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GENERAL INDEX. 



Diplazium, cryptog. fihces, a S. peren. Jamaica, 

 a fern which grows in loam and peat in the 

 shade, and is increased by seed or dividing at 

 the root 



Dipsacus, teasel, tetran. monog. and dipsacea*, H. 

 bien. Eur. of common culture. 



Dipterix, tonquin-bean, diadel. decan. and legumi- 

 noseae, a S. tr. Guiana, which grows in light loam, 

 and ripened cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass in a moist heat. 



Dirca, leather-wood, octan. dig. and thymeleaa, a 

 H. tr. Virginia, which grows best in peat earth, 

 and is increased by layers : snails are particularly 

 fond of this plant. 



Disa, gynan. monan. and orchideae, G. peren. 

 C. B. S. which thrive in sand and peat, and re- 

 quire very little water when not in a growing 

 state. 



Disandra, heptan. monog. and scrophularinea?,aG. 

 peren. Madeira, a trailing plant of common cul- 

 ture. 



Disperis, gynan monan. and orchidea?, a G. peren. 

 C. B. S. which may be treated as disa. 



Diss, orient, gard., Chambers's Dissertation on Ori- 

 ental Gardening. 



Ditchley, a seat in Oxfordshire, 7559. 



Dittany, origanum dictamnus. 



Diuris, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, a G. peren. 

 N. S. W. requiring the same culture as disa. 



Dock, see Rumex. 



Dodartia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, a H. 

 peren. Levant, which thrives in rich light soil, 

 and is increased by seeds or dividing at the 

 root. 



Dodder, see Cuscuta. 



Dodecatheon, the African cowslip, pentan. monog. 

 and primulaceas, a H. peren. Virginia, which 

 thrives in light loam, and is increased by dividing 

 at the root. 



Dodonaea, octan. monog. and terebintacea?, S. and 

 G. tr. Austral. Amer. and Africa, which thrive 

 well in loam and peat, and are increased by cut- 

 tings under a bell-glass in sand. 



Dodsley, Robert, as a British author on gardening, 

 page 1106. A. D. 1764. 



Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, 7594. 



Dogsbane, see Apocynum 



Dog's cabbage, thelygonum cynocrambe 



Dogtail-grass, see Cynosurus. 



Dogtooth-violet, see Erythronum. 



Dog- wood, see Cornus. 



Dolichos, diadel. decan. and leguminoseae, S. and 

 G. tr. bien. and an. which grow freely in light 

 rich soil, and are increased by cuttings under a 

 hand-glass or by seeds, which many produce 

 freely. 



Dolichos soja, or soy plant, 6037. 



Dol-y-Myllynllyn, a seat in Merionethshire, 7612. 



Dombeya, monad, dodec. and malvaceae, a S. tr. 

 Mauritius, which grows in sandy loam, and ripen- 

 ed cuttings root in a pot of sand in moist heat 

 under a hand-glass. 



Don, David, Esq. F.L.S., librarian to the Linnsean 

 Society, 7045. 



Don, George, of Forfar, a celebrated British bo- 

 tanist, 386. 



Donegal, county of, as to gardening, 2278. 



Donn, James, F.L.S., curator of the Cambridge 

 botanic garden, page 1112. A. D. 1796. 



Donnington Grove, Berkshire, 7561. 



Donnington Park, Leicestershire, 7573. 



Doodia, cryptog. Alices and filicea?, a G. peren. 

 N. S. W. a fern of the usual culture. 



Dornbach, a seat, and also a mountain near Vienna, 

 204. 



Doronicum, leopard's bane, syngen. polyg. super, 

 and corymbifereae, H. peren. Eur. of common 

 culture. 



Dorsetshire, gardens and residences of, 7598. 



Dorstenia, tetran. monog. and urticeas, Eur. and S. 

 Amer. which grow freely in light rich soil, and 

 increase at the roots or by seed. 



Doryanthes, hexan. monog. and amaryllideas, a G. 

 tr. N. S. W. which grows in loam and peat, and is 

 increased by suckers. 



Dorycnium, diadel, decan. and leguminoseae, G. 

 tr. and peren. S. Eur. which thrive in loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings planted under a bell- 

 glass in sand, root freely, or they may be raised 

 from seeds. 



Doucin-stocks, 4387. 



