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flass ; peat and loam, both fibry, and with sand, 

 ummer temp., 55 to 75 ; winter, 38 to 45. 

 C.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- 

 keks [Crassulacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria 5-Pentagynia. Allied to Crassula.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in April ; sandy loam. 

 D. calyci'num (\eafy-calyxed~). White. June. 

 Australia. 1823. 



DATE PALM. Phce'nix. 



DATE PLUM. Dlospy'rus. 



DATU'EA. Thorn Apple. (From its 

 Arabic name Tatorali. Nat. ord., Night- 

 shades [Solanacere]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria I-Monoyynia. 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 

 light soil, in a little heat, with a hand-light 

 over them ; rich 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-flowered). White. July. East 

 Indies. 



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



August. South America. 1805. 



fastuo'sa (proud). 3. Purple. August. 



Egypt. 1629. 

 fe'rox (fierce). 3. White. August. China. 



1731. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). White. June. South 



America. 1825. 



Guayaquile'nsis (Guayaquil). 2. White. 



August. Guayaquil. 1826. 



lee'vis (smooth-fruited). 2. White. July. 



Africa. 1/80. 



Me'tel (Metel). 2. White. July. Asia. 



1596. 



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



1820. 



quercifo'lia (Oak-leaved). Lilac. July. 



Mexico. 1824. 



Stramo'nium (Stramonium). 3. White. 



August. England. 



fla'va (yellow). Sulphur. Au- 

 gust. 



Ta'tula (Tatula). 3. Blue. August. North 



America. 1629. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



D. bi'color (two-coloured-coro2/a). 20. Dark 

 red. August. Peru. 1833. 



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



gust. Peru. 1813. 



corni'gera (horn -bearing). 10. White. July. 



Brazil. 1844. 



.D. corni'gera flo're-ple'no (double - flowered). 

 10. White. July. 1846. 



floribu'nda (many-flowered). Orange. June. 



South America. 1838. 



Gardn'eri (Gardner's). White. South Ame- 



rica. 1733. 



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



tember. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). 15. White. 



August. Peru. 1733. 



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



May. South America. 1827. 



DAUBENTO'NIA. (Named after M. 

 Daubenton, a naturalist. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia i-Decandria. Allied to 

 Sesbania.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of ripened 

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

 heat ; loam and peat, open and fibry, with a little 

 sand. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 

 to 55. 



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

 New Spain. 1820. 



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



Spain. 1820. 



Tripetia'na (Mr. Tripet's). Scarlet, orange. 



September. Buenos Ayres. 1840. 



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

 beny, Professor of Botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Oxford. Nat. ord., Lilyworts 

 [Liliacese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria l-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Massonia.) 



Pretty yellow-flowering 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, either in a greenhouse or frame, 

 and to be kept quite dry while at rest ; offsets. 

 D. au'rea (golden-cowered). . June. 1832. 

 fu'lva (tawny). . 1836. 



DAUC'US. Carrot. (From daucus, a 

 carrot. Nat. ord., Umbellifers [Api- 

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



The cultivated species is a white-flowered 

 hardy biennial, but there are others, biennials 

 and annuals, mere weeds. Seeds in March or 

 April; deep, light, well pulverised soil. See 

 Carrot. 

 D, caro'ta (common Carrot). 3. June. Britain. 



aura'ntia (^ow^-orange). 3. June. 



horte'nsis (yellow-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., 

 2-i- Cryptogam la 1 -Filiccs . ) 



The rhozomes or creeping stems of this 

 fern clothed with a light brown down, when 

 without leaves, 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. 



