HNCYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
Day-lily.—See Hemerocallis. 
Dead-Nettle (Lamium maculatum).—See Lamium. 
Deciduous Cypress (Taxodium distichum).—See Taxodium. 
Decumaria.—oOrd. Saxifragacee. Hardy deciduous flowering 
twiner. First introduced 1785, Flowers, fragrant. 
CULTURE: Soil, light, rich. Position, against south or west walls, 
arbours or trellis work. Plant, Oct., Nov., or Dec. Prune away weak 
& head shoots in Feb. Propagate by cuttings of shoots inserted in 
ordinary soil under hand-light in shady position outdoors in summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. barbara, white, June, 10 to 20 ft., United States, 
Deer Berry (Mitchella repens)—See Mitchella. 
Deer Fern (Lomaria Spicant).—See Lomaria. 
Deer Grass (Rhexia virginica).—See Rhexia. 
Delphinium (Larkspur).—Ord. Ranunculaceew. Hardy annuals 
& herbaceous perennials. Showy plants for border culture. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary, rich. Position, 
open beds or borders. Sow seeds } in. deep where plants are to flower 
in April, or in light soil in shallow boxes in temp. 55° in April, trans- 
planting seedlings in May. 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, deep, rich. Position, 
sunny beds or borders. Plant 3ft. apart in Oct., Nov., March, or 
April. Cut down flower stems in Aug. or Sept. Feed liberally with 
liquid manures in summer, and mulch with decayed manure in early 
spring. Lift & replant every three years in Oct. or March. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown 4in. deep outdoors in April, or in pans or boxes 
of light soil in temp. 55° in April; cuttings of young shoots, 3in. 
long, inserted in 2in. pots of sandy soil in cold frame in Sept. or 
March; division of roots in Oct. or March. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: D. Ajacis (Rocket Larkspur), blue, summer, 12 to 18 in., 
Europe; Consolida, blue, summer, 2 ft., Europe; cardinale, scarlet, Aug., 3 ft., 
California. Many beautiful strains of annual kinds to be found in trade lists. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: D. cashmirianum, blue, July, 18 in., Kashmir; formosum, 
azure blue, summer, 2 to 8 ft., Armenia; grandiflorum, blue or white, June to 
Sept., 3 ft., Siberia; nudicaule, red, Aug., 12 to 18 in., California; Zalil, yellow, 
epee 6 ft., Syria. Latter best grown as a biennial. See trade lists for 
varieties. 
Dendrobium (Mouse-tail Orchid).—Ord. Orchidaceez. Stove 
epiphytal evergreen & deciduous orchids. First introduced 1801. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, living oe moss, & 
charcoal. Position, erect species in well-drained pots; drooping 
species in baskets & on blocks or rafts of wood. Place in pots, etc., 
Feb. or March. Water freely April to Sept., very little afterwards. 
Apply weak liquid manure occasionally during growing season. 
Temp., March to Sept. 75° to 85°; Sept. to Feb. 60° to 65°; Feb. to 
March 65° to 75°. Growing period, March to Aug. Resting period, 
Oct. to Feb. Flowers appear before or after resting on old or new 
pseudo-bulbs. Propagate by offsets or cuttings of pseudo-bulbs in- 
serted in well-drained pots of peat & sphagnum moss under bell-glass, 
in temp. 85 to 95° at any time. : ; 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: D. aduncum, white and pink, spring, 2 ft., Himalayas; 
ageregatum, golden-yellow, March, 1 ft., N. India; aggregatum majus, large- 
flowered; albo-sanguineum, creamy white and crimson, May, 1 ft., Moulmein; 
amenum, white, magenta, fragrant, June, 1 ft., E. Indies; Aphrodite, white, 
orange and red, spring, 1 ft., Moulmein; atro-violaceum, creamy white and 
purple, spring, New Guinea; aureum, yellow and crimson, fragrant, spring, 18 in., 
India; barbatulum, white, March, 1 ft., India; Bensonix, creamy white, orange 
and purple, May, 2 ft., Moulmein; bigibbum, purple, autumn, 18 in., N. Australia; 
Boxallii, white, crimson and orange, Feb., 2 to 3 ft., Moulmein; brymerianum, 
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