of New York). Nat. Ord. Campanu- 

 lacece. Frequently called Clinton' ia. 



These pretty little dwarf annuals, introduced 

 from California in 1827, are well worth growing 

 for hanging baskets, edging beds or borders, or 

 pot culture, and closely resemble the well-known 

 dwarf blue Lobelias, but are brighter. The two 

 varieties are similar in habit. 



D. e'legans. Only 6 ins. high. Flowers blue and 

 white in June to September. Syn., Clinton'ia 

 e'legans. 



D. pulchel'la. The same height as the former, with 



violet-blue, white, and yellow flowers. Syn., 

 Clinton'ia pulchel'la. The varieties are al'ba, 

 white, atropuiyur^ea, deep purple, and ru'bra, 

 red. 



Sow the seeds J in. deep in the open ground in 

 April, and thin out to 6 or 8 ins. apart in May ; or 

 sow in February, temp. 55', in loam, leaf mould, 

 and sand, and plant out in May. Give a little liquid 

 manure on beginning to flower. 



Dragon's Mouth. See Antirrhinum. 



Eccremocar'pus (from Gr. ekkremes, hanging, and karpos, 

 fruit, in allusion to its pendent seed-pods). Nat, 

 Ord. Bignoniacew. Known also as Calam'pelis. 



E. sca'ber, or Chilian Glory Flower, is a favourite 



creeper of elegant and rapid growth, 15 ft. or 

 so high, but unfortunately tender. It is not 

 a true annual, and in the south-west of 



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