Dionsea 



( 300 ) 



Dioscorea 



planted out at the end of May or beginning o 

 June. Loam and leaf mould suit. 



Principal Species : 

 cuneata, 3', or. (syn, 



Arctotis glutinosa). A 



pretty grh. shr. 

 Ecklouis, 2', Jy., wh., 



pur. A pretty species, 



recently introduced (sec 



p. 299). 



pluvialis, U', Je., wh., 

 pur. An ann. which 

 only opens for a short 

 time on bright days. 



flore pleuo, double, 

 wh. A desirable bed- 

 ding or border plant. 



saucer of water, and near the glass in a greenhouse. 

 It is propagated by division or by seeds. 



Only Species : 



ruuscipula, 6", Jy., etc., wh. 



DIOON. 



A small genus (ord. Cycadacea;) from Mexico. 

 All the species make handsome plants, with short, 

 thick stems crowned with ji. head of fifty or more 

 long, flattened leaves. The flowers are in cones, 



DiOON EDl/LE. 



Other Species : 



Barberse, grh. per., pur. 



chrysanthemif olia, 2' , Ap. , 

 etc., grh. sub - shr., 

 yri. ((/. Calendula 

 chrysanthemif olia) . 



dentata, 2', My., yet 



fruticosa, 2', Je., grh. 

 shr., yel., wh. (syn. 

 Calendula fruticosa). 



nudieaulis, 1J', Je., grh. 



sub - shr., wh., pur. 



(xi/its. graminifolia and 



Calendula nudieaulis). 

 Tragus, 2', My., wh., 



pur. (syn. Calendula 



Tragus). 



DION/E A. (VENUS'S FLY TRAP.) 



A genus (ord. Droseracese) composed of one 

 exceedingly interesting little insectivorous plant, 

 that encloses insects by means of its leaves, which 

 fold when touched. It is grown in a pot filled 

 with live sphagnum and peat, placed in a pan or 



Dinetus (see Parana). 

 Dioecious (see Glossary'). 

 Dwclea (see Arnebia). 

 Diomedea (see Jlorrichia). 

 Dion (see Ilioon). 



the male cones being 9" to 12" long, the females 

 l"or 2" shorter. The seeds of edule are edible. 

 The plants thrive in a stove temperature m 

 well-drained loam. 

 Principal Species : 



edule, 4' to 5', Ivs. 4' 

 too'. 



spinulosum, 3', Ivs. 6 

 to 7'- 



DIOSCOREA. 



Ornamental, herbaceous or perennial, stove, 

 greenhouse, or hardy, twining plants (ord. Dios- 

 (oreaceic'). They are found in South America, the 

 East Indies, India, West Indies, China, Japan, etc., 

 and have usually thin, twining branches, rounded 

 leaves, whitish flowers, tuberous roots, and round, 

 tuberous-looking growths on the branches. The 

 tubers of several species are cooked and eaten like 

 Potatoes, and are known as Yams. They may be 

 increased by division of the tubers and grow well 

 in sandy loam. 



Principal Species i 



divaricata, C J', sum., wh. Chinese Yam. 



