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tember or October, and some of the stools may stand until 

 spring. The delicacy of the leaves may be improved by 

 blanching them, either by the use of boards or earth. One 

 trade packet of seed will supply a large number of plants. 

 The whole plant is destroyed when the crop of leaves is taken. 



Datura. BRUGMANSIA. Large -growing an- 

 nuals with large, trumpet -shaped flowers. The coloring of 

 some of the flowers is very attractive, but the odor of the 

 plant is unpleasant. Plants should be set 4 feet apart. 

 They grow 3-4 feet high, bear large leaves, and therefore 

 make good low screens. Frost kills them. Sow seed where 

 plants are to grow ; or, better, start them in the house three 

 or four weeks before the weather is fit for planting out- 

 side. Some of the Daturas are weeds. The great spiny 

 seed pods are interesting. 



Delphinium. See Larkspur. 



Dewberry. The Dewberry may be called an 

 early trailing blackberry. The culture of this, as of the 

 blackberry, is very simple; but, unlike the latter, some 

 support should be given to the canes, as they are very 

 slender and rank growers. A wire trellis or 

 large -meshed fence -wire answers admirably ; 

 or (and this is the better general method) they 

 maybe tied to stakes. The fruits are large and 

 showy, which, combined with their earliness, 

 makes them desirable; but they are usually 

 deficient in flavor. The Lucretia is the leading 

 variety in cultivation. 



Lucretia Dewberry T , , , , . . , T 



Lay the canes on the ground in winter. In 

 the spring tie all the canes from each plant to a stake. 

 After fruiting, cut the old canes and burn them (as for 

 blackberries). In the meantime, the young canes (for next 

 year's fruiting) are growing. These may be tied up as they 

 grow, to be out of the way of the cultivator. Dewberries 

 are one to two weeks earlier than blackberries. 



