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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Desmodium continued. 

 in size, rising from the top of the petiole, obovate-oblong, obtuse. 



h. 2ft. East Indies, 1808. 

 D. oanadense (Canadian). 



/. reddish-purple, in simple or 



panicled, lateral or terminal racemes. July. I. pinnately-tri- 

 foliolate; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, smoothish. Stems erect, 

 rather pilose and striated, h. 4ft. to 6ft. North America, 1640. 

 Hardy. (B. M. 3553.) 



D. gyrans (moving).* Moving or Telegraph Plant, fl. violet ; 

 racemes numerous, disposed in a panicle. July. I. pinnately- 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, terminal one very large, and 

 lateral ones very small, h. 1ft. to 3ft. East Indies, 1775. A very 

 singular annual, the lateral leaflets moving up and down, either 

 steadily or by jerks, the movements being most marked during 

 bright sunshine. 



D. nutans (nodding), fl. bluish-lilac, twin ; racemes compound, 

 terminal and axillary, and, as well as the branches, pendulous. 

 July. I. pendulous, pinnately-trifoliolate ; leaflets roundish- 

 rhomboid, tomentose on both surfaces, h. 1ft. to 3ft. East 

 Indies, 1823. (B. M. 2867.) 



D. pcnduliflorum. A synonym of Lespedeza bicolor. 

 it-fruited), fl. purple; racemes 

 elongated, slender. July. I. pinnately-trifoliolate; leaflets 



D. podocarpum (foot-fruited), fl. purple ; racemes terminal, 

 elongated, slender. July. I. pinnately-trifoliolate; leaflets 

 broad-ovate, rather rhomboid, pale beneath. Stem ascending, 



terete, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Nepaul. 

 D. pulchellum] (pretty), fl. purple, two to each pair of floral 

 leaves, which are bifoliate. July. 1. pinnately-trifoliate ; leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, pubescent beneath, h. 2ft. to 3ft. East Indies, 1798. 

 D. Skinneri albo-nitens (Skinner's shining white).* A variety 

 having purple flowers and leaves lined with white. It is a 

 pretty climber, and is very effective trained along the rafters of 

 the stove. STN. Rhynchosia albo-nitens. (B. M. 5452.) 

 D. triquetrum (triquetrous), fl. purple. July. I., leaflets 

 lanceolate, acuminated, eight times longer than the petioles, h. 

 3ft. to 6ft. East Indies, 1817. SYN. D. alatum. 

 DESMONCUS (from desmos, a band, and ogTcos, a 

 hook ; the ribs of the leaves ending in recurved hook -like 

 points). OED. Palmes. Very ornamental stove Palms. 

 Flowers appearing in the axils of the leaves, on a branched 

 spike. Leaves pinnate, prickly. Stem long, slender, 

 ascending. The few species in cultivation, when in a 

 young state, make rather handsome plants for table deco- 

 ration ; when too large for this purpose, a pillar or rafter 

 of the stove should be devoted to them, where their 

 peculiar leaves will be displayed to advantage, and in 

 such a position afford a pleasing shade. For culture, see 

 Calamus. 



D. granatensis (New Grenadan).* I., petioles terete and spine- 

 less, except at the top, where they bear a few setse, and where 

 are also seated a pair of lanceolate divergent pinnae, nearly 2in. 

 broad, and of a lively green colour. Columbia, 1875. 

 D. major (greater). 1., segments about twenty pairs, linear, 

 acuminate ; rachis prickly, covered with a blackish, deciduous 

 tomentum ; spathe covered with brown prickles. Stem reed-like, 

 climbing, prickly. Trinidad. 



D. minor (less)* may be likened to a miniature D. major. All 

 its parts are considerably smaller. West Indies. 

 DETJTZIA (named in honour of Johann Deutz, Dutch 

 naturalist, a friend and patron of Thunberg's). OKD. 

