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DRAKETA. (Named in honour of Miss Drake, botani- 

 cal painter for the Botanical Register. Nat. ord. Orchids 

 [Orchidacea?]. Linn. 2O-Gynandria, i-Monandria. Allied 

 to Caleya.) 



The only species introduced is an extremely curious 

 ground-orchid, having one flower on the top of a slender 

 stalk, eighteen inches long, " resembling an insect sus- 

 pended in the air, and moving with every breeze." 

 Greenhouse. Divisions ; peat, loam, and rough sand. 

 D. ela'slica (elastic). Variegated. September. Swan 

 River. 



DRAPE'RIA. (A commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Hydrophyllaceae.) 



A half-hardy shrub of dwarf habit. Layers, and 

 seeds when obtainable. Light, well-drained soil in the 

 more favoured south and west, otherwise protection 

 from frost in winter. 



D. sy'slyla (united-styled). Bright violet. California. 

 1896. 



DRAWN. A plant is said to be drawn when it is un- 

 naturally increased in length. This is usually by an 

 excess of heat and moisture, and a deficiency of air and 

 light. 



DREJE RA WILLDENOWIA NA. See JACOBINIA Mo- 



DREPANOCA'RPUS. The Sickle-pod. (Fromdrepanon, 

 sickle, and carpos, a fruit ; referring to toe shape of the 

 seed-vessel. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Leguminosa?]. 

 Linn. ij-Diadelphia, 4-Decandria.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots nearly 

 ripe, with their leaves entire, in sand, under a glass, and 

 in bottom-heat ; peat and loam, both fibrous. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 D. luna'tus (half -moon-capsuled). 12. White. S. Amer. 

 1792- 



jr. Putting the borders in order; also 



manuring strawberries, asparagus, and other permanent 

 beds. 



DRIFT SAND is the sand washed by floods into drifts 

 or banks, whether by the sides of roads or streams. 



DRILLING. Scarcely a crop in the garden should be 

 sown broadcast, for drilling saves seed and labour ; and 

 although in some cases it takes more time to insert the 

 seed in drills, yet this is more than compensated by the 

 time saved during the after-culture, for the thinning and 

 hoeing are greatly facilitated. (See BROADCAST.) 



The distance apart appropriate for the drills for par- 

 ticular crops will be found under their respective titles ; 

 they are usually made with a hoe and line, but the 

 drill-rake is often used. The teeth are set six inches 

 apart, and are broad and coulter-formed. When the 

 drills are required to be less than six inches apart the 

 implement can be worked diagonally ; but it may be 

 made with teeth movable to any desired space apart. 



DRI'MIA. (From drimus, acrid ; referring to the juice 

 of the bulbs. Nat. ord. Lilyworts [Liliacea] Linn 

 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Massonia.) 



Little greenhouse bulbous plants, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; elegant, though less showy than the Ixias 

 Offsets ; peat, or leaf-mould, and sandy loam. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 75; winter, 35 to 45; potted when 

 beginning to grow, and until then kept dry after the 

 withering of the leaf. 

 D. acumina'ta (pointed). See SCILLA LANCE.EFOLIA 



alti'ssima (tallest). See URGINEA ALTISSIMA. 



ano'mala (anomalous). S. Africa. 



aperiifto'ra (open-flowered). See SCILLA LORATA 



ctlia'ris (hair-fringed), ij. Purple, white. August. 



l8OO. 



Co'lece (Mrs. Cole's). Green, with purple anthers 



Somaliland. 1897. 



Coope'ri (Cooper's). See SCILLA CONCOLOR. 

 ela'ta (tall). 2. Red, green. October. 1799 

 haworthioi'des (Haworthia-like). White and green 



S. Africa. 1875. 



lancecefo'lia (spear-leaved). See SCILLA LANCE.CFOLIA 

 lanceola'ta (spear-head-tenrd). See SCILLA LANCEO- 



tATA. 



D. longipcduncula'ta (long-flower-stalked). See SCILLA 



LANCE.CFOLIA. 



me'dia (intermediate). White. August. 1820. 



Purpttra'scens (purplish), j. Purple. August. 1818. 



pusi'lla (little). J. Green. May. S. Africa. 1793. 



