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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TART III. 



1912 



ami the beauty and delightful fragrance of its flowers. It is commonly propa- 

 gated b\ layers, and it thrives best in peat soil, kept rather moist. 



App. i. Half-hardy Species of Daphne. 



• D. 0./.V.J Thunb. FL Jap., 1591, Banks Ic. Ksempf., t. 16., Ait. Hort. Kcw., ii.p. 26., N. Du Ham.. 

 l p -:s , Lodd. Cat, ed. 1896: D.6in%n&aLam.DtcL; the sweet-scented Daphne, Laurtole de Chine, 

 Daphne odorant, Fr. ; wohlriechendei Seidelbast, Gferj lias the leaves lanceolate, thin, and glabrous ; 

 ami the riowers terminal ami sessile, {l.ois. in N. Du //<?/;/., i. p. 28.) It is a native of China and Japan, 

 Which was introduced into Britain in 1771, and forms an erect shrub, greatly '•cscmbling D. pdntica 

 in general appearance. The branches are glabrous, and the flowers, which are disposed in terminal 

 umbels, are remarkably sweet. The flower buds are pink in their exterior, 

 ami the petals ot' the (lowers, after expansion, are pink on the outside, though 

 they are white within. /). odora was first brought to England by Benjamin 

 Torreiis, Esq., and being confounded with the D. indica of Liniuvus, from 

 which it differs in having sessile flowers and alternate leaves, it was at first 

 kept in the stove By degrees it was tried in a green-house, and is now found 

 t<> stand in the open air in sheltered situations. Du Hamel classes it with the 

 myrtle and the orange as to hardiness. There is a plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, which has stood out since 1832. 



I \in\tirs. 



m 1) o. 2 van'eguta Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has variegated leaves, and quite 

 white flowed, 



* D. o. 3 rubra D. Don, Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser.,t.320., and our .fig. 1192., 

 lias lanceolate leaves, and flowers of a rich deep pink colour. The flowers 

 are produced at the extremities of the shoots ; "they are of a dark red 

 in the bud state, but become paler and glossy after expansion, and they 

 are then highly fragrant." There are plants in the nursery of Mr. G. 

 Smith, at Islington, which appear very nearly hardy, having borne a 

 considerable degree of frost without protection. (See Gard. Mag., xii. 

 P. 7.1.1 



* D. hybrida Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard., 1st ser. t. 200., Bot Reg. t. 1177., and 

 our/%. 1