ENCYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
yellow and orange, fragrant, spring, 18 in., Burma; canaliculatum, yellow and 
mauve, fragrant, spring, 1 ft., N.E. Australia; chrysanthum, yellow and purple, 
winter, 4 to 6 ft., Nepaul; chrysotoxum, yellow and orange, March, 1 ft., 
Moulmein; crassinode, magenta-purple and white, Jan. and Feb., 2 ft., Siam; 
Dearei, white, summer, 3 ft., Philippines; densiflorum, yellow and orange, spring, 
18 in., India; devonianum, cream, purple and orange, spring, 3 ft., India; 
Falconeri, white, purple and orange, May and June, 3 ft., N. India; Farmeri, 
white, pink, and yellow, April and May, 18 in., India; fimbriatum oculatum, 
orange-yellow and red, March and April, 4 ft., India; findlayanum, white, pink, 
and yellow, Jan. and Feb., 18 in., Moulmein; formosum a agg white and 
yellow, May, 18 in., Moulmein; infundibulum, white and yellow, summer, 2 ft., 
Moulmein; jamesianum, white and red, May, 18 in., Moulmein; nobile, white, rosy 
purple and crimson, winter, 2 ft., India; Parishii, rose and purple, spring, 
12 to 18 in., Moulmein; Phaleznopsis, autumn, 12 to 18 in., N. Australia; Pierardia, 
blush, white, and purple, winter, 18 in., India; primulinum, rosy lilac and yellow, 
winter, 12 to 18 in., Burma; pulchellum (Syn. D. dalhousianum), yellow, rose, and 
crimson, spring, 4 to 5 ft., Burma; speciosum, creamy yellow and purple, spring, 
12 in., Australia; superbiens, magenta rose and purple, apring, 3 to 4 ft., Philip- 
pines; thyrsiflorum, white, pink, and orange, spring, 2 ft., Burma; wardianum, 
white, purple and yellow, winter, 2 ft., Assam. 
HYBRIDS CULTIVATED: Ainsworthii, white and crimson purple, spring; 
Ourtisii, white, purple, and yellow, fragrant, May; dominianum, rosy purple and 
white, spring; nobile-wardianum, white, rose, purple and yellow, winter, and 
many others to be found in lists. 
Dendrochilum.—See Platyclinis. 
Deodar (Cedrus Deodara).—See Cedrus. 
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria).—See Dianthus. 
Desert Rod (Eremostachys laciniata)—See Eremostachys. 
Desfontania.—Ord. Loganiacew. Hardy evergreen flowering 
shrub. First introduced 1853. Leaves, oval, dark shiny green, with 
spiny margins. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat & loam. Posi- 
tion, sheltered borders outdoors, or against south wall. Plant, Oct., 
Nov., or April. 
GREENHOUSE CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, char-’ 
coal, & sand. Position, well-drained pots, tubs, or borders. Pot or 
plant, March or April. Water moderately Oct. to March, freely after- 
wards. Propagate by cuttings inserted in sandy peat & loam in well- 
drained pots under bell-glass or hand-light in temp. 55° to 65° in 
spring. 
TSPROIES CULTIVATED: D, spinosa, scarlet and yellow, Aug., 2 to 4 ft., Chili. 
Desmodium (Tick Trefoil; Telegraph Plant).—Ord. Legumi- 
nose. Hardy & stove flowering shrubs. eaves of stove species (D. 
gyrans) pinnate; leaflets move rapidly up and down, especially during 
sunshine. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts peat, loam,. 
& silver sand. Position, pots in plant stove. Pot, Feb. or March. 
Water moderately Oct. to Feb., freely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to 
March 55° to 65°; March to Sept. 65° to 75°. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, open 
sunny borders. Plant, Oct. or Nov. Propagate stove species by seeds 
sown in light sandy soil in temp. 75° to 80° in Feb. or March, or by 
cuttings inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 75° to 80° in 
March or April; hardy species by division of plants in autumn. 
STOVE SPECIES: D. gyrans (Telegraph Plant), violet, July, 2 to 8 ft., India. 
HARDY SPEOIES: D. canadense (Tick Trefoil), purple, July, 3 ft., N. America. 
Deutzia (Japanese Snow-flower).—Ord. Saxifragacew. Hardy 
deciduous flowering shrubs. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny, well- 
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