GENERAL INDEX. 



1185 



Darnel, see Lolium. 



Darton Park, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Darwin, Erasmus, M.D. F.R.S., a British writer on 

 gardening, page 1109. A. D. 1781. 



Date-palm, see Phoenix. 



Date-plum, see Diospyios. 



Datisca, dicec. dodec. and resediacea*, a H. peren. 

 Candia, of common cukure. 



Datura, thorn-apple, pentan. monog. and solaneffi, 

 H. an. Asia, Afr. of the easiest culture. 



Daucus, carrot, pentan. dig. and umbelliferea?, H. 

 bien. and an. Eur. of the easiest culture. 



Daucus carota, the garden-carrot, 3712. 



Davallia, cryptog. filices and filicea?, a G. tr. and 

 peren. M.S. W. and Canaries, ferns of common 

 culture as such. 



Daviesia, decan. monog. and leguminoseaj, G. tr. 

 N. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and peat, and 

 cuttings, not too ripe, will root readily in pots 

 of sand under a hand-glass, without bottom 

 heat. 



Dcvij, Ptre, a Fj-ench author on gardening, page 

 11 15. A. D. 1560. 



Dawsonscourt Hall, a seat in Queen's County, 

 7659. 



Day-lily, see Hemerocallis. 



De Caumels, his works on gardening, page 1122. 

 A. D. 1816. 



De Combles, his works on gardening, page 1117. 

 A. D. 1745. 



De Distrib. plant., Humboldt de distributione plan- 

 tarum. 



Deadly carrot, atropa belladonna. 



Deadly nightshade, see Thap6ia. 



Decandolle, L. A. one of the most eminent French 

 botanists, distinguished like Brown in this coun- 

 try, by his knowledge and improvement of the 

 Jussieiiean system of classification, page 1122. 

 A. D. 1823. 



Deciduous trees with showy flowers, table of, 6540. 



Decorative buildings used in gardening, 1768. 



Decortication, 2165. 



Decorum in garden operations, 2358. 



Decumaria, dodec. monog. and myrtiacea?, a H. tr. 

 Carolina, which grows in common soil, and cut- 

 tings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



Deene Thorpe Park, Northamptonshire, 7580. 



Deepden, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 



Deeringia, pentan. monog. and amaranthacea?, a S. 

 bien. E. Ind. of common culture. 



Delaford Park, Middlesex, 7520. 



Delaunay, Mordaunt, his works on gardening, page 



1122. A.D. 1811. 



Deleuxe, J. P. F., his works on gardening, page 1120. 

 A. D. 1809. 



Delhi, gardens of, 462. 



Delille, Jacques, the poet, his works on gardening, 

 page 1118. A. D. 1765. 



Delphinium, larkspur, polyan. trig, and ranun- 

 culacea?, H. peren. bien. and an. Europe and 

 Amer. of common culture. 



Delve {Sax.), to dig, see Dig. 



Dclville, a seat near Dublin, 368. 



Demesnes, gardens of, 7271 ; management, 7443. 



Den of Rubislaw, a seat in Aberdeenshire, 7639. 



Denbighshire, gardens and residences of, 7605. 



Dendrobium, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, S. 

 peren. N. S. W. parasite, which may be treated 

 as aerides ; and G. peren. which thrive in sandy 

 loam and peat, and are increased by dividing at 

 the root. 



Dentella, pentag. monog. and rubiaceaa, a H. an. 

 N. Holl. of common culture, 1662. 



Derbyshire, gardens and residences of, 7574. 



Dermestes, leather-beetle, or chaffer, a coleopterous 

 insect, 2S38. 



Derry, county of, as to gardening, 7681. 



Desbois, F. A. A. de la Chesnaye, his works on gar- 

 dening, page 1117. A. D. 1751. 



Design, principles of, in landscape-gardening, 

 7163. 



Desmanthus, polyg. moncec. and leguminoseaj, S. tr. 

 bien. and an. E. and Ind. which grow in loam 

 and peat, and some of them, as D. natans, may be 

 treated as aquatics ; they are increased by seeds, 

 or young cuttings planted in sand under a bell- 

 glass. 



Deuso, Johann Daniel, his works on gardening, page 



1123. A. D. 1735. 

 Devil's bit, scabiosa succisa. 

 Devonshire, gardens and residences of, 7600. 

 Dew, theory of, 1243. 



Dianella, hexan. monog. andasphodeleae, aS. peren. 



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and G. peren. which grow in sandy loam arid 

 peat, and are increased by division at the root. 



