DESMONCUS 



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DIANELLA 



D. canadSnse (Canadian). 6. Purple. July. N. Amer. 



1640. Hardy. 



czne'scens (grey). Purple. N. Amer. Hardy. 

 cilia're (eye-lashed). N. Amer. Hardy. 

 ,. cinera'scens (grey). 3. Rosy-lilac to violet. China. 



1904. 



du'bium (doubtful). See D. FLORIBUNDUM. 

 e'legans (elegant), i. July. China. 1819. 

 floribu'ndum (free-flowering). Light rose. July. 



Himalaya. 

 gy'rans (gyrating). 2 to 3. Violet. India. 1775. 



" Telegraph Plant." 

 japo'nicum (Japanese). See D. PODOCARPUM JAPO- 



NICUM. 



laburnifo'lium (Labunium-leaved). Trop. Asia. 

 latifo'lium (broad-leaved). Purple. Asia and Trop. 



Africa. 



maryla'ndicum (Maryland). N. Amer. 

 nu'tans (nodding). See D. TILI^FOLIUM. 

 panicula' turn (panicled). N. Amer. 

 penduliflo'rum (pendulous-flowered). See LESPEDEZA 



SlEBOLDII. 



podoca'rpum (stalked-fruited). 2 to 3. Purple. July. 



Himalaya. 

 japo'nicum (Japanese). White. Japan. 1875. 



Hardy. 

 pulche'llum (pretty). 3. Purple. July. Trop. Asia ; 



Australia. 1798. 



scuta'tum (shield-shaped). Mexico. 

 Skinne'ri a'lbo-ni'tens (white-shining). Purple. 



Leaves hoary. Guatemala. 

 tiliaefo'lium (lime-leaved). Lilac. July, August. 



Himalaya. 1823. Hardy. 

 trique'trum (three-grooved). 10. Purple. July. 



Trop. Asia. 1817. 



unibetta' turn (umbelled). Trop. Asia. 

 uncina'tum (hooked). N. and S. Amer. 

 viridiflo'rum (green-flowered). Greenish. United 



States. Hardy. 



DESMO'NCUS. (From desmos, a bond and ogkos, a 

 hook ; the ribs of the leaves ending in bands at the 

 point, like tendrils. Nat. ord. Palms [Palmaceas], Linn. 

 si-Moncecia, 6-Hexandria. Allied to Cocos.) 



Stove Palms. Seeds in a hotbed ; sandy loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 84 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 D. aculea'tus (prickly). Guatemala. 1852. 



america'nus (American). 6. St. Vincent. 1824. 



du'bius (doubtful). 6. Trinidad. 1824. 



granate'nsis (New Grenadan). Colombia. 1875. 



la'tifrons (broad-leaved). S. Amer. 1840. 



ma'jor (greater). Trinidad. 



mi' nor (lesser). W. Ind. 



mi'tis (mi)d). Brazil. 



orthaca'nthos (straight-spined). 6. Brazil. 1822. 



poly oca! nthos (many-spined). 6. Brazil. 1822. 



DESMO'TRICHUM. See DENDROBIUM. 



DEU'TZIA. (Named after /. Deutz, a sheriff of 

 Amsterdam. Nat. ord. Syringas [Saxifragaceas]. Linn. 

 lo-Decandria, %-Trigynia.) 



D. sca'bra, grown as a dwarf standard, and pruned 

 like the black currant, or cutting out the shoots after 

 flowering, would form a great ornament for a border of 

 select shrubs. It is also a good subject for spring flower- 

 ing for the conservatory. Hardy deciduous shrubs. 

 Cuttings under a hand-glass, or strong shoots may be 

 planted in a sheltered place in autumn. They are fine 

 ornaments to a wall in the early summer months ; 

 common soil. 

 D. candidi' ssima (whitest). See D. CRENATA FLO'RE 



PLE'NO. 



corymbo'sa (corymb- flowering). 5. White. Hima- 

 layas. 



crena'ta (crenate). 4 to 6. White. Japan. 

 flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). White. Japan. 



1863. 

 flo're ple'no e'xtus purpu'rea (double). Petals pink 



on the back. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). China. 

