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GENERAL INDEX. 



Diplazlum, cryptog. filices and filicea?, a S. peren. 

 Jamaica, a fern which grows in loam and peat in 

 the shade, and is increased by seed or dividing at 

 the root. 



Dipsacus, teasel, tetran. monog. and dipsaceae, H. 

 bien. Eur. of common culture. 



Dipterix, tonquin-bean, diadel. decan. and legumi- 

 noseas, a S. tr. Guiana, which grows in light loam, 

 and ripened cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass in a moist heat. 



Dirca, leather-wood, octan. dig. and thymelea?, a 

 H. tr. Virginia, which grows best in peat earth, 

 and is increased by layers : snails are particularly 

 fond of this plant. 



Disa, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, G. peren. 

 C. B. S. which thrive in sand and peat, and re- 

 quire very little water when not in a growing 

 state. 



Disandra, heptan. monog. and pediculareae, a G. 

 peren. Madeira, a trailing plant of common cul- 

 ture. 



Disperis, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, a G. peren. 

 C. B. S. which may be treated as disa. 



Diss. orient gard., Chambers's Dissertation on Ori- 

 ental Gardening, 



Ditchley, a seat in Oxfordshire, 7559. 



Dittany, origanum dictamnus. 



Diurus, gynan. monan. and orchideas, a G. peren. 

 N. S. W. requiring the same culture as disa. 



Dock, see Rumex. 



Dodartia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, a H. 

 peren. Levant, which thrives in rich light soil, 

 and is increased by seeds or dividing at the 

 root. 



Dodder, see CuscUta. 



Dodecatheon, the African cowslip, pentan. monog. 

 and primulaceaa, a H. peren. Virginia, which 

 thrives in light loam, and is increased by dividing 

 at the root. 



Dodonaea, octan. monog. and terebintaceas, S. and 

 G. tr. Austral Amer. and Africa, which thrive 

 well in loam and peat, and are increased by cut- 

 tings under a bell-glass in sand. 



Dodsley, Robert, as a British author on gardening, 

 page 1106. A. D. 1764. 



Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, 7594. 



Dogsbane, see Apocynum 



Dog's cabbage, thelygonum cynocrambe. 



Dogtail-grass, see Cynosurus. 



Dogtooth -violet, see Erythronum. 



Dog-wood, see Cornus. 



Dolichos, diadel. decan. and leguminoseze, S. and 

 G. tr. bien. and an. which grow freely in light 

 rich soil, and are increased by cuttings under a 

 hand-glass or by seeds, which many produce 

 freely. 



Dolichos soya, or soy plant, 6037. 



Dol-y-Myllynllyn, a seat in Merionethshire, 7612. 



Dombeya, monad, dodec. and malvaceas, a S. tr. 

 Mauritius, which grows in sandy loam, and ripen- 

 ed cuttings root in a pot of sand in moist neat 

 under a hand-glass. 



Don, David, Esq. F.L.S., librarian to the Linna?an 

 Society, 7045. 



Don, George, of Forfar, a celebrated British bo- 

 tanist, 386. 



Donegal, county of, as to gardening, 2278. 



Donn, James, F.L.S., curator of the Cambridge 

 botanic garden, page 1112. A. D. 1796. 



Donnington Grove, Berkshire, 7561. 



Donnington Park, Leicestershire, 7573. 



Doodia, cryptog. filices and filiceaa, a G. peren. 

 N. S. W. a fern of the usual culture. 



Dornbach, a seat, and also a mountain near Vienna, 



Doronicum, leopard's bane, syngen. polyg. super, 

 and corymbifereae, H. peren. Eur. of common 

 culture. 



Dorsetshire, gardens and residences of, 7598. 



Dorstenia, tetran. monog. and urticeae, Eur. and S. 

 Amer. which grow freely in light rich soil, and 

 increase at the roots or by seed. 



Doryanthes, hexan. monog. and amaryllideaa, a G. 

 tr. N. S. W. which grows in loam and peat, and is 

 increased by suckers. 



Dorycnium, diadel, decan. and leguminoseae, G. 

 tr. and peren. S. Eur. which thrive in loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings planted under a bell- 

 glass in sand, root freely, or they may be raised 

 from seeds. 



Doucin-stocks, 4387. 



Douette.Richardot, his works on gardening, page 

 ll-l. A. D. 1808. 



