LIST OF FLOWERS 



hardy annual, sowing in the open in June or July for flowering in 

 the following summer. The seed should be sown in a shady spot in 

 drills of finely-sifted soil, and covered very lightly, and the seedlings 

 should be transferred to their final positions as soon as they will bear ' 

 removal. The most suitable soil for the Dianthus is a sandy loam, 

 and for successful flowering an open, sunshiny position is necessary. 

 Even when subdivided under such headings as Common Pinks, 

 Chinese Pinks, Indian Pinks, Carnations, Piccotees, Sweetwilliams, 

 etc., there are many varieties under each class from which to choose, 

 w^ile those kinds best suited for the Alpine and Rock Garden embrace 

 D. alpinus, D. ccBsius (Cheddar Pink), D. deltoides (Maiden Pink), 

 D. dentosus (Amoor Pink), D. neglectus (Glacier Pink) and D. ■petreeus 

 (Rock Pink). 



DICENTRA [Bleeding Heart). This plant (D. spectabilis) is 

 -SO general a favourite and so familiar to aU gardeners that it requires 

 no recomnfiendation here; but it may not be amiss to suggest that 

 however usefiil it may be in mixed borders its more fitting place is 

 some sheltered nook in the Rock Garden, where its slender stalks of 

 blood-red flowers could more safely display their peculiar beauty 

 and the plant itself rejoice in some protection against the late frosts 

 of spring. 



DIDISCUS. A pretty, half-hardy annual requiring rather 

 careful treatment, but its beautiful clear-blue flowers, borne on erect 

 and much-branched stems, are distinctively charming and render it 

 well worth the trouble of cultivation. Seed should be sown in May 

 in gentle heat and the seedlings transplanted as soon as possible into 

 a warm, friable soil, care being taken, when watering in the early 

 stages, to keep them free of excessive moisture. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove). A hardy perennial very valuable in 

 borders and shrubberies, and also in the Wild Garden. The wUd 

 Foxglove, indigenous to this country, seldom varies in colour, but 

 in the cultivated plant we have flowers of red, white, purple, rose, 

 yellow and orange, whUe in many the throat-markings are of great 

 beauty, resembling the Gloxinia. The varieties named respectively 

 Grandiflora, Gloxinioides and Purpurea ynH probably be found the 

 most useful. Any deep, moist soil is favourable to the growth of 

 the Foxglove, and seed may be sown in the open in June or July for 

 flowering in the following summer. 



DIMORPHOTHECA {Cape Marigold). A hardy annual with 

 pretty Marguerite-like flowers of glossy orange colour, growing some 



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