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C. spino'sus (spiny Broom}. 2. Yellow. June. 

 South Europe. 15(j5. Evergreen. 



supi'nus (supine) . 1. Yellow. June. South 



Europe. 1755. Trailer. 



triflo'rus (three-flowered). 4. Yellow. June. 



Spain. 1640. 

 .Welde'nii (Baron Welden's). 10. Yellow. 



April. Dalmatia. 1840. 

 pro'cerus (lofty). Yellow. June. 



Portugal. 1816. 

 : sero'tinus (Vale-flowering). Yellow. 



July. Hungary. 1826. 

 so'rdidus (mean). Yellow, purple. 



May. 



CZA'CKIA. (After Czack, a Eussian 

 botanist. Nat. ord., Lily worts [Lilia- 

 ceee]. Linn., Q-Hexandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.} 



United to Anthericum, which see for culture. 

 C. lilia'strum (Liliaster). l. White. May. 



South Europe. 1629. 



1). 



DACRY'DIUM. (From dakru, a tear ; 

 referring to the resinous drops, glands, 

 or exudations. Nat. ord., Taxads 

 [Taxacese]. Linn., 2l-Mona>cia 10- 

 Decandrla. Allied to Podocarpus and 

 Yew.) 



D. taxifolium is tie kakaterro of the natives ; 

 its young branches, like those of the Norway 

 Spruce, afford a beverage of the same qualities 

 as spruce beer. Greenhouse evergreens. Cut- 

 tings of firm young wood, in sand, under a 

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

 75 ; winter, 35 to 45. 



C. cupre'ssinum (Cypress-like). 60. New Zea- 



land. 1825. 



ela'tum (lofty). 20. Pulo Penang. 1830. 



exce'lsum (tall). New Zealand. 



Frankla'ndii(Frxri\Lla.n&'s. HuonPine). 100. 



Tasmania. 1844. 



Jlfa'(Mai). New Zealand. 1843. 



taxifo'lium (Yew-leaved). New Zealand. 



1843. 



DACTYLICA'PNOS. (From daktylos, a 

 finger, and kapnos, fumitory, literally, 

 fingered-fumitory ; tendrils being fin- 

 ger-shaped. Nat. ord., Fumeworts 

 [Fumariacese]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia 

 2-Hexandria.) 



Greenhouse perennial climber. Seeds in 

 slight hot-bed in March ; cuttings under a 

 glass in April ; sandy loam. If kept over the 

 winter, requires the protection of a cold pit. 



D. thalictrifo'lia (Thalictrum-leaved). 3. Yel- 



low, brown. August. Nepaul. 1831. 



DJE'MIA. (Its Arabic name. Nat. 

 ord., Ascleplads [ Asclepiadaceae] . Linn., 

 b-Pentandria ^JMgynia. Allied to 

 Eustegia.) 



; Stove evergreen twiners, with white flowers, 

 blooming in July. Cuttings of firm side shoots, 

 I in sandy soil, under a glass, and in bottom heat, 

 ! in April ; peat and loam, both fibry, with a little 

 ! silver sand. Summer temp., 60 to 85: winter, 

 | 50 to 55. 



I D. hi' color (two-coloured). 6. E. Indies. 1806. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). 10. Arabia. 1824. 



exte'nsa (extended). 3. East Indies. 177". 



sca'ndens (climbing). 10. Gambia. 1824. 



DA'FFODIL. Narci'ssus pse'udo-nar- 

 ci'ssus. 



DA'HLIA. (Named after Dahl, a 

 Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 2- 

 Superfliia.) 



Hardy perennial tubers. Division of the 

 tuberous roots ; cuttings when they have grown 

 three or four inches in length, in the spring, and 

 inserted in light sandy soil, with a little bottom 

 heat, and hardened off by degrees ; seeds for 

 insuring the different species ; fresh rich light 

 soil. The roots, after the stems are cut down 

 by frost, must be taken up and plunged in dry 

 soil. 



D.Barke'riee (Miss Barker's). 2. Blush. 

 August. Mexico. 1838. 



Cervante'sii (Cervantes). Scarlet. August. 



Mexico. 



croca'ta (rusty). Scarlet. July. Mexico. 



1802. 



exce'lsa (tall). 



anemonteflo'ra (Anemone-flowered) . 



30. Light. September. Mexico. 1830. 

 frustra'nea (barren rayed). 6. Scarlet. 



October. Mexico. 1802. 



aura'ntia (orange-coloured), 6. 



Orange. October. Mexico. 1802. 



.1 cro'cea (saffron). 6. Yellow. 

 October. Mexico. 1802. 



lu'tea (yellow). 6. Sulphur. 



October. Mexico. 1802. 



glabra'ta (smooth). 3. Lilac. July. Mex- 



ico. 1838. 



scapi'gera (/orcg'-flower-stemmed). 2. White. 



June. Mexico. 1837. 



supe'rflua (superfluous). 6. Purple. Oc- 



tober. Mexico. 1789. 



DAHLIA AS A FLORISTS' FLOWER. 

 The innumerable varieties in our gar- 

 dens are the descendants of D. super- 

 flua. 



Propagation : by Cuttings. The time 

 for striking these extends from Feb- 

 ruary to August. The young shoots 

 that spring from the bulbs make the 

 best cuttings, and are the most sure to 

 grow ; but the young tops taken off at 

 a joint will strike root and form small 

 bulbs even so late as August, and often 

 are more sure to grow in the spring 

 following, if kept in small pots, than 

 roots that have been planted out late. 



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