ENCYCLOPHADIA OF. GARDENING. 
April, or start them to grow in pots in temp. 55° in March, planting 
outdoors in May or June. Thin shoots to three on each plant in 
July; flower buds to one on each shoot in Aug. Apply liquid manure 
occasionally in July, Aug., & Sept. Lift & store tubers in frost-proof 
lace in Oct., just covering them with soil or cocoanut-fibre refuse. 
ut down stems to within 6in. of tubers before lifting. Tubers may 
be left in the ground all the year round on dry soils, if surface is 
covered with a layer of cinder-ashes, 
CULTURE IN POTS: Compost, two parts turfy loam, one part 
decayed manure. Place tubers in well-drained 6in. pots in March, in 
temp. 55°. Water moderately & keep close to glass. Transfer to 8 in. 
pots in May. Stand plants outdoors in June. Apply liquid manure in 
July. Thin shoots to three on each plant; flower buds to one on each 
shoot in Aug. Withhold water after flowering & store away in frost- 
proof place. Propagate by seeds sown 4 in. deep in light. soil in temp. 
65° to 75° in March; cuttings of shoots 3in. long issuing from tubers, 
inserted in 2in. pots of sandy soil, in temp. 65° to 70° in Feb., March, 
or April; division of tubers in March or April; grafting shoots on 
tubers in autumn or spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. coccinea, scarlet, autumn, 4 ft. (parent of Single 
Dahlia); gracilis, orange-scarlet, autumn, 5 ft.; imperialis, white, lilac and red, 
Oct., 10 to 12 ft.; Yuarezi (parent of Cactus Dahlias), scarlet, autumn, 3 ft.; 
Mercki, lilac and yellow, Oct., 3 ft., variabilis (parent of Show, Fancy, and 
Pompon Dahlias), scarlet, autumn, 4 ft.; Zinnpani (Black Dahlia), Syn. Bidens 
atrosanguinea, black and crimson, July, 3 ft., Mexico. Latter requires to be 
treated like ordinary species. For varieties see trade lists. 
Daherin Bell-lower (Campanula dahurica). — See Cam- 
anula, 
Dahurian Bindweed (Calystegia dahurica).—See Calystegia. 
Daisy (Bellis perennis).—See Bellis. 
Daisy-bush (Olearia Haastii).—See Olearia. 
Dalechampia.—Ord. Euphorbiaceez. Stove flowering ever- 
green shrubs. First introduced 1867. Flowers, insignificant. Bracts, 
rich carmine, rose, fragrant; summer. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, peat, leaf-mould, & sand. 
Position, shady part of plant stove. Pot, March. Water moderately 
Sept. to April, freely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 65°; 
March to Sept. 70° to 80°. Propagate by cuttings inserted in sandy 
peat under bell-glass in March, April, or May, in temp. 85°. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. roezliana, 12 in., Mexico. 
Dalmatian Crocus (Crocus dalmaticus).—See Crocus. 
Damask Rose (Rosa damascena).—See Rosa. 
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis).—See Hesperis. 
Dame’s Violet (Hesperis matronalis).—See Hesperis. 
Damson.—See Prunus. 
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis)—See Taraxacum. 
Danebrog Poppy (Papaver somniferum).—See Papaver, 
Dane’s-blood (Sambucus ebulus).—See Sambucus. . 
Daphne (Garland flower; Spurge Laurel; Mezereon), — Ora. 
Thymelacee. Greenhouse & hardy evergreen flowering shrubs. 
Flowers, fragrant. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, two parts loam, 
one part peat & sand. Position, airy greenhouse from Sept. to June, 
outdoors June to Sept. Pot, Feb. Pinch out points of young shoots 
in June. Water moderately Sept. to April, freely afterwards. Temp., 
Sept. to March 40° to 50°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propagate by 
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