Dianthus, pink, decan. dig. and caryophyllcae, a 

 G. tr. and peren. and H. peren. bien. and an. 

 Eur. and As. which thrive in light rich soil, arid 

 thrive by cuttings or pipings and layers, in sandy 

 loam under a hand-glass. 



Dianthus caryophyllus, the carnation, 6406. 



Dianthus hoftensis, the pink, 6440. 



Diapensia, pentan. monog. and ericeae, a H. peren. 

 Lapland, an alpine, which must be grown in 

 small pots in peat soil, and protected during 

 winter. 



Diaspyros kaki, the kaki-tree, 6016. 



Dicho'ndra, pentan. dig. and convolvulacea?, a S. 

 peren. and G. peren. N. S. W. and Jam. wh'ch 

 thrive well in loam and peat, and cuttings root 

 freely. 



Dicks,' John, of Knightsbridge, a British author on 

 gardening, page 1107. A. D. 1769. 



Dicksonia, cryptog. filices and filiceae, a S. tr. and 

 peren. G. peren. and H. peren. ferns of common 

 culture as such. 



Dictamnus, fraxinella, decan. monog. and rutacea?, 

 a H. peren. Germ, of easy culture, and may be 

 propagated by seeds, cuttings, or divisions at the 

 root. 



Didelta, syngen. poly, frustran. and corymbifereas, 

 G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive well in any rich 

 light soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass. 



Diet, Aug. Fred. Adrian, M. D., his works, page 

 1126. A.D. 1799. 



Diervilla, pentan. monog. and caprifolia, a H. tr. 

 N. Amer. a low shrub of easy culture, and in- 

 creased by suckers. 



Dietrich, Fr. Gli., his works on gardening, page 

 1126. A. D. 1802. 



Dig (dician, Sax. to make a trench about), to break 

 or open up the ground with a spade ; in garden- 

 ing, to raise, reverse, and pulverise the surface- 

 soil for eight or ten inches deep, see Digging. 



Digging, 1864. 



Digitalis, foxglove, didyn. angios. and scrophula- 

 rinea?, G. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. of easy 

 culture. 



Digitaria, finger-grass, trian. dig. and graminea?, 

 H. an. of common culture, 1662. 



Digitaria sanguinalis, Polish millet, 4335. 



Dilatris, trian. monog. and hemodoracea?, G. peren. 

 grasses of common culture. 



Dill, elt., Joh. Jac. Dillenii Hortus Elthamensis. 



Dill, see Anethum. 



Dillenia, polyan. polyg. and dilleniacea*, S. tr. E. 

 Ind. which grow in light loam, and ripened cut- 

 tings, not deprived of their leaves, root freely in 

 sand under a hand-glass in heat. 



Dilhvynia, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, G. tr. 

 S. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and peat, 

 with pots well drained, and young cuttings root 

 freely in sand under a bell-glass. 



Dimocarpus, octan. monog. and sapindea?, S. tr. the 

 litchi and longan of the Chinese, China, which 

 grow in rich loam, and have been cultivated for 

 their fruit, 5991. 



Dionasa, Venus's flytrap, decan. monog. and drose- 

 racea?, a G. peren. Carolina, which thrives best 

 when planted in a pot of sphagnum, or common 

 moss, with a little peat mould at the bottom of 

 the pot, and the pot placed in a pan of water. 



Dioscorea, dicec. hexan. and dioscorea?, S. peren. 

 E. and W. Ind. climbers of easy culture. 



Dioscorea sativa and alata, the yam, 6023. and 

 6024. 



Diosma, pentan. monog. and diosmeaa, G. tr. C. B. S. 

 which thrive best in peat soil, and young cuttings 

 root freely in sand under a bell-glass. 



Diospyros, date-plum, polyg. dicec. and ebenaceae, 

 S. an. G. tr. Italy, Amer. and India, which thrive 

 well in light loamy soil, and ripened cuttings suc- 

 ceed best in sand under a hand-glass in heat. D. 

 kaki, the Japan date-plum is increased by inarch- 

 ing or budding on the common kinds. 

 Diospyros lotus (Ziziphus lotus, W.), the Eur. date- 

 plum, 6016. 

 Diotis, moncec. tetran. and chenopodea?, a H. tr. 

 Siberia, which grows in any light soil, and is 

 readily propagated by layers, and cuttings may 

 be rooted under a hand-glass. 

 Diphylleia, hexan. monog. and berberidea?, a H. 

 peren. N. Amer. which grows freely in a light 

 rich soil, and is increased by dividing at the 

 root. 



