DAPHNE 



473 



D. PETR^EA, Leybold. 



(D. rupestris, Facchiw.') 



A tiny evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 ins. high, forming & low tuft of gnarled 

 twigs. Leaves crowded, hard and leathery, narrowly obovate or oblong, 

 tapered towards the base, 

 obtusely pointed or rounded 

 at the tip, thickened at the 

 margins, and triangular in 

 section ; ^ to i in. long, ^ 

 to /j in. wide j not stalked, 

 dark green. Flowers rich 

 glowing pink, fragrant, pro- 

 duced in June in terminal 

 clusters of about four blos- 

 soms, the tube of the flower 

 is slenderly cylindrical and 

 covered with fine down ; 

 across the spreading oval 

 lobes the flower is to J in. 

 in diameter. 



Native of the Southern 

 Tyrol, and one of the most 

 delightful of all Alpine 

 shrubs. It grows naturally 

 in positions fully exposed 

 to the sun's rays, often in 

 crevices of perpendicular 

 rock. The most successful 

 cultivator of this Daphne 

 is Mr Reginald Farrer, who 

 used to show little bushes 

 grown. in pots at the Temple 

 Show in London almost 

 covered with blossom. It 

 is said to prefer a chalky 

 soil, well drained and per- 

 manently moist, but in full 

 sunshine. 



D. PON TIC A, Linncetis. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 1282.) 



An evergreen shrub 

 about 3 ft. high, naked and 

 tapering to a single stem 

 at the base, spreading at 

 the top ; branchlets and 

 leaves smooth. Leaves 

 obovate, I to 3 ins. long, 

 \ to \\ ins. wide; sttilkless, 

 tapered to the base, more 

 abruptly so to the pointed 

 apex, glossy green. Flowers yellowish green, fragrant, borne during April 

 in pairs from the axils of bracts at the base of the new shoots, the whole 

 forming a dense mass of blossom crowned by the tips of the pushing young 



