ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
April. Seeds of Common Brown may be scattered broadcast on banks 
or in woodlands; & the choice kinds increased by cuttings in cold 
frame in Sept. This is the only way to rear brooms true to colour. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: O. filipes, white, March, 4 to 6 ft., Canaries; fragrans 
(Syn. C. racemosa), yellow, summer, 2 to 3 ft., Canaries; fragrans elegans, yellow, 
4 ft.; fragrans everestianus, rich yellow. 
HARDY SPECIES: ©. albus (White Spanish Broom), white, May, 6 to 8 ft., 
Spain; albus incarnatus, reddish; Ardoini, yellow, spring, 4 to 6 ft., Maritime 
Alps; biflorus, yellow, May, 3 ft., E. Europe; kewensis, creamy white, May, pron: 
trate, hybrid; nigricans, yellow, June, 4 to 6 ft., Europe; preccox, creamy yellow, 
May, 4 to 6 ft., hybrid; purpureus, purple, May, prostrate, E. Europe; scoparis 
(Common Broom), yellow, April to July, 5 to 10 ft., Kurope (Britain); scoparius sul- 
phureus, sulphur yellow; scoparius andreanus (Syn. Genista andreanus), yellow 
and crimson, hybrid. 
Daboecia (Irish St. Dabeoc’s Heath).—Ord. Ericacee. Ever- 
green flowering shrub. 
CULTURE: Compost, sandy peat & loam. Position, sunny banks 
or rockeries. Plant, Sept., Oct., March, or Apri]. Propagate by 
cuttings inserted in sandy soil in summer under hand-light; layers of 
shoots in autumn. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. polifolia (Syn. Menziesia polifolia), purple, July, 
2 ft., Europe (Ireland); polifolia alba, white. 
Dactylis (Cock’s-foot Grass)—Ord. Graminew, Hardy orn. 
grass. Leaves, variegated with white. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, margins of flower beds or 
borders in sun or shade, or mixed with bedding plants. Plant, Oct. 
or April, 3 to 6in. apart. Propagate by division of plants in Oct. or 
April. 
sreetes CULTIVATED: D. glomerata variegata, leaves silvery, 6 to 8 in., 
Titan. 
Dzemonorops.—Ord. Palmaceez. Stove ornamental-leaved 
palms Useful for table decoration. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, peat, leaf-mould & sand. 
Position, pots in a young state; in beds or tubs with shoots trained 
up pillars when large. Pot or plant in March. Water freely in 
summer, moderately in winter. Syringe daily; moist dtmosphere 
essential. Temp., March to Oct. 75° to 85°; Oct. to March 60° to 65°. 
Propagate by seeds sown in above compost in spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. Draco, Malaya; grandis, Malaya; jenkinsianus, 
India; lewisianus, Penang; palembicus, Sumatra. 
Daffodil.—See Narcissus. 
Daffodil Garlic (Allium neapolitanum).—See Allium. 
Daffodil Lily (Amaryllis belladonna).—See Amaryllis. 
Dahlia. — Ord. Composite. Half-hardy herbaceous tuberous- 
rooted perennials. Nat. Central America, Mexico. First introduced 
1789. Mepet Show: Flower large, circular; florets, quilled; colour, 
all one tint. Fancy: Flower, large, circular; florets, quilled; colour, 
florets tipped, striped or flaked different tint to ground colour. 
Cactus: Flower, high in centre, circular; florets, long, narrow, pointed, 
not. quilled or fluted, reflexed at edges. Pompon: Flower, small, cir- 
cular, florets and colours like those of show and fancy types. Single: 
Flower, circular; florets, broad, flat, eight in number, overlapping each 
other, rounded, recurving at tips. Paony-floweved : Flower, semi- 
double, outer florets, broad; inner ones, short and narrow. Tom 
Thumb: Habit, dwarf, 1 to 2ft.; flowers, single. Decorative: Flower, 
semi-double; florets, flat. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, well enriched with manure. 
Position, open sunny beds or borders. Plant tubers 3in. deep in 
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