Douette-Richardot, his works on gardening, page 

 1121. A. D. 1808. 



Down, county of, its gardens and residences, 7685. 



Downing, a seat in Flintshire, 7606. 



Draba, whitlow-grass, tetrad, silic. and crac 

 fereaj, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of easy cu 

 ture. 



Dracama, dragon-tree, hexan. monog. and asphi 

 deleaj, S. tr. E. Ind. which thrive well in ligl 

 loam, and large cuttings stuck in the bark-tx 

 when in a brisk heat root freely. 



Dracocephalum, dragon's head, didyn. gymnos. an 

 labiateas, a G. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. ai: 

 Amer. of common culture. 



Dracontium, dragon, heptan. monog. and aroidei 

 S. peren. India, which grow in light rich soi 

 and are increased by dividing at the roots. 



Dragon, see Dracontium. 



Dragon's head, see Dracocephalum. 



Dragon-tree, see Dracaena. 



Draining, 1095. 



Dreghorn Castle, near Edinburgh, 7618. 



Dreyssig, his works on gardening, page 1127. A. 1 

 1809. 



Drill (drillen, Dutc. to bore boles with a drill), 

 lengthened excavation formed in gardening I 

 the hoe, for the purpose of inserting seeds. Som< 

 times drills are formed across beds by a larg 

 wide-toothed rake, and the same rake serve 

 when the plants are sprung up, to stir the so 

 between the rows, 1873. 



Drill-rake, 1315. 



Drimia, hexan. monog. and asphodeleas, G. perei 

 C. B. S. bulbs which grow in sandy loam and d< 

 cayed leaves. 



Dronningaard, a seat in Denmark, 61. 



Drope, Francis, B. D., a British author on gardei 

 ing, page 1101. A. D. 1672. 



Dropsy in plants, 883. 



Dropwort, spirea filipendula. " 



Drosera, sundew, pentan. pentag. and droseraces 

 H. peren. Brit, which grow in watery bogs i 

 peat earth, but which will thrive and flower we 

 when kept in small pots in the green-nous 

 " The pots should be filled three parts full i 

 peat earth, and some moss placed on it, tr 

 droseraa then planted in the moss, and the po 

 placed in pans of water." (Sweet.) 



Drottningholm, a royal garden near Stockholri 



Drummond Castle, in Perthshire, 7636. 



Dry rot, see Merulius destruens. 



Dry-stove, its construction, 6176. 



Dry-stove plants, 6663 ; woody sorts, 6664 ; climl 



ing, 6665 ; succulent, 6666 ; bulbous, 6667 ; he 



baceous, 6668. 

 Dryander, Jonas, M. D., an eminent botanist ar 



bibliographer, who compiled the Bibliothe( 



Banksiana, and the greater part of the Horti 



Kewensis. 

 Dryandra, tetran. monog. and proteaeeae, G. t 



N. Holl. which require the same treatment ; 



banksia. 

 Dryas, icos. polyg. and rosacea?, a H. peren. Bri 



which thrives best in a border of peat, and ms 



be increased by cuttings dividing at the roots ( 



by seeds, which it produces in abundance. 

 Dryburgh Orchard, in Berwickshire, 2220. 

 Drypis, pentan. tetrag. and caryophyllea?, a I 



bien. Italy, of common culture. 

 Du Halde, a missionary who wrote on China ar. 



its gardening, 479. 

 Du Ham., Du Hamel's Treatise on Fruit Trees. 

 Du Petit Thouars, Le Chevalier Aubert Ai 



bert, his works on gardening, page 1122. A. 1 



1816. 

 Dublin, county of, its gardens and residence 



7653. 

 Dublin botanic garden, 7653. 

 Dublin society, 7653. 

 Dubois, Louis, his works on gardening, page 1121 



A. D. 1804. 

 Duchesne, Ant. Nicholas, his works on gardcnin 



page 1118. A. D. 1760. 

 Duck's foot, see Podophyllum. 

 Duck-weed, see Lemna. 

 Duckingfield Lodge, Lancashire, 7588. 

 Duddingston House, in Midlothian, 7618. 

 Duff House, Banfshire, 7640. 

 Dufresnoy, a celebrated French landscape-garden e 



165. 

 Duhamel, see Du Ham. 

 Dumb cane, see Arum. 

 Dumbartonshire, gardens of, 7630. 

 Dumfriesshire, as to gardening, 7624. 