 Saxifragece. Very ornamental, pubescent or scabrous, 

 hardy deciduous shrubs. Flowers white, axillary, or dis- 

 posed in axillary and terminal corymbs. Leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, ovate, acuminated, serrated, wrinkled and veined, 

 scabrous from stellate hairs. Branches purplish and 

 villous. Some of the Deutzias are amongst the hardiest of 

 dwarf white-flowering shrubs ; and, as they are also well 

 adapted for growing in a cool-house, or for forcing, they 

 are extremely useful. If cultivated in a temperature from 

 45deg. to 50deg., they develop both foliage and flowers, 

 in which condition they are, of course, fa* preferable. 

 A compost of loam, enriched with thoroughly decayed cow 

 manure, with the addition of coarse sand, suits them well. 

 The plants will require repotting every year, after flower- 

 ing, and then plunging in a bed of coal ashes. Attention 

 must be paid to thinning the shoots, in such a manner that 

 an equal growth is maintained throughout the plant, so 

 that it shall have a somewhat globular form. D. gracilis 

 is the species most grown for forcing, for which purpose 

 it can hardly be superseded; it forms a beautiful plant 

 when so treated. Deutzias will not succeed if forced two 

 years in succession, but will do so when only gradually 

 brought on earlier in the spring. Tt is a good plan to 



Deutzia continued. 



place them in the open ground, in summer, and have two 

 batches of plants, so that one may be forced while the 

 other is left in the open ground, to succeed it the fol- 

 lowing year. Deutzias lift well in autumn, and should 

 be potted and placed in cold frames, in October, to be 

 gradually brought on as required. The stronger-growing 

 sorts succeed in almost any soil or position in the shrub- 

 bery border. 

 D. corymbosa (corymbose).* A. white ; panicles corymbose, tri- 



chotomous; panicle and outside of calyx dotted. I. oblong or 



elliptic lanceolate, h. 5ft. Himalayas. 



FIG. 641. FLOWERING BRANCH AND SINGLE FLOWER OF DEUTZIA 

 CRENATA FLORE-PLENO. 



D. crenata (crenate).* fl. white, racemose or paniculate. I. ovate- 

 lanceolate, rigidly serrulate, rough to the touch. Stems slender. 

 h. 4ft. to 8ft. Japan. A very hand- 

 some shrub. SYNS. D. Fortunci and 

 D. scabra, of gardens. (B. R. 1718, 

 under the name of D. scabra.) The 

 varieties jlore-pleno (see Fig. 641) and 

 rca-plena have double-white and 

 ted flowers respectively. 



D. Fortune! (Fortune's). A synonym 

 of D. crenata. 



D. gracilis (slender).* fl. white, nu- 

 merously disposed in terminal racemes. 

 April. I. small, ovate, acuminate, ser- 

 rated, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Japan. See Fig. 

 642. 



D. scabra (rough). A synonym of 

 D. crenata. 



D. staminea (conspicuous-stamened)/ 

 fl. white, sweet-scented ; petals oblong, 

 induplicate - valvate ; corymbs many- 

 flowered; calyx tube hoary-tomentose 

 with stellate hairs; teeth short, tri- 

 angular. May and June. I. lin. to 

 2in. long, oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 grey tomentose beneath with stellate 

 hairs, h. 3ft. Himalayas, 1841. De- 

 ciduous. (B. R. 1847, 13.) 



DEVIL - IN - THE - BUSH. 



See Nig-ella. 



DEVIL'S APPLES. See Man- 

 dragora officinalis. 



DEVIL'S BIT. -See Scabiosa 

 Succisa. 



DEVIL'S COACH HORSE. 

 See Beetles. 



DEVIL'S PIG. See Arge- 

 nioiie mexicaua. 



DEVIL'S LEAP. See Urtica 

 urentissima. 



*SSS n DEWBERRY. See Rubus 



DKUTZIA GRACILIS. fruticosa csesius. 



