GENERAL INDEX. 



1185 



Darnel, see Lolium. 



Darton Park, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Darwin, Erasmus, M.D. F.R.S., a British writer on 



gardening, page 1109. A. D. 1781. 

 Date-palm, see Phoenix. 

 Date-plum, see Diospyros. 

 Datisca, dicec. dodec. and resediaccae, a H. peren. 



Canfiia, of common culture. 

 Datura, thorn-apple, pentan. monog. and solanezc, 



Han. Asia, Afr. of the easiest culture. 

 Daucus, carrot, pentan. dig. and umbelliferea;, H. 



bien. and an. Eur. of the easiest culture. 

 Daucus carota, the garden-carrot, 3712. 

 Davallia, crypt og. h'lices and filicea?, a G. tr. and 



peren. N. S. W. a 



culture as such. 



and Canaries, ferns of common 



Daviesia, decan. monog. and leguminoseas, G. tr. 



N. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and peat, and 



cuttings, not too ripe, will root readily in pots 



of sand under a hand-glass, without bottom 



heat. 

 Davy, Pere, a French author on gardening, page 



im. A. D. 1560. 

 Dawsonscourt Hall, a seat in Queen's County, 



7659. 



Day-lily, see Hcmerocallis. 

 De Caumels, his works on gardening, page 1122. 



A. D. 1816. 

 De Combles, his works on gardening, page 1117. 



A. D. 1745. 

 De Distrib. plant, Humboldt de distributione plan- 



tarum. 



Deadly carrot, atropa belladonna. 

 Deadly nightshade, see Thapsia. 

 DecandoUe, L. A. one of the most eminent French 



botanists, distinguished like Brown in this coun- 



try, by his knowledge and improvement of the 



Jussieuean system of classification, page 1122. 



A. D. 1823. 



Deciduous trees with showy flowers, table of, 6540. 

 Decorative buildings used in gardening, 1768. 

 Decor tication, 2165. 

 Decorum in garden operations, 2358. 

 Decumaria, dodec. monog. and myrtiacea?, a H. tr. 



Carolina, which grows in common soil, and cut- 



tings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 

 Deene Thorpe Park, Northamptonshire, 7580. 

 Deepden, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 

 Deeringia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaceaa, a S. 



bien. E. Ind. of common culture. 

 Delaford Park, Middlesex, 7520. 

 Delaunay, Mordaunt, his works on gardening, page 



1122. A! D. 1811. 



Deleuze, J. P. F., his works on gardening, page 1120. 



A. D. 1809. 



Delhi, gardens of, 462. 

 Delllle, Jacques, the poet, his works on gardening, 



page 1118. A. D. 1765. 

 Delphinium, larkspur, polyan. trig, and ranun- 



culaces, H. peren. bien. and an. Europe and 



Amer. of common culture. 

 Delve (Sax.), to dig, see Dig. 

 Dolville, a seat near Dublin, 368. 

 Demesnes, gardens of, 7271 ; management, 7443. 

 Den of Rubislaw, a seat in Aberdeenshire, 7639. 

 Denbighshire, gardens and residences of, 7605. 

 Dendrobium, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, S. 



peren. N. S. W. parasite, which may be treated 



as ae'rides ; and G. peren. which thrive in sandy 



loam and peat, and are increased by dividing at 



the root. 

 Dentella, pentag. monog. and rubiacea?, a H. an. 



N. HolL of common culture, 1662. 

 Derbyshire, gardens and residences of, 7574. 

 Dermestes, leather-beetle, or chafter, a coleopterous 



insect, 2232. 



Derry, county of, as to gardening, 7681. 

 Desbois, F. A. A. de la Chesnaye, his works on gar- 



dening, page 1117. A. D. 1751. 

 Design, principles of, in landscape-gardening, 



Desmanthus,polyg. moncec. and leguminosea?, S. tr. 

 bien. and an. E. and Ind. which grow in loam 

 and peat, and some of them, as D. natans, may be 

 treated as aquatics ; they are increased by seeds, 

 or young cuttings planted in sand under a bell- 

 glass. 



De uso, Johann Daniel, his works on gardening, page 



1123. A. D. 1735. 

 Devil's bit, scabiosa succisa. 

 Devonshire, gardens and residences of, 7600. 

 Dew, theory of, 1243. 



Dianella, hexan. monog. and asphodelea?, a S. peren. 



4 



and G. peren. which grow in sandy loam and 

 peat, and are increased by division at the root. 



, . 