Down, county of, its gardens and residences, 7683, 



Downing, a seat in Flintshire, 7606. 



Draba, whitlow-grass, tetrad, silic. and cruci- 

 fereas, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of easy cul- 

 ture. 



Dracasna, dragon-tree, hexan. monog. and aspho- 

 delea?, S. tr. E. Ind. which thrive well in light 

 loam, and large cuttings stuck in the bark-bed 

 when in a brisk heat root freely. 



Dracocephalum, dragon's head, didyn. gymnos, and 

 labiates, a G. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and 

 Amer. of common culture. 



Dracontium, dragon, heptan. monog. and aroidea?, 

 S. peren. India, which grow in light rich soil, 

 and are increased by dividing at the roots. 



Dragon, see Dracontium. 



Dragon's head, see Dracocephalum. 



Dragon-tree, see Dracaena. 



Draining, 1095. 



Dreghorn Castle, near Edinburgh, 7618. 



Dreyssig, his works on gardening, page 1127. A. D. 



Drill (drtilen, Dutc. to bore holes with a drill), a 

 lengthened excavation formed in gardening by 

 the hoe, for the purpose of inserting seeds. Some- 

 times drills are formed across beds by a large 

 wide-toothed rake, and the same rake serves, 

 when the plants are sprung up, to stir the soil 

 between the rows, 1873. 



Drill-rake, 1315. 



Drimia, hexan. monog. and asphodelea?, G. peren. 

 C. B. S. bulbs which grow in sandy loam and de- 

 cayed leaves. 



Dronningaard, a seat in Denmark, 61. 



Drope, Francis, B. D., a British author on garden- 

 ing, page 1101. A. D. 1672. 



Dropsy in plants, 883. 



Dropwort, spirea filipendula. ' 



Drosera, sundew, pentan. pentag. and droseraceas, 

 H. peren. Brit which grow in watery bogs in 

 peat earth, but which will thrive and flower well 

 when kept in small pots in the green-house. 

 " The pots should be filled three parts full of 

 peat earth, and some moss placed on it, the 

 drosera? then planted in the moss, and the pots 

 placed in pans of water." (Sweet.) 



Drottningholm, a royal garden near Stockholm, 



Drummond Castle, in Perthshire, 7636. 



Dry rot, see Merulius destruens. 



Dry-stove, its construction, 6176. 



Dry-stove plants, 6663 ; woody sorts, 6664 ; climb- 

 ing, 6665 ; succulent, 6666 ; bulbous, 6667 ; her- 

 baceous, 6668. 



Dryander, Jonas, M. D, an eminent botanist and 

 bibliographer, who compiled the Bibliotheca 

 Banksiana, and the greater part of the Hortus 

 Kewensis. 



Dryandra, tetran. monog. and proteaceas, G. tr. 

 N. Holl. which require the same treatment as 

 banksia. 



Dryas, icos. polyg. and rosaceas, a H. peren. Brit, 

 which thrives best in a bonier of peat, and may 

 be increased by cuttings dividing at the roots or 

 by seeds, which it produces in abundance. 



Dryburgh Orchard, in Berwickshire, 2220. 



Drypis, pentan. tetrag. and caryophyllea?, a H. 

 bien. Italy, of common culture. 



Du Halde, a missionary who wrote on China and 

 its gardening, 479. 



Du Ham., Du Hamel's Treatise on Fruit Trees. 



Du Petit Thauars, Le Chevalier Aubert Au- 

 bert, his works on gardening, page 1122. A. D 

 1816. 



Dublin, county of, its gardens and residences, 



Dublin botanic garden, 7653. 



Dublin society, 7653. 



Dubois, Louis, his works on gardening, page 1121. 



A. D. 1804. 

 Duchesne, Ant. Nicholas, his works on gardening 



page 1118. A. D. 1760. 

 Duck's foot, see Podophyllum. 

 Duck-weed, see Lemna. 

 Duckingfield Lodge, Lancashire, 7588. 

 Duddingston House, in Midlothian, 7618. 

 Duff House, Banfshire, 7640. 

 Dufrcsnoy, a celebrated French landscape-gardener, 



165. 



Duhamel, see Du Ham. 

 Dumb cane, see Arum. 

 Dumbartonshire, gardens of, 7630. 

 Dumfriesshire, as to gardening, 7624. 



