462 DAVALLIA 



tion in a temperature of 65-70° and kept moderately 

 moist, a number of mii:iI1 plants will ilevelop from the 

 dormant eyes, wln-h ni.n i"- -i |i.M-;it.'ly jLitt..! ;.^ soon 



as of sufficient H/' - ':■ "■ 1 ':i . :illi:i -'n.nM i- sown 



on a fine compo>i . , ;.| ..!■ i" at ;,im1 -:iii.l in 



equal parts, an. I i!.--; in ,. 'i.nh.i |.m-,i i.iii i n a t.-m- 



Of Davalli:c mil I.' lir.^I .ur.'r--ful if , ■:,,■,■!,■. 1 ..,, during 

 the spi-ili-r hi>.hll|., \ll I >:i\ :i:il:|. rl,.|rjlil in :i r,.'l[ and 

 open colli I '>.-! . an alHtii.i,(nr.- i.t Imhl iin.l air. mill iiii'l-ture 



syringing every bright day. jf. N. Bkuckker. 



A. Lvs. once pinnate, with few linear segments. 

 pentaphj'lla, Blume. Lvs. scattered from a stout 

 flbrillose rootstock, with 1 terminal and 4-6 lateral 

 pinnae, 4-6 in. long, Xin. broad; sori in marginal rows. 

 Java and Polynesia. 



AA. Lvs. tri-qaadri-pinnatifid, deltoid. 

 B. Length of lvs. usually less than 1 ft. 

 buI14ta, Wall. Fig. 683. Lts. scattered from a creep- 

 ing rootstock, which is clothed with light brown fibrillose 

 scales, often whitish when young ; 8-10 in. long, 

 4-6 in. wide, quadrl-plnnatifld, with deeply incised seg- 

 ments; texture firm. India to Java and Japan. P.E. 

 11:543. 



Mftriesii, Moore. Rootstock stout, with brownish 



scales, which are lanceolate from a broad dilated base: 



lvs. deltoid, 4-6 in. each wav. « itli tlir pniiifn cut .away at 



the lower side at base; sc-m. nts sli.,ii liiu-ar, 1-nerved; 



sori intramarginal. Japan, li r 111. I i .'i71. 



BB. Lrnijth of /rv 1-.' fl. 



c. Foliage commonUj iri-pinnatifid. 



ilegans, Swz. Rootstock clothed with woolly fibers: 



lvs. 9-15 in, wide, with the main rachis slightly winged 



DEARBORN 



toward the apex ; indusia several to a segment, with the 

 sharp teeth projecting beyond the cups. Ceylon to Aus- 

 tralia and Polynesia. 



Bblida, Swz. {D. orn&ta. Wall.). Rootstock clothed 

 with appre-ssed scales or fibers : lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 13-15 

 in. wide, the center of the apex broad and undivided ; 

 segments broad and slightly cut ; indusia marginal. 

 Malaya. 



cc. Foliage commonly qnadri-pinnatifid. 



pyxidita, Cav. Rootstock clothed with pale brown 

 linear scales : lvs. tri-quadri-pinnatifid, 6-9 in. broad, 

 with oblong segments ; sori with a broad space outside, 

 which is extended into a horn-like projection. Australia. 



Fiji^nsie, Hook. Lvs. 6-12 in. broad, with the lower 

 pinnae deltoid and the segments cut into narrow, linear 

 divisions J^-^in. long; sori on the dilated apices of 

 the segments, with no horn. Fiji Islands. A. F. 6:900; 

 9:233. G.C. III. 23: 323. -One of the finest species, with 

 numerous varieties. 



disB^cta, J. Sm. Rootstock stout, with dense, rusty 

 scales : lvs. 10-12 in. broad, on straw-colored stalks ; 

 segments oblong, cuneate at base, with simple or bifid 

 lobes ; sori minute, often with two projecting horns. 

 Java. 



BBB. Length of lvs. SS ft. 



divaricita, Blume (D. pohjdntlia, Hook.). Rootstock 

 with linear rusty scales : lvs. tri-pinnatifid, sometimes 

 2 ft. broad, with deltoid segments cut into linear oblong 

 lobes ; sori at some distance from the edge. India to 

 Java and Hong Kong. 



p41Uda, Mett. (/'. U ■',.., ^r..-i.r-i. ru.otM..ck 



stout, with lanceola'i 'I : i\ -. \. iili -ii aw- 



toid, stalked segiiinit-. ih. ii;iin niir Ml.o\ai<--ciiiirati', 

 bearing the sorus on ihr ii|i|"-r si.ii- at tlie liasc. Auei- 

 teum and Borneo. A. F. 0:901; 9:231. A. G. 13; 143. 

 L. M. Underwood. 

 DAY FLOWER. See CommeUna. 



DAY LILY. Funkia and Uemerocallis. 



DEAD NETTLE. Lamium. 



DEANE, KEV, SAMTTEL, poet and agricultural writer, 

 was born at Dedham, Mass., July ,30, 1733, and died at 

 Falmouth (now Portland). Maine, Nov. 12, 1814, where 

 he had been pastor since Oct. 17, 17G4. While vice-presi- 

 dent of Bowdoin College, he published, in 1790, his " New 

 England Parmer,orGeorgical Dictionary, "the first Ameri- 

 can encvclopedic work on agriculture. This had a much 

 widiT circnliitioii. probably, than Jared Eliot's "Essays 

 ui"iii Ki.lil-llusliaiiclry.']747. Its iiilliicnce may be traced 



fi-rrlv.|iii.iiil l,v l--.i;. |-.>>s.ii.lnnniiVil liis death, in 1837. 



The - 11. 1 .■.liticiii. IT.iT. »a- . niitl.-.l The Georgical 



Dicti..narv. A thir.l n..ii ^^,l- |.iil.iisbed in 1822. 



Deane and Eliot w.i. tin .In. t writers in that early 

 stage of American li..iii.iiltin. wlnii it was hardly im- 

 portant enough to 1 nsi.l, n .1 distinct from general 



agriculture. For bioijraiilncal details, see Drake's Dic- 

 tionary of American Biography. 



DEARBORN, HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, 



solili. r, ti'i T.nni ami an«li..r (1783-1851), was also an 



ar.l. n. I ■ n ii. I!' I 1 II' was a moving spirit in the or- 



L-an: ; i . ^itts Horticultural Society, 



aim , i.^ident on the 17th of March, 



!&:;'._ iin n, J i:iri|\ iii-iniiiiental in the establishment 

 of au "experimental garden and cemetery at Mount 

 Auburn," the parent of rural cemeteries. The plan of 

 the cemetery was largely his (cf. Bigelow). He "devoted 

 himself to this work most assiduously," writes the 

 chronicler ..r ilm -.i. i. i \ , ■ - p. inliiiL- ili.' L-r.ati'r part of 

 the autumn l- I ■ M' -r ■ \ii.,i- i Inl... ring with 

 handsasK. : . , , ., , ■ , . n n In.iif price." 



The Abbe I:, m-. • \l.ni..L'r:iini > . iiiii.-llia was 



translated bv Inm, ami [.ublislu-.l lu 11..M..U iii 1838. He 

 also translated from the French, in 1830, an account of 

 the since famous Morns mtilticaulis. He left MS. 

 writings on horticulture. For notes on his horticultural 