,, robu'sta (robust). 2. Green. S. Africa. 1862. 



,, undula'ta (waved). See SCILLA UNDULATA. 



,, villo'sa (long-haired). Green. August. 1826. 



DRIMIO'PSIS. (Derived from Drimia. and opsis, re- 

 semblance ; the plants resemble the species of Drimia. 

 Nat. ord. Liliacezp.) 



Stove or greenhouse bulbs. Offsets. Light, sandy 

 loam and leaf-mould. Repot when the bulbs are about 

 to commence fresh growth, and keep them rather dry 

 when at rest. 

 D. botryoi'des (bunch- like), i. Greenish-white. Trop. 



Africa. 1875. 

 Ki'rkii (Kirk's), i. White. June to August. 



Zanzibar. 1871. 

 macula'ta (blotched), i. Green and white. Natal. 



1851. 



,, mi'nor (lesser). $. Pink. Trop. Africa. 1862. 

 perfolia'ta (pierced-leaved). $. Green-white. Trop. 

 Africa. 1878. 



DRTMYS. (From drimus, acrid ; referring to the 

 " bitter tonic taste " of the bark, one of the characteristics 

 of the nat. ord. Magnoliads [Magnoliacea?]. Linn. 13- 

 Polyandria, ^-Tetragynia.) 



The Winter Bark of commerce is that of D. Winte'ri, a 

 good substitute for cinnamon. Greenhouse evergreen 

 trees, with white flowers. Cuttings of half-ripe shoots in 

 sand, under a glass, and, after standing a fortnight 

 shaded from sun, transferred to a sweet bottom-heat; 

 fibrous peat and sandy, lumpy loam. Winter temp., 

 40 to 45. 



D. aroma' tica (aromatic). 3109. White. Tasmania and 

 Victoria. 1845. 



chile'nsis (Chilian). See D. WINTERI. 



dipe'tala (two-petaled). 8. May. Australia. 1824. 



granate'iisis (New Grenadian). See D. WINTERI. 



Winte'ri( Winter's). 31010. White. S. Amer. 1827. 



DROPWORT. Spira'a Filipe'ndula. Dropwort, 

 Water. (Ena'nthe croca'ta. 



DROSERA. Sundew. (From droseros, dewy. Nat. 

 ord. Sundews [Droseracea?]. Linn. 5-Pentandria, $-Pen- 

 tagynia.) 



The Sundews are delicate herbaceous plants, chiefly 

 inhabitants of marshes ; the whole plant is thickly 

 clothed with glandular hairs, giving them the appearance 

 of being studded with dewdrops. We have often viewed 

 D. rotundifo'lia with amazement, on the opposite side of 

 a little pool, arrayed in hundreds of little stars, and 

 sparkling beneath a midday's sun. Seeds, generally, and 

 divisions ; peat earth, above it fresh sphagnum moss, in 

 which the tiny plant is to be fixed, and then the pot is to 

 be set in a pan of water. Most of them succeed in a 

 cool greenhouse, but the British ones may be cultivated 

 in the bog garden. 



D. acau'lis (stemless). J. White. July. S.Africa. 1823. 

 america'na (American). See D. LONGIFOLIA AMERI- 

 CANA. 



a'nglica (English). J. White, red. July. England. 

 bina'ta(tvrin-leaved). |. White. July. Australia. 1821. 

 ,, ,, ru'bra (red). Red. Leaves more repeatedly 



forked. 1880. 



burkea'na (Burkean). S. Africa. 

 cape'nsis (Cape). J. Purple. S. Africa. 1875. 

 cistiflo'ra (Cistus-flowered). Scarlet, 2 in. across ^ S 



Africa. 1889. 



,, dtcho'toma (forked). See D. BINATA. 

 erythrorhi'xa (scarlet-rooted). White. July. Swan 



River. 1843. 

 .. filicau'lis (thready-stemmed). Rose. May. Swan 



River. 1841. 

 ftlifo'rmis (thread-form). J. Purple. July. New 



Jersey. 1811. 



,, giganie'a (gigantic). White. July. Swan River. 

 ,, intermedia, (intermediate). J. White. July. Eng- 

 land. 



,, linea'ris (narrow-leaved). J. Purple. July. N 

 Amer. 1818. 



