C Y T 



C Y T 



shoots tenor twelve inches in length, and planted 

 out in a rather moist, shaded situation, either in 

 the early autumn or spring months, in rows 

 twelve or eighteen inches apart, and eight or 

 ten in the rows. They mostly become well 

 rooted in the course of twelve months ; and 

 should then be kept perfectly clear of weeds. 



Layers may be laid down either in the sum- 

 mer, autumn, or spring seasons ; and when the 

 plants are well rooted they should be taken off 

 and planted out in nursery-rows, as described 

 above. 



In the nursery they only require to be pre- 

 served from the injury of weeds, and to have the 

 Land dug well between the rows annually in the 



autumn, till they are removed ; being suffered to 

 take their natural growth in a great measure. 



Most of the sorts are hardy, and succeed well 

 in almost any soil or situation. The third 

 sort should have a dry soil and sheltered situation, 

 as it is liable to be injured by frost. It may 

 also be planted in pots, and placed in the green- 

 house during the winter. 



They are all very ornamental plants for the 

 borders, clumps, and other parts of ornamented 

 grounds, affording much variety by their nume- 

 rous beautiful bunches of flowers. The large 

 sorts should be placed towards the back parts, 

 and those of less growth towards the fronts 

 anil more conspicuous parts. 



D 



D A I 



AFFODIL. See Narcissus. 



DAIS, a genus containing a plant of the 

 deciduous shrubby ornamental kind for the 

 green-house. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria 

 Jtfonogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 VepreeulcB. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a four- 

 leaved involucre, sessile-many-flowered : the 

 leaflets scariose, erect : there is no perianthium : 

 the corolla one-petalled, funnel-form, longer 

 than the involucre : tube filiform, rude : border 

 five-cleft: divisions lanceolate, obtuse: the sta- 

 mina consist of ten filaments, inserted into the 

 throat, shorter than the border : the alternate 

 ones shorter : anthers simple : the pistillum is 

 a germ somewhat oblong, growing on the base 

 of the corolla : style filiform, length of the tube : 

 stigma globose, ascending: the pericarpium is a 

 berry ovate, one-celled : the seed single, ovate. 



The species cultivated is D. cotinifo/ia, Coti- 

 nus-leaved Dais. 



The leaves are opposite, obovate, quite en- 

 tire, smooth, and petioled : the flowers in a 

 bunch aggregate, terminating, pubescent; with 

 a gemmaceous four-valved involucre: the fruit 

 is a small nut of an ovate-acuminate form, with 

 a thin bark over it, and clothed with the per- 

 manent corolla: the epidermis is membrana- 

 ceous, pale, diaphanous, thickening on each side 

 into a prominent, whitish edge, easily separat- 

 ion : shell bony, thin, brittle^ livid-white on the 



DAP 



outside, black within ; one-celled and valveless. 

 It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Culture. — This shrubby plant is capable of 

 being increased, by sowing the seed procured 

 from Holland in pots of light earth in the 

 spring, and plunging them in a hot-bed : when 

 the plants have attained sufficient growth, they 

 should be removed into separate pots, and placed 

 in the protection of the greeu-house. 



It sometimes succeeds by layers and cuttings 

 made from the.young shoots. 



The difficulty of increasing it renders it a 

 scarce plant. 



DAPHNE, a genus comprising plants of the 

 low shrubby ornamental, evergreen, and deci- 

 duous kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Octandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Vepreculee. 



The characters are: that there is no calyx: 

 the corolla one-petalled, funnel-form, wither- 

 ing, including the stamens : tube cylindric, im- 

 perforate, longer than the border : border four- 

 cleft ; divisions ovate, acute, flat, spreading : 

 the stamina have eight, short filaments, inserted 

 into the tube ; the alternate ones lower : anthers 

 roundish, erect, two-celled : the pistillum is an 

 ovate germ: style very short: stigma headed, 

 depressed-flat : the pericarpium a roundish one- 

 celled berry : (drupe berried superior;) the seed 

 single, roundish, fleshy. 



The species are : ] . D. Mczereum, Mezereon ; 

 2. D. Laureola,WQod orSpurge Laurel; 3 . D. tar- 

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