

SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CflA 



Indigenous and perennial. Varieties are pale red, (Jeep 

 red, green hearted, variegated, and white, and it is used 

 for edgings, but is a very poor thing for the purpose. It 

 is a pretty little plant, nevertheless, and, in little clumps, 

 parted every year in order not to degenerate, it adds to 

 the beauty of the front rows of the flower-border. Pro- 

 pagated only by parting the roots, in February or March. 



455. DEVIL-IN-A-BUSH. Lat. Nigella Damascena. 

 Fr. Nigelle de Dames. is about two feet high ; blows a 

 sky-blue flower from June till September. Propagated 

 by seed, sown where it is to remain. Likes a warm 

 situation. Native of the south of France, and an annual, 



456. DOG'S-BANE. Lat. Cynachum monspeliachim. 

 Fr. Cynaque de Montpellier A plant originally from Mont- 

 pellier, which blows a pale pink, or whitish flower, in 

 July and August. Propagated by suckers : should have 

 a light and warm soil, a good situation, and its roots 

 covered in hard frosts. 



457. DRAGON'S-HEAD. Lat. Dracocephalum Aus- 

 triacum. Fr. Dracocephale cf Autriche. From the south 

 of Europe, perennial, from eight inches to a foot high, 

 sending up numerous stems, and blowing tufts of blue or 

 red flowers in July and August. Likes good rich earth, 

 and is easily multiplied by parting the roots, or by sow- 

 ing in beds. Should be separated at least every three 

 years. 



458. . Lat. Dolichos purpureus. Fr. Dolique. 



A pretty climber of the East Indies ; grows ten or 





