462 DAVALLIA 



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

 moist, a number of small plants will develop from the 

 dormant eyes, which may be separatily iinft.d a^ sunn 

 as of sufficient size. Spores of Davallia ^lii.ul.l h, x,.\vii 

 on a fine compost of soil, leaf-moM ..i- |n :it an.l -and in 

 equal parts, and placed in a slia.l. d |i"~iii>.n m a tmi- 



perature of 60-65° F. All il" -i - ::.■ ,.; i i ; ijatiou 



of Davallias will be most -;. iming 



the spring months. All I '.i i h and 



open compost, an abundan...; ..^ lii um; ,i i. , m .i-ture 



at their roots, a temperature ul ou-g:. 1 . an. I a ;!,.. rough 



syringing every bright day. jj. N. Bkuckner. 



A. Lis. once pinnate, with fete linear se<imeiits. 



pentaph^lla, Blume. Lvs. scattered from a stout 

 flbrillose rootstock, with 1 terminal and 4-6 lateral 

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

 Java and Polynesia. 



AA. Lfs. trl-qiiadri-pinnatifid, delloitl. 

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



bull&ta, Wall. Fig. 68.1. Lvs. scattered from a creep- 

 ing rootstock, which i.s clothed with light brown flbrillose 

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

 4-6 in. wide, quadri-pinnatifld. with deeply incised seg- 

 ments; texture firm. India to Java and "Japan. F.E. 

 11:543. 



H&riesii, Moore. Rootstock stout, with brownish 



scales, which are lanceolate from a broad dilated base: 



lvs. deltoid, 4-6 in. each way, with the pinnse cut away at 



the lower side at base; segments short-linear, l-nerved; 



sori intramarginal. Japan. G.C. III. 13: 571. 



BB. Length of leg. 1-2 ft. 



c. Foliage commonly tri-pinnaiifid. 



ilegans, Swz. Rootstock clothed with woolly fibers : 



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



DEARBORN 



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

 sharp teeth projecting bevond the cups. Cevlon to Aus 

 tralia and Polj-nesia. 



s61ida. Swz. {D. oniAta, Wall.). Rootstock clothed 

 witli appressed scales or fibers : lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 12-15 

 in. wiilf. the center of the apex broad and undivided ; 

 segments broad and slightly cut ; indusia marginal. 

 Malaya. 



cc. Foliage commonly quadri-pinnatificl. 



pyxidita, Cav. Rootstock clothed with pale brown 

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

 with olilong segments ; sori with a broad space outside, 

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



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

 pinna> deltoid and the segments cut into narrow, linear 

 divisions V^-^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. 



BBB. Length of lvs. 3-S ft. 



divaricElta, Blume (/>. polydntha. 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. 



p411ida, Mttt. 1 2). Mooredna, Masters). Rootstock 

 st<iut, witli lancinlate dark brown scales: lvs. with straw- 

 col.. r.-.l stalks lJ-18 in. long, quadri-pinnatifld, with del- 

 toid, stalk.-.l segments, the ultimate obovate-cuneate, 

 bearing the sorus on the upper side at the base. Anei- 

 teimi and Borneo. A. F. 6: 901; 9: 231. A. G. 13:143. 

 L. M. Underwood. 



DAY FLOWEK. See Commelina. 



DAY LILY. Funkia ami nemerocalli.i. 



DEAD NETTLE . Lam i u m . 



DEANE, EEV. SAMTTEL, poet and agricultural writer, 

 was born at Dedham, Mass., July 30, 17.33, and died at 

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

 he had been pastor since Oct. 17, 1764. While vice-presi- 

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



1 Farmer.orGeorgicalDic 

 can encyclopedic work on agriculti 

 wiiliT i-irculation, probablv, than .1 

 upon Fii-ld -Husbandry," 1747. If- ■ 

 to III.' mi. Idle of the present .i i 

 frc-eh- quoted by F. G. Fessen.l i . 

 The "second edition, 1797, wa- . i. 



theflrstAmeri- 

 This had a much 

 1 Klii.fs "Essays 

 ■ I tv he traced 



. I Hi. in 1837". 

 ■ i I iM lieorgical 

 shed in 1822. 



stage of American horticulture when it was hardly im- 

 portant enough to be considered distinct from general 

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

 tionary of American Biography. 



DEABBOBN, HENBY ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, 



soldier, statesman and author (1783-ls.'l . »'.i- :il-'> an 

 ardent horticulturist. He was a moving' i !i or- 



ganization of the Massachusetts Hortu ^ \. 



and was elected its first president on 1 1 1 . ■ i.iii'i M^nh. 

 1829. He was partly instrumental in tin- > -labli.-liin, nt 

 of an "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 of the society, "spending the greater part of 

 the autumn [1831] at Mount Auburn, in laboring with 

 hands as well as mind, without money and without price." 

 The Ablie Berlese's Monographv of the Camellia was 

 translat.-.l l.y him, and published" in Boston in 1838. He 

 als.. tian-lai.d I'r.un the French, in 1830, an account of 

 th.' -in..' tani..u- Mnrus mnlticaulis. He left MS. 

 writing's ..n li..rTi.-ulture. For notes on his horticultural 



