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DAVALLIA 



DEARBORN 



tion in a temperature of 6i5-70° and kept moderately 

 moist, a number of small plants will develop from the 

 dormant eyes, which may be separately potted as soon 

 as of sufficient size. Spores of T>:iv:i]lin should be sown 

 on a fine compost of soil. It :if iim>!.1 or prjit and sand in 

 equal parts, and placed in ;i ^ll;l'i^ <i ]>'ivitiun in a tem- 

 perature of ti0-65° P. All till- npnatiuus ipf propagation 

 of Davallias will be most successful if carried on during 

 the sjiring months. All Davallias delight in a rich and 

 open compost, an abundance of light and air, and moisture 

 at their roots, a temperature of 60-65° P. and a thorough 

 syringing every bright day. n. n. Brucknee. 



A. Lvs. once pinnate, wiih few linear sei/mentt:. 



pentaphylla, Blurae. Lvs. scattered from a stout 

 HbriU.isc rii(,tst..ck. with 1 terminal and 4-6 lateral 

 pinna'. 4-fi ill. long. ^^in. broad; sori in marginal rows. 

 Java and Polynesia. 



AA. Lvs. tri-qitadn-pinnatifid, deltoid. 

 B. Length of lvs. usually less than 1 ft. 



bullita, Wall. Pig. 68.3. Lvs. scattered from a creep- 

 ing rootstock, which is clothed with light brown fibrillose 

 scales, often whitish when young ; 8-10 in. long, 

 4-6 in. wide, quadri-pinnatifld, with deeply incised seg- 

 ments; texture firm. India to Java and Japan. F.E. 

 11:543. 



M&riesii, Moore. Rootstock stout, with brownish 



scales, which are lanceolate from a broad dilated base: 



lvs. deltoid, 4—6 in. each way, with the pinnse cut away at 



the lower side at base; segments short-linear, 1-nerved; 



sori intramarginal. Japan. G.C. III. 13: 571. 



EB. Length of lvs. 1-Z ft. 



c. Foliage commonly tri-pinnatifid. 



^legans, Swz. -Rootstock clothed with woolly tibers; 



lvs. 9-15 in. wide, with the main rachis slightly -n-inged 



toward the apex ; indusia several to a segment, with the 

 sharp teeth projecting beyond the cups. Ceylon to Aus 

 tralia and Polynesia. 



s61ida, Swz. {P. vrntl/a. Wall.). Rootstock clothed 

 with appress(id s(-alrs or fibers : lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 12-15 

 in. wide, the ceiiti-r of the apex broad and undivided; 

 segments broad and slightly cut ; indusia marginal. 

 Malaya. 



cc. Foliage eommonly qundri-pinnatifid. 



pyxidita, Cav. Rootstock clothed with pale brown 

 lirirar M-;i]i-s : lvs. tri-quadri-pinnatifitl. tl-li in. broad, 

 with ohloiii; segments ; sori with a broad ~-\Ku-f outside, 

 which is extended into a horn-like proj,-,-iioii. Australia. 



Fiji^nsis, Hook. Lvs. 6-12 in. broad, with the lower 

 pinnee deltoid and the segments cut into narrow, linear 

 divisions H-J'4in. long ; sori on the dilated apices of 

 the segments, with no horn. Fiji Islands. A. P. 6:900; 

 9: 233. G.C. 111.23: .323. -One of' the finest species, with 

 numerous varieties. 



diss6cta, J. Sm. Rootstock stout, with dense, rusty 

 scales : lvs. 10-12 in. broad, on straw-colored stalks ; 

 segments oblong, cuneate at base, with simple or bifid 

 lobes : sori minute, often with two projecting horns. 

 Java. 



BBB. Lengtii of lvs. 2S ft. 



divaric^ta, Blume (D. polyiintha, Hook.). Rootstock 

 with linear rusty scales : lvs. tri-pinnatifid, sometimes 

 2 ft. broad, with deltoid segments cut into linear oblong 

 lobes ; sori at some distance from the edge. India to 

 Java and Hong Kong. 



pallida, Mett. {D. Moore&na, Masters). Rootstock 

 stout, with lanceolate dark brown scales: lvs. with straw- 

 colored stalks 12-18 in. long, qiuidri-pinn.atifid, with del- 



toid, stalk.-. 1 

 bearing the s. 

 teuiii au.l Bor 



nts. til, 

 th. 



iltii 



>I>1" 



iib.ivat.--.-uneate, 

 at th.- base. Anei- 

 l. A. G. 13:143. 

 M. Underwood. 



DAY FLOWER. See Commelina. 

 DAY LILY. Funkia and Hemeroeallis. 

 DEAD NETTLE. Laminm. 



DEANE, REV. SAMTJEL, poet and agricultural writer, 

 was born at Dedham, Mass.. July 30, 1733, and died at 

 Falni.mth (now P..rtlaii.l 1, Maine, Nov. 12, 1814, where 

 hi- had l..'.-n pastor sin.-.- o.t. 17. 1764. While vice-presi- 

 di-nt..f H..\v.loin('.dl.:-g.-, In- publisb.-d, in 1790, his "New 

 Euglan.l Farmer, or Georgical Dictionary, "thefirst Ameri- 

 can encyclopedic work on agriculture. This had a much 

 wider circulation, probably, than Jared Eliot's "Essays 

 upon Field-Husbandry," 1747. Its influence may be traced 

 to the middle of the present century. l)t-aii.-'s work was 

 freely quoted by F. G. Pessenden until his death, in 1837. 

 The second edition, 1797, was entitl.-.i Th.- tieorgical 

 Dictionary. A thir.l edition was iniblish,-.! in 1822. 



Deane and Eliot \v,-n- lli. .-liirf writ, r^ in that early 

 stage of Ameri.-ari lioriinilturr «lon It was hardly im- 

 portant enough to 111- I siil.-ri-il distiiH-i troni general 



agriculture. For biographical details, s.-i- Drake's Dic- 

 tionary of American Biography. 



DEARBORN, HENRY ALEXANDER 



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 i-d.-iit 111 



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gauization of the Massachusetts Hi 

 and was elected its fijst president oi 

 1829. He was partly instrumental i 

 of an "experimental garden and 

 Auburn," the parent of rural i-iim t 

 the cemetery was largely his (.1. /.'"/ 

 himself to this work most as^i.ii 

 chronicler of the soci.-tv. •'s].i-iidiMi 

 the antlllilti | ls:;l | at Mount .Xuluir 

 handsaswi-llasniind.XMllioiil liioiii-\ 

 The Abl..- l-li-rlosi-'s .■\iono-r,-ililiv o 

 translated by him, ami |.iilili-~lii-il in 

 also translated from tin- l-^n-nrlt. in 

 the since famous M" f^ nnil/ii-m 

 writings on horticultur.-. For notes 



