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Daphniphyllum (Euphorbiaceae). 



DAPHNIPHYLLUM GLAUCESCENS (syn D. macropodum) . 

 East Indies, Java, and Corea. A handsome Japanese 

 shrub that will be valued for its neat Rhododendron-like 

 foliage, compact habit of growth, and for the conspicuous 

 bark, which is of a warm reddish hue. The leaves 

 are large and elliptic, 6 inches long, and are rendered 

 strangely conspicuous from the foot-stalks and midrib 

 being dull crimson, this affording a striking contrast to 

 the delicate green of the leaves. It grows freely in light, 

 sandy peat. There are two well-marked forms, one named 

 D. glaucescens viridis, in which the red markings of the 

 leaves are absent ; and D. glaucescens jezoense, a pretty 

 and uncommon variety. 



Desfontainea (Loganiaceae). 



DESFONTAINEA SPINOSA. Andes from Chili to New 

 Grenada, 1853. This is a desirable and the only species, 

 and one that is perfectly hardy in most parts of the 

 country. It is a charming shrub of bold, bushy habit, 

 with prickly holly-like foliage, and scarlet and yellow, 

 trumpet-shaped pendent flowers, borne in quantity. The 

 shelter of a wall favours the growth and flowering of this 

 handsome shrub, but it also succeeds well in the open if 

 planted in rich, light soil, and in positions that are not 

 exposed to cold and cutting winds. 



Desmodium* See Lespedeza* 



Deutzia (Saxifrageae), 



DEUTZIA CANDIDISSIMA. This is a beautiful species with 

 snowy-white flowers about half an inch in diameter. It 

 was introduced in 1882. 



