Daphne 



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Darwinia 



Propagation. By cuttings, layers, or grafting ; 

 also by seeds. For cuttings, select ripened wood 

 in autumn, insert the slips in peaty soil, and cover 

 with a bell-glass, placing in a cool greenhouse until 

 spring, when they may be placed in a little heat. 

 The prostrate, hardy species are readily increased 

 by layers, with or without making a cut beneath 

 the layered branch, if kept down by a stone or peg. 

 liaising plants from seeds is slow. 



Soil. The Mezcreon does best in loam, the 

 others in sandy peat; but Cneorum has been 

 known to do well in heavy loam also. 



Other Cultural Points. To retain blagayana . 

 and Cneorum in vigour, they ought to be gone 

 over annually, and the branches pressed close to 



Champion!, 3', Feb., lil. 

 Genkwa, 3', Ap., ev., lil. 



(SI/H. Fortunei). 

 glomerate, 1', ev., pur. 

 Gnidium, 2', Je., ev. , pk. 

 japonica (set- odora). 

 jezoeiisis, 2', yel. 

 Laureola, Spurge Laurel, 



3', Jan., ev., gru., yel. 

 oleoides, 2', Ap., ev., \vh. 



(sijns. collina var. nea- 

 politana, and noniau;i). 



elegantissima. 

 pontica, 5', Ap., ev., grn., 



yel. 



Yanegata. 



scricea, 2', Ap., ev., wh. 

 (i/. collina of JSotai/i- 

 cnl Magazine, t. 428). 



striata, 2', Je., ev., pur. 



DARLINGTONIA. 



A half-hardy perennial (orcl. Sarraceniacea 1 ), 

 propagated by division in spring. It thrives out 

 of doors in very favoured localities, but is best 

 grown in a pit, where it will be safe from frost in 



DAKLIXOTONIA CALIPOHNICA, 



the soil and kept down by large sized stones. 

 Careful watering is necessary for plants grown 

 under glass. The cutting of many of the flowers 

 should be avoided in the case of odora; otherwise 

 the plants become straggling. 



Principal Species and Varieties ! 

 blagayana^r, Ap., wh. including forms with 



wh. flowers and one 

 which blooms in aut. 

 odora, 3', Mch., grh. ev., 

 pur. ; sweet. A favour- 

 ite, needing good drain - 



A beautiful ev. trailing 



shr., with fragrant 



flowers. 

 Cneorum, 1', Ap.. pk. 



A charming ev. trailer. 



There are several forms, 

 indica (see odora). 

 Mezereum, 4', Feb., red. 



There ;uv srvrni] v;n s.. 



Other Species and Varieties : 

 alpina, 2', My., ev., wh. ultaica, 2', Ap., wh. 

 (sijn. Candida). caucasica, 1', My., wh. 



age when in pots (/. 

 indica var. odora) . 

 - Mazellii, wh., pk. ; 



blooms in win. ; sweet. 



Vaplmitis (see liotryeeras). 



winter, and can be afforded a humid temperature 

 in summer. A mixture of fibrous peat and chopped 

 sphagnum is excellent. 



Only Species : 



California!!, li'. Ap., grn., yel. 



DARWINIA. 



A small genus (ord. Myrtaceae) of evergreen trees 

 and shrubs that grow well in the greenhouse. 

 Cuttings of young growths root readily in very 

 sandy soil under a boll-glass. Equal parts of 

 fibrous peat and loam, with sharp sand, suit. 



Principal Species : 



fascicularis, 24', Je. , red. 

 nmhriatn, ">', Je., ro. 



(//. Geuetyllis fim- 



briata). 



macrostegia, 2.'.', Mv., 

 crim. (*//!. Grcnetyllis 

 tulipifera). 



taxifolia, 24', Je., wh. 



Daren (see Asplcniiim). 

 Darnel (sre Lolium). 

 Dashtoma (see Gerardia). 



