DIG 



DID 



packed in a dry case. When the gardener 

 receives it, let him set the bottom of the trunk 

 on a bed or box of half sand, and half peat, in a 

 temperature of 80, and give no water for the 

 first six weeks, the new leaves by that time 

 issue from the top, water then in abundance. 

 Thus, any of the colossal ferns or cacti may be 

 safely removed. Division of the roots; best 

 done when growth is commencing ; peat and 

 loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80, winter, 48 

 to , r >5. 



D. d('aw/oi'rf<?s(Adiantum-like). 2. November. 

 West Indies. 1828. 



anta'rctica (Antarctic). September. New 



Holland. 1 824. 



arbore'scens (tree-like). 15. September. St. 



Helena. 1786. 



DuvuUioi'des (Davallia-like). 3. September. 



New Holland. 



disse'cta (cut-leaved). 3. August. Jamaica. 



1793. 



pilosiu'scula (rather -hairy). 2. August, 



North America. 1811. 



rubigino'sa (rusty). Brazil. 



scu'ndens (climbing). 



squamo'sa (scaly). New Zealand. 

 DIOLI'PTERA. (From dis, twice, and 



Ids to, to shut ; referring to the two- 

 celled capsule or seed vessel. Nat. 

 ord., Acanthads. Linn., 2-DianJria 1 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Justicia.) 



Annuals by seed in a hotbed in spring 5 pe- 

 renmals by cuttings of side shoots, or the points 

 ot shoots, in sandy soil, in bottom-heat, with a 

 hand-light, not so close as a bell-glass. Loam 

 and peat, open and fibry, with a little rotten 

 leaf.mould. Summer temp., 6o to 85) win- 

 ter, 48 to 55. 



STOVE ANNUALS, 



D. Jtexangula'ris (six-angled). 2. Red. July 



South America. 1733. 

 - resupina'tn (lying-back). 1*. White, purple. 



March. South America. 1805. 



GREENHOUSE PERENNIALS. 

 D. CMne'nsis (China). Pale blue. September. 

 Kast Indies, 1816, Herbaceous 



vertirilla'ris (\vhor\-_ftou'ered). l. Purple. 



May. Cape of Good Hope. 1826. 

 Kvergreen. 



STOVE EVERGREENS, ci'C. 



D. assu'rffem (rising). 2. Red. July. West 

 Indies. 1818. 



biva'Ms (two-valved). A. Purple. June. 



East Indies. 1818. 



Martimce'nsis (Martinique; . 2. Purnle 



July. West Indies. 1818. 



pectina'tu (comb-like). 1$. Blue. June 



East Indies. 1793. 



Peruvia'na (Peruvian). 2. Purple. June 



Peru. 1818. 



retn'sa (abrupt-ended). 2. Purple. July. 



West Indies. i-Ji, Herbaceous. 



scorpioi'des (scorpion-like). 3. July. Vera 



Cruz. 1802. 



^-ftpino'sa (spiny). 2. Yellow, April. Mau- 

 ritius. J824, 



DICTA'MNUS. Fraxinella or Dittany. 

 (Dictanmus, a name adopted from Vir- 

 gil; Fraxinella, a diminutive offraxinns, 

 the ash, from the similarity of their 

 leaves. Nat. ord., Rueworts [Rutaoea> . 

 Linn., 10-Decandria 1-Monof/ynia.) 



This is one of the oldest and best border 

 plants of our cottage gardens. Instances are 

 known where the "Fraxinella" has outlived 

 father, son, and grandson in the same spot, 

 without increase, all attempts at multiplying it, 

 to give away a rooted slip to a newly married 

 member of the family, having failed ; yet the 

 Fraxinella is easily increased from seeds." Sow, 

 as soon as they are ripe, in the common soil of 

 the border, and cover one inch deep ; they will 

 not sprout till the following April. If they are 

 kept over the winter, and sown in the following 

 spring, they will remain twelve months before 

 they sprout, and not one seed out of a hundred 

 sprouts at all. When the seedlings are two 

 years old, transplant them where they are to 

 remain, and they will flower the third season. 

 They prefer a deep rich border, on a dry bot- 

 tom, and all flower in June. 

 D. a'lbus (white). 3, White. Germany. 1596. 



ungiistifo'lius (narrow-leaved). 2. Lilac, 



Altai. 1821. 



Frax'me'lla (Fraxinella\ 3. Purple. Ger- 



many. 1696. 



DICTYOGLO'SSUM. See Acro'stichum 

 crini'tnm. 



DICTY'MIA attcnua'ta. A very pretty 

 fern, brought from Ne\v Holland in 

 1828 ; requires only the shelter of a 

 greenhouse and the usual cultivation. 

 See Ferns. 



DICTYG'PTERIS. (From dictyon, net- 

 work, and ptcris, a fern ; referring to 

 the leaves or fronds.) 



Greenhouse Ferns. See Ferns. 

 D. attenud'tn (tapering). June. Australia. 



lunceola'ta (spear-head-fettuerf). June. Mau- 



ritius. 1824. Stove. 



macrodo'nta (large-toothed). May. Aus- 



tralia. 1840. 

 pterol'des (Brake-like). June. 

 1842. 



Australia. 



DIDYMOCA'RPUS. (From didymos, 

 twin, and carpos, fruit ; referring to a 

 double division along the centre of the 

 seed vessel. Nat. ord., Gesncrn-ort* 

 [Gesneraceee]. Linn., 1-i-Didynamiu 

 2-siiiyiospermia. Allied to Chirita.) 



This must not be confounded with its ally, 

 Streptocarpus. Stove herbaceous. Division ; 

 cuttings of young shoots, when commencing 

 growing, in sandy soil, in bottom-heat ; peat 

 and loam, with sand, a little turf-mould, and 

 rotten cow-dung. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; 

 winter, 45 to 55. 



1), rrini'tns (/OH,?- haired). 1. White, yellow. 

 June. Pulo Penang. 1945. 



