Depressaria 



( 289 ) 



Desmodium 



DEPRESSARIA. 



A genus of moths (prd. Tineina) of small size, 

 three of which are at times troublesome to Carrots 

 and Parsnips. Applana (sy.cicutella), the common 

 flat-body moth, draws the leaves together with its 

 webs and devours them. Pastinacella (syn. dau- 

 cella) serves the umbels of flowers in the same way ; 

 and depressella devours the flowers and seeds. 

 By way of remedy, the caterpillars may be shaken 

 into tarred trays, a boy holding 1 the tray while 

 another goes along the lines and shakes the plants 

 over the trays. A quicker method is to dust the 

 affected parts with Hellebore powder while wet. 



DERMATOBOTRYS. 



A deciduous, perennial, greenhouse plant (ord. 

 Scrophularinese), recently introduced from Natal. 

 Propagated by cuttings, and by seeds when obtain- 

 able. Fibrous loam two-thirds, and leaf mould 

 and sand one-third, will answer for compost. 



Only Species : 



S.'uimlersii, 1', red., yel. ; the tubular flowers are 

 borne in whorls below the new set of leaves. 



DERRIS. 



A genus of tall, climbing, stove shrubs (ord. 

 Leguminosse), rarely forming trees. Propagation, 

 by cuttings in sand in a propagating case. Loam 

 and peat in equal parts, with a good dash of sand, 

 suit. 



Principal Species : 

 dalbergioidee, ro. elliptica, red. scaudens, ro. 



DESFONTAINEA. 



A handsome, evergreen shrub (ord. Loganiacese), 

 of erect habit, hardy in the more favoured parts 

 of the British Isles, succeeding best in the more 

 northern parts in the vicinity of the sea, and with 

 the shelter of a wall. Flowers long and widely 

 tubular, or funnel-shaped. Propagation, by cuttings 

 in sandy loam and peat under a bell-glass in heat. 

 Any friable, well-drained soil will suit it if planted 

 out, but the addition of one-third of peat will be 

 an improvement. It makes a handsome greenhouse 

 or conservatory subject in pots or planted out in 

 well-lighted positions (see figure). 



Principal Species : 



spinosa, 3', Aug., lidy., sc., yel. (syns. acutangula, 

 Hookeri, and splendens). 



DESIGNS. 



Operations on a large scale are generally left to 

 the genius or skill of the professional landscape 

 gardener, and those who have no time, know- 

 ledge, or special faculty for laving out gardens and 

 parks, or any special part thereof, should call in 

 professional aid. There are many gardeners and 

 amateurs, however, who can seize upon the beauty 

 of appropriateness in designing gardens or pleasure 

 grounds. An appropriate design can only be con- 

 ceived and put into workable form by someone 

 thoroughly acquainted with the capabilities of any 

 given situation and its surroundings, or by visiting 

 and thoroughly surveying the place. The design may 

 then be transferred to paper, if on a scale sufficiently 

 great to merit this. To imitate some other garden, 

 merely because its design is pleasing, would be 

 to court failure, unless the level or general trend 

 of the ground and its surroundings were the -nine. 

 A lake on the top of a mound or hill would be an 

 eyesore and altogether inappropriate. An elevated 

 rockery on the middle of a flat piece of ^nm..d 

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would be like a wen or an exaggerated molehill, 

 and altogether undesirable. Lakes, ponds, or other 

 -beets of ornamental water, if not at the lowest 

 level of the ground, should ba at a sufficient distance 

 below the highest point to make it appear that the 

 water is the natural drainage of the heights. 

 Streams should occupy the lowest level of a valley, 

 and not be made to run parallel with it at any 

 higher elevation. Geometrical designs are most 

 appropriate in the vicinity of buildings. At a 

 distance from such, irregular designs, devoid of 

 formality, are most appropriate in British land- 

 scape. Sharp curves in walks, drives, and paths 

 should never be introduced, unless there is an 

 obvious reason for making them. In getting from 

 point to point the nearest way is the most appropri- 

 ate, making due allowance for the contour of the 



A SI-KAY OF DESFOXTAINEA SPINOSA. 



land and the easiest line of ascent or descent. If 

 anything is imported to a place it should be such as 

 to heighten the effect of the natural design or lay of 

 the land, to make it more expressive or impressive, 

 to heighten the magnificence, accentuate the sim- 

 plicity, or deepen the tranquillity of a solitude. There 

 should be nothing contradictory to mar the design 

 as originally fashioned or modelled by Nature. 



DESMODIUM. 



Hardy, greenhouse, and stove shrubs (ord. Legu- 

 minosrc). Propagation is by young side shoots 

 getting firm, in sand, under a bell-glass in a stove, 

 except where hardy ; also by seeds. Soil, fibrous 

 Inani two parts, leaf mould one part, with plenty 

 of sand. 



Principal Species : 

 camulense, 3' to 4', Jy., gyrans, 3', Jy., st., vio. 



Inly., pur. A good The Telegraph Plant. 



shrubbery plant. 



Other Species : 

 adscendens cteruleum, st. , pemluliflorum (see Les- 



bl. jx'ileza Hcolor). 



iil.itinn !.-n triquetrum). jiodocarpum, '!' , Jy., grh., 

 hiartiriilutuiii, '2', Jy., st., ]jnr. 



yel. jmlehellum, 3', Jy., st., 



laburnifolium, st. jnir. 



latifolium, grh.,pur. (*!>>'. Skinnrri iillici-nitciis, jmr. 



Hedysiirum latifohum. tiliirt'olium, sum., bl. 



Raxmrfty. triiim-trum, 10', Jy., st., 



uutaus (nee tiliicfolium). pur. i\". :d:itum). 