 . purpvra' scens (purplish). Rose-purple. Yunnan, 



China. 1894. 



globo'sa (globose). Creamy white. Central China. 

 1906 



D. gra'cilis campanula' ta. Hybrid (gracilis X discolor 



purpurascens). 



gracilis (slender). White. April. Japan. 

 ,, ,, fo'liis aur'eis (golden-leaved). Leaves yellow. 



1889. 



,, variega'ta (variegated). 



^ww^/Zc/rafKalmia-flowered). Hybrid (gracilis pur- 

 purascens X parviftora). 

 Lemoi'nei (Lemoine's). Hybrid (gracilis xparvi flora). 



1894. 

 mo'llis (soft). 3 to 8. White, or tinted pink. Central 



China. 1906. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). White. China. 1888. 

 ,, amure'nsis (Amurland). 3. White. N. China. 

 refle'xa (reflexed). Pure white. Central China. 1906. 

 sangui'nea (red- flowered). Red. April. 

 ,, sca'bra (rough-leaved). 6. May. Japan. 1833. 

 ,, sieboldia'na (Sieboldian). White. Japan. 

 ,, stami'nea (Jroad-stamened). 3. White. April. 



Himalayas. 1841. 



sutchuene'nsis (Sutchuen). White. China. 1897. 

 Vilmo'rince (Madame Vilmorin's). Snow-white. 



China. 1904. 

 Wilso'ni (Wilson's). White. Western China. 1906. 



DEVIL-IN-THE-BUSH. See NIGE'LLA. 



DEVIL'S APPLES. See MANDRA'GORA OFFICINA'RUM. 



DEVIL'S-BIT SCABIOUS. See SCABIO'SA SUCCI'SA. 



DEVIL'S COACH HORSE. O'cypus o'lens or Rove 

 Beetle. 



DEVIL'S FIG. See ARGEMO'NE MEXICA'NA. 

 DEVIL'S LEAF. U'rtica urenti' ssima. 

 DEVONSHIRING. See PARING and BURNING. 

 DEWBERRY. Ru'bus ca'sius. 



DEYEU'XIA. (A commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Graminea?.) 



An ornamental greenhouse grass of easy culture. 

 D. e'legans variega'ta (variegated). Leaves deep green, 

 edged yellow. Bolivia. 1884. 



DIACA'LPE. (From dis, two, or double, and calpis, 

 an urn ; referring to the disposition of the spore-cases, 

 or seed-vessels. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. 24- 

 Cryptogamia, i-Filices. Allied to Woodsia.) 



Stove Fern. Division ; peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 D. aspidioi'des (Aspidium-like). Yellow. July. Java. 



DIA'CRIUM. (Derived from di, two, and akris, a 

 point. Nat. ord. Orchidacea?.) 



A handsome Orchid, closely allied to Epidendrum, 

 and requiring similar culture. 

 D. bicornu'tum (two-horned), i. White. W. Ind. 



DIADE'NIUM. (From dis, two, and aden, a gland; 

 referring to the glands at the base of the column. Nat. 

 ord. Orchidaceae.) 



A warm house Orchid. Offsets in small baskets, with 

 sphagnum and potsherds. Requires a high temperature 

 with a moist atmosphere when making its growth, both 

 greatly reduced in winter. 

 D. Barke'ri (Barker's). Brazil. 1837. 



DIANE'LLA. (A classical diminutive from Diana, the 

 goddess of bunting ; the first discovered species being 

 found in a grove. Nat. ord. Lilyworts [Liliaceae]. Linn. 

 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse or frame bulbs. They would answer in a 

 mixed border of half-hardy bulbs in front of a stove or 

 greenhouse, with Anthericums, Albucas, Blandfordias, 

 Cummingias, and the like ; but they succeed best in a 

 greenhouse. All from Australia, and with blue flowers, 

 except where otherwise specified. Seeds sown in a 

 slight hotbed in spring, and division ; loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 75 ; winter, 40 to 48. 

 D. a'spera (rough). Tasmania. 



,, caru'lea (sky-blue). 2. June 1783. 



conge'sta (crowded). See D. C^ERULEA. 



