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house culture, where some varieties frequently yield three 

 stems of beautiful crimson, purple or white flowers, in a 

 year. 



Daphne odora. A beautiful dwarf evergreen shrub, 

 yielding white fragrant blossoms in many-flowered terminal 

 heads, from December to March. There are other species 

 and varieties, one of which has its leaves edged with 

 yellow. 



Diantkvs. Under this name is embraced all the admira- 

 ble species of Carnations, Picotees, Pinks, Sweet Wil- 

 liams, &c., recorded in our catalogue of Perennials ; and 

 which are in universal esteem for their fragrance and beauty, 

 from May to August. They are all hardy, except the Car- 

 nation and Picotee tribes, which are well deserving green- 

 house or frame culture. 



Diosma. A dwarf genus of heath-leaved shrubs, producing 

 numerous small flowers of a white lilac or pink colour ; some 

 varieties of which are sweet-scented, from March to May. 



Dryandrus. To this genus belong several species; similar 

 to the Banksias', they are delicate plants, producing orange 

 and straw-coloured thistle-like flowers-in abundance. 



Epacris. This is a native of New South Wales, of which 

 there are several species, mostly erect growing plants, 

 varying from two to four feet ; the leaves are small, and the 

 blossoms which in the varieties are crimson, pink, purple 

 and white, are, under good cultivation, abundant from 

 January to June. 



Erica. Heath. Upwards of five hundred species and 

 varieties of this plant are cultivated in Great Britain, where 

 a continued succession of bloom is kept up from January to 

 December; the most prominent colours are white, scarlet, 

 purple, yellow and red. They are desirable plants to culti- 

 vate in any country, as they furnish material for the bouquet 

 in Winter, but they must be screened from the noon-day 

 Sun in Summer, and only moderately watered ; as extremes 

 of drought or moisture are destructive to this family of plants. 



Erythrina. Coral Plant. There are several species of 

 this plant, chiefly adapted to the hot-house, producing long 

 spikes of crimson or scarlet flowers. Some keep them in 



