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THE NURSERY-BOOK. 



Daisy. See Bellis. 

 Dalbergia. Leguminosce. 



Place cuttings of firm young shoots in sand under a glass, 

 in spring. Give a little bottom heat. 

 Dampiera. Goodenoviccv. 



Divisions. Cuttings should be planted in a mixture of 

 turfy loam, peat and sand, in heat. 



Dandelion {Taraxacum officinale}. Coniposilce. 

 Seeds, in early spring. 



Daphne. Thymelacece. 



Seeds. For layers, remove the soil in spring to a depth 

 of two or three inches about the plant, and fill with fine 

 compost to within two inches of the tops of the shoots. The 

 next spring, carefully wash away the compost, and plant the 

 small white buds in pots of fine soil. Place in a cool frame. 

 Cuttings should be made of matured shoots or side growths 

 in autumn ; insert thinly in well-drained pots of peaty soil, 

 and cover with a bell-glass. If kept in a cool house in win- 

 ter they will callus, and may, early in spring, be introduced 

 to gentle heat, to encourage growth and the emission of roots. 

 Pot the young plants singly, and grow on in a close but not 

 high temperature, and afterwards harden and keep quite 

 cool during the following autumn and winter, in order to 

 thoroughly ripen the wood. Grafted specimens may be 

 treated in a similar way. D. odora is propagated by ripened 

 cuttings in a cool house, in sand. Sometimes the old wood 

 can be used. The time is determined by the fitness of the 

 wood. 



Darlingtonia. Sarraceniacece. 



Increased by seeds and by dividing the plants. Seeds may 

 be sown on the surface of well-prepared fibrous soil, and 

 then covered with dead sphagnum moss, rubbed through a 

 sieve. Give shade. 



Darwinia. Myrtacea. 



Increased by cuttings of the young roots. Place in a 

 cold-frame. 



Dasylirion. Liliacece. 



Increased by seeds, suckers and cuttings. 

 Date (Phienix dactylifera). Falmece. 



The seeds from commercial dates grow readily, and with- 

 out the intervention of stratification. Special varieties are 



