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DAV 



,D<Ke/ndem (climbing). Brown. July. We of 

 Leyte. 



vioi'parurn (viviparous). I. Brown. June. 



Mauritius. 1820. 



DAKWI'NIA. (Named after Dr. Darwin, 

 author of The Botanic Garden. Nat. ord., 

 fringe-myrtles [Chamaelauciaceee]. Linn 

 3.0-Decandria l-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Oenetyllis.) 



Greenhoune evergreens^ from New Holland. 

 Cuttings of young shoots 'in sand, under a bell- 

 plass ; peat and loam, both fibry, aud with sand. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 75; winter, 38 a to 45. 

 rC.fascicula'ta (fascicled). 29. Red. June. 1820. 



taxifo'lia (yew-leaved). 29. White. June. 1824. 



DASYSTE'MON. (From dasys, thick, 

 and stemon, a stamen. Nat. ord., House- 

 leeks [Crassulacese]. Linn., S-Pentandria 

 5-Pentagynia. Allied to Crassula.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in April ; sandy loam. 

 D. calyci'num (/ea/y-calyxedj. White. June. 

 Australia. 1323. 



DATE PALM. Phos'nix. 



DATE PLUM. Diospy'rus. 



DATTJ'RA. Thorn Apple. (From its 

 Arabic name, Tatorali. Nat. ord., Night- 

 shades [Solanaceae]. Linn., Pentandria 

 l-Monogynia. Allied to Solandra.) 



Violent narcotic principles pervade this order, 

 the seeds being the most powerful. Annuals, by 

 seeds in hotbed, in March, and either potted and 

 bloomed in the greenhouse, or transferred to a 

 rich, sheltered border. Evergreen shrubs, by 

 cuttings any time in spring or summer, in litrht 

 soil, in a little heat, with a hand-light over them ; 

 jich, fibry loam ; do well in a sheltered border in 

 summer, and may either be protected there, or 

 removed to a shed or house where the temperature 

 will not fall below 35 to 40 in winter. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 

 D. a'lba (white-lowered). White. July. E. Ind. 



ceratocau'lon (horn-stalked). 2. White. Au- 



gust. S. Amer. 1805. 

 fastuo'sa (proud). 3. Purple. Angust. Egypt. 



1629. 

 ftfrox (fierce). 3. White. August. Ckina. 



1731. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). White. June. S. Amer, 



1825. 



Guayaguile'nsis (Guayaquil). 2. White. Au- 



gust. Guayaquil. 1826. 



la;' vis (smooth -/rutted). 2. White. July. 



Africa. 1710. 



Ntftel (Metel). 2. White. July. Asia. 1596. 

 - murica'ta (muricated). 2. White. May. 1820. 



qutrcifo'lia (oak-leaved). Lilac. July. 'Mexico. 



1824. 



Stramo'nium (Stramonium). 3. White. Aur 



gust. England. 

 fla'va (yellow). Sulphur. August. 



Ta'tula (Tatula). 3. Blue. August. N. Amer. 



1629. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 H. bi' color (tvvo-coloured-coroWffl). 20. Dark 

 red. August. Peru. 1833. 



ca'ndida (vrhite-stalked). 10. White. Au- 



gust. Peru. 1813. 



D.corni'gera (horn-bearing), 10. White. Jufa. 



Brazil. 1844. 

 flo're-pWno( double-flowered). 10. White. 



July. 184fi. 

 floribu'nda (many-flowered). Ortng*. June. 



8. Amer. 1838. 



Gardne'ri (Gardner's). White. S. Amer. 1733* 



lu'tea (yellow-flowered). 20. Yellow. Sep. 



tember. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). 1 5, White* An- 



gust. Peru. 1733. 



Wayma'nii (Wayman'a). 2. White, purple. 



May. S. Amer. 1827. 



DAUBENTO'NIA. (Named after M. 

 Daubenton, a naturalist. Nat. ord., Le- 

 guminous Plants [Fabacese]. Lirm., 17- 

 Dladelphia 4-Decandria. Allied to Ses- 

 bania.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of ripened 

 young shoots in sand, under a glass, and in heat ; 

 loam and peat, open aud fibry, with a little sand. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; whiter, 50 to 55. 

 D. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. Yellow. July. 

 New Spain. 1820. 



puni'cua (red). 3. Vermilion. July. New 



Spain. 1820. 



Tripetia'nu (Mr. Tripet'a). Scarlet, orange. 



September. Buenos Ayre*. 1840. 

 DAUBE'NYA. (In honour of Dr. Datt- 

 beny, professor of botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Oxford. Nat. ord., Lilyworls 

 [Liliaceas]. Linn., 6-Hexandrial-Mono- 

 ijynia. Allied to Massonia.) 



Pretty yellow-fldwering-bulbs, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, which will succeed in a warm border 

 in front of a greenhouse, if protected from frost 

 in winter ; and also in pots, in rich, sandy loam, 

 eithei in a greenhouse or frame, and to be kept 

 quite dry while at rest ; offsets. 

 D. au'rea (golden-flowered). $. June. 18SJ. 



fu'lna (tawny). . 1836. 



DAU'CUS. Carrot. (From daucus, a 

 carrot. Nat. ord., Umbellifers [Apiacese]. 

 Linn.,. 5-Pentandria 2-Digynia.) 



The cultivated species is a white-flowered hardy 

 biennial; but there are others, biennials and 

 smnuals, mere weeds. Seeds in March or April; 

 deep, light, well-pulverized soil. See CARROT. 

 D. caro'ta (common carrot). 3. June. Britain. 



aura'ntia (long-orange'). 3. June. 



horte'nsis (yetfow-garden). 3. May. 



pree'cox (early- horn). 3. June. 



DAVA'LLIA. Hare's-foot Fern. (Named 

 after E. Davali, a Swiss botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 24- 

 Cryptogamia l-Filices.) 



The rhizomes or creeping stems of this Fern, 

 clothed with a light-brown down, when without 

 eaves, look much like a hare's foot. Greenhouse 

 Ferns. Divisions and severing the roots, and by 

 spores ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 90 ; winter, 45 to 55. 

 D. ala'ta (winged). June. E. Ind. 



Canane'nsis, (Canary). l. June. Canaries. 



1699. 



Concavade'nsii (Coocavedo). I. BrsutiK 1823. 



du'bia (doubtful), I. June N. Holland. 18*6. 



