D A U 



St-ipes, of a pale vellow on their oiitsiJe ; a s'm- 

 irk- irce w ill pcifiiiiic the iiir of a hirge garden. 

 It is a native of South America. 



Culture. — These plants are propagated annu- 

 ally, by sowing the seeds in the two first or 

 haidy sorts in the clumps, borders, or other 

 places where the plants are to remain, in 

 patches of four or live together, covering them 

 m to the depth of nearly half an inch. When 

 the plants are up the weakest should be removed, 

 go as to leave oidy one or two of the strongest 

 in each place: but in the latter or tender sorts 

 the seed should be sown in the spring season, as 

 the latter end of March or beginning of the fol- 

 lowing month, cither on a hot-bed covered by 

 frames and glasses, or in pots, and managed as 

 other tender annuals, admitting air to them 

 freely in their carh' growth, and when some 

 inches high removing them into separate pots, 

 rciilungiiig them in the hot-bed so formed as 

 to draw tbem up to a pretty tall growth. Wheii 

 the weather becomes settled warm, as about 

 3nne, thev may be removed into the open air, 

 being previously hardenedby due exposure, either 

 in tlie pots, or planted outi'n the borders or other 

 places, 'with balls of eanli about their roots. 

 Tl;c two first kinds are the best suited to the last 

 method. 



The first and second species are adapted to 

 large borders of pleasitre-grounds, where they 

 have a good effect in mixture with others of si- 

 milar growth ; but the first is sometimes trou- 

 l)lesome as a weed. The other kinds, from the 

 beautv of their flowers, produce a pleasing va- 

 riety in assemblage with other potted annual 

 plants. See Annual Pi^ants. 

 DATF: Pf.UM. See Diospyros. 

 DAIT: TUKI;:. See Fhu;nxx. 

 DAl/CUS, a genu? containing a plant of the 

 esculent kind, 



[t helontr* to the class and order Peiitondria 

 Diiiyn'w, and rankj; in the natural order of Um~ 

 henatce, 



Tlie characters arc: that the calyx is an 

 unii-er-'al umbel, nianifold, flowering flat, 

 fruiting coneave-convcrging: partial manifold, 

 giiDilar : involucre univefsgl, iiiiiny-Ieaveil length 

 of the unjbtd ; leaflets linear, piniwtiiul: parTial 

 niorcsimplejlftngihofthcumbullule; pej-ianthiuni 

 proper scarce nuiiifcsl; the airoila iinivcrsaJ 

 iliflbnn, sonicv/ha!: r.iyedj floseujes of the disjj 

 flboriivci proper of five petals, inflex-hemtcdj 

 lbs? cxtcrifH' unt'3 larger ; ihf stamina consist, of 

 five capillary filait.ientc ; ai)ther!t sijuplp: ih? 

 piiililUim i; an inferior .germ, f;mall: ntyles two, 

 refli;K ; stigmas obtuse : lliixe U no periearpium i 

 ilisi fruU ovate, o'tcn hispid an fycry side with 

 (Uff hairs, bipaitite: the jjcds two, eowewhat 



D A U 



ovate, an one side convex, hispid, on the other 

 flat. 



The species cultivated is D. Caiota, Com- 

 mon Carrot. 



It has along, large perpendicular tapering root, 

 from fifteen to eighteen inches in length, with long- 

 erect finely divided leaves, having the stem three 

 feet high in its flowering state; it differs little 

 from the wild carrot, except in the largeness 

 and succulcncy of the plant, and particularly of 

 the root, which with its superior size usually 

 takes a tincture of yellow in diflerent shades to 

 deep orange, and becomes of a softer texture, 

 without aay of that acrimony and aromatic fla- 

 vour which is found in the wild root: it has 

 white flowers on all the branches. It is annual, 

 flowering from .lunc to August. 



'I'here are varieties with orange coloured roots, 

 termed Orange Carrot, with a shorter red root, 

 termed Earlv Horn-carrot, with a purple root, 

 and with a light yellow root. 



Culture. — [n the culture of this useful vegeta- 

 ble, a deep light soil should be employed as 

 much as possible, and when of a sandy quality 

 it is still nwre advantageous. It should have 

 been well manured the preceding year, as when 

 it is applied the same year the roots arc apt to be 

 aflccted with the canker. Where it is made use 

 of the same year, it should be well rotted, as 

 such as has been used in the hot-bed. 



In preparing the ground, it should be well 

 trenched over at no great length of time before 

 the period of sowing, to the full depth of eigh- 

 teen inches, the lumps being well broken and 

 reduced, and the manure when used at the 

 time completely turned in. When this busi- 

 ness is not performed in a perfect manner, the 

 roots are liable to spread in a lateral manner, 

 and become branched. 



The situation should be open, and free from 

 the droppings of trees, or other inconveniences 

 of the same kind. 



The seed for this crop should always be 

 such as has been collected from plants of the 

 preceding year, and which is perfectly I'resh and 

 well ripened; as old seed never answers well in 

 this culture, much of it being in a state inca- 

 pable of vegetating. 



The sort^nost ptoper for the diflerent garden 

 crops. Is for the early oncK the Horn- Carrot, 

 but for the general crop, the Orange is constantly 

 to hevimployed, not only as growing nrore large, 

 but more straight and handsome, and keeping 

 better, aa welf-as being more sweet and pleasant 

 in the taste. 



The other varietict; may be grown w here variety 

 is wanted, Whittevcr sort is made usr of, it li 

 oi jHwvti tousecjiience to have genuine seed, 



