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Digitalis lanata, Woolly-flowered Foxglove, with white 

 and brown flowers, from July to August ; two feet high. 



DODECATHEON. 



Dodecatheon is a name of the Romans, signifying twelve gods 

 or divinities. 



D. media. American Cowslip. A highly ornamental 

 plant, displaying its flowers in May arid June ; throwing up 

 stems a foot high, with a large, umbel-like cluster of singularly 

 beautiful pale purple flowers. The petals are re flexed, or 

 thrown back from the centre, like the Cyclamen. There is a 

 variety with white flowers. Soon after flowering, the foliage 

 dies down, and the plant is dormant during the summer, when 

 it may be propagated by parting the roots, leaving a bud, or 

 the rudiments of one, on the crown of each. It is a native 

 of the west and south, and perfectly hardy. 



DRACOCEPHALUM. 



Dragon's Head. 



Dracocepkalum, from Greek words signifying a dragon's 

 head, because the flowers are fancied to resemble a dragon's 

 head. Most of the species are hardy perennials, easily propa- 

 gated from divisions of the root, and worthy of a place in the 

 garden. 



D. Virginicum is a beautiful plant, producing its flowers in 

 dense, one-sided clusters, or spikes, of a purplish color, on 

 stems three feet high, from July to September. 



D. detttaftm, Dentated-leaved Dragon's-Head, resembles 

 the last, but of a more dwarf habit ; two feet high ; flowers 

 pink, in July and August. 



D. variegatum. Variegated Dragon's-head. Flowers 

 pink, variegated with darker shades. 