Dianthus, pink, decan. dig. and caryophylleze, a 

 G. tr. and peren. and H. peren. bien. and an. 

 Eur. and As. which thrive in light rich soil, and 



thrive by cuttings or pipings and layers, in sandy 



loam under a hand-glnss. 

 Dianthus caryophyllus, the carnation, 6406. 

 Dianthus hortensis, the pink, (5440. 

 Diapensia, pentan. monog. and ericeaD, a H. peren. 



Lapland, an alpine, which must be grown in 



small pots in peat soil, and protected during 



winter. 



Diaspyros kaki, the kaki-tree, 6016. 

 Dichondra, pentan. dig. and convolvulacea?, a S. 



peren. and G. peren. N. S. W. and Jam. which 



thrive well in loam and peat, and cuttings root 



freely. 

 Dicks, John, of Knightsbridge, a British author on 



gardening, page 1107. A. D. 1769. 

 Dicksonia, cryptog. rilices and filicea;, a S. tr. and 



peren. G. peren. and H. peren. ferns of common 



culture as such. 

 Dictamnus, fraxinella, decan. monog. and rutacea?, 



a H. peren. Germ, of easy culture, and may be 



propagated by seeds, cuttings, or divisions at the 



root. 

 Didelta, svngen. poly, frustran. and corymbiferea;, 



G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive well in any rich 



light soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 



glass. 

 Did, Aug. Fred. Adrian, M. D., his works, page 



113S. A. D. 1799. 

 Diervilla, pentan. monog. and caprifolia?, a H. tr. 



N. Amer. a low shrub of easy culture, and in- 



creased by suckers. 

 Dietrich, Fr. Gli., his works on gardening, page 



1126. A. D. 1802. 

 Dig (dician, Sax. to make a trench about), to break 



or open up the ground with a spade ; in garden- 



ing, to raise, reverse, and pulverise the surface. 



soil for eight or ten inches deep, see Digging. 

 Digging, 1864. 

 Digitalis, foxglove, didyn. angios. and scrophula- 



rinea?, G. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. of easy 



culture. 

 Digitaria, finger-grass, trian. dig. and graminea?, 



H. an. of common culture, 1662. 

 Digitaria sanguinales, Polish millet, 4335. 

 Dilatris, trian. monog. and hemodoracea?, G. peren. 



grasses of common culture. 

 Dill, elt., Joh. Jac. Dillenii Hortus Elthamensis. 

 Dill, see Anethum. 

 Dillenia, polyan. polyg. and dilleniaceac, S. tr. E. 



Ind. which grow in" light loam, and ripened cut- 



tings, not deprived of their leaves, root freely in 



sand under a hand-glass in heat. 

 Dillwynia, decan. monog. and leguminoseaa, G. tr. 



N. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and peat, 



with pots well drained, and young cuttings root 



freely in sand under a bell-glass. 

 Dimocarpus, octan. monog. and sapindea?, S. tr. the 



litchi and longan of the Chinese, China, which 



grow in rich loam, and have been cultivated for 



their fruit, 5991. 

 Dionaea, Venus's flytrap, decan. monog. and drose- 



racea:, a G. peren. Carolina, which thrives best 



when planted in a pot of sphagnum, or con.-,non 



moss, with a little peat mould at the bottom of 



the pot, and the pot placed in a pan of water. 

 Dioscorea, dicec. hexan. and dioscoreaa, S. peren. 



E. and W. Ind. climbers of easy culture. 

 Dioscorea sativa and alata, the yam, 6023. and 



6024. 

 Diosma, pentan. monog. and diosmea?, G. tr. C. B. S. 



which thrive best in peat soil, and young cuttings 



root freely in sand under a bell-glass. 

 Diospyros, date-plum, polyg. dicec. and ebenaceae, 



S. an. G. tr. Italy, Amer. and India, which thrive 



well in light loamy soil, and ripened cuttings suc- 

 ceed best in sand under a hand-glass in heat. D. 

 kaki, the Japan date-plum is increased by inarch- 

 ing or budding on the common kinds. 

 Diospyros lotus (Ziziphus lotus, W.), the Eur. date- 



plum, 6016. 



Diotis, mono3C. tetran. and chenopodeaa, a H. tr. 

 Siberia, which grows in any light soil, and is 

 readily propagated by layers, and cuttings may 

 be rooted under a hand-glass. 

 Diphylleia, hexan. monog. and berberideae, a H. 

 peren. N. Amer. which grows freely in a light 

 rich- soil, and is increased by dividing at the 

 root. 



