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D. lu'teafuca'ta (dyed). 2. Yellow, red. June 

 South Europe. 



me'dia (intermediate). 2. Yellow. June, Ger- 



many. 1817. 



micra'ntha (small-flowered). 2. Yellow, brown 



July. Switzerland. 1817. 



mi 1 nor (smaller), f. Purple. July. Spain. 178Q 



nervo'sa (large-uerved-leuved). Yellow. July 



1836. 



obscu'ra (obscure), t. Orange. June. Spain. 



1778. Halt-hardy evergreen. 



ochroleu'ca (yellowish-white). 4. June. Eu- 



rope. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 1$. White. June. Levant. 



1820. 



parviflu'ra (small-fiowered). 14. Brown. July 



1798 



purpura'scens (purplish). 2. Pink. June. 



Germany. 1/76. 



ri'gida (stiff). 1A. Yellow, red. June. 



Sibi'rica (Siberian). Yellow, red. July. Si- 



beria. 1820. 



Ttia'Tjsi (Tnapsi). li. Purple. June. Spain. 



* 1752. 



tomento'sa, (woolly). 3. Red. July. Por- 



tugal. 1818. 



tubifln'ra (tube-flowered). 2. Yellow. June. 



viridiflu'ru (green-flowered). July. Levant. 



1827. 



DILA'TRIS. (From dilato, to open wide ; 

 referring to the opening of the flower. 

 Nat. ord., Bloodroots [Hsemodoracese]. 

 Linn., 8-Triandria 1-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Anigozanthos.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous plants, with sword- 

 shaped leaves, from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Divisions, when fresh growth is commencing ; 

 seeds in a slight hotbed, in March or April ; 

 sandy loam and peat. Summer temp., 55 to 

 75; winter, 40 to 45, 



D. corymbo'sa (corymb-flowered). 1. Purple. 

 Mav. 1790. 



panicula'ta (panicled-/o;ererf). 1. Blue. 



June. 1825. 



visco'sa (clammy), f . Blue. 17Q5. 



DILL. (Ane'thum grave'olens.) Its 

 leaves and umbels are used in pickling, 

 and the former in soups and sauces. 



Soil. It maybe cultivated in any open 

 compartment ; but if for seed, a sheltered 

 soil, rather dry. 



Sowing. Sow immediately the seed is 

 ripe, for if kept out of the ground until 

 the spring it often is incapable of germi- 

 nating. If neglected until the spring, 

 sow from the close of February until the 

 commencement of May. Sow in drills a 

 foot apart, the plants to remain where 

 sown. When of three or four weeks' 

 growth thin them to about ten inches 

 apart. The leaves are fit for gathering 

 as wanted, and the umbels about July 

 and August. In September their seed 

 ripens, when it must be immediately cut, 

 and spread on a cloth to dry, being very 

 apt to be shed. 



DILLE ' NIA. (After Dilleniut, once pro- 



fessor of botany at Oxford. Nat. ord., 

 Dilleniads [Dilleniacea?]. Linn., 13-Po- 

 lyandria 6-Polygynia.) 



Valuable timber-tree, with leaves after the 

 manner of Magnoliads. Stove tree. Cuttings of 

 ripe wood in sand, under a glass, in bottom-heat, 

 in April; sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85 ; winter, 48 to 55. 



D. specio'sa (showy). 30. White, yellow. E. 

 Ind. 1800. 



DILLWY'NIA. (In honour of L. W. 

 Dillwyn, a British patron of botany. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fa.bacefR~j. 

 Linn., 10-Dfcandria l-Moiioyt/niu. Al- 

 lied to Eutaxia. ) 



Greenhouse evergreens, with yellow or orange- 

 coloured flowers, from New Holland. Cuttings 

 of rirm side-shoots in March or April, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; seeds in peaty suil, in a slight 

 hotbed, in March ; sandy peat two parts, fibry 

 loam one part, with a little silver sand, arid piece'* 

 of charcoal. Summer temp., 55 to 75 ; winter, 

 40 to 88. 

 D. aciculti'ris (needle-leaved). }$. May. 1826. 



cineru'scens (greyish-leaped). 2. May. 18ly. 



clava'ln (club-shaued). 3. May. 183Q. 



erimjo'lia (heath-leaved). 2. May. 179*. 



floribu'uda (bundle-flowered). 2. May. J794. 



glabt'rrimu (smoothest). 2. May. 180o. 



glycinifti'iia (glycine-leaved). l. April. 1830. 



juniperi'na (pumper-leaved). 2. May. 18lb. 



purvifi.'liii (small-leaved). 2. May. 1800. 



plii/licvi'dcs (phylica-like). 2. May. 1824. 



pu'ngem, : (pungent). June. 1825. 



ru'dis (rustic). 2. April. 1824. 



brevifoiia. (short-leaved), 2. April. 1824. 



kispi'dula (slight-bristled). 2. May. 1824. 



teretifo' tin (round-leaved). 2. May. 



seri'ceu (silky). 1$. April. 1824. 



specio'su (showy). 2. June. 1838. 



tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). l. May. 1824. 



DIMA'CRIA. (One of seventeen sec- 

 tions into which the genus Pelargonium 

 has been split. From dis, twice, and 

 makros, long ; referring to the two lower 

 stamens being twice the length of the 

 other three.) 



There are about twenty species included under 

 this head, all little botanical things, with fleshy 

 or tuberous roots. Generally they are grown in 

 sandy peat ; they live much longer, however, con- 

 fined in small pots in equal quantities of peat, 

 loam, and pounded brick, well drained. 



DINE'TUS. (From dinetos, to twine; 

 alluding to the mode of growth. Nat. 

 ord., Bindweeds [ConvolvulaceaeJ. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria I-Monogynia.) 



Cuttings of side-shoots in sandy soil, and in 

 tieat ; light, rich soil. The annual may be sown 

 in a little heat, and transplanted in May, and it 

 will thrive like the Convolvulus. 

 D. panicula'ta (panicled). 10. White. August. 

 E. Ind. 1823. Evergreen twiner. 



racemo'sa (racemed). 12. White. August. 



Nepaul. 1823. Annual twiner. 



DICECIOUS. Two-housed; applied to 

 any species having the female and male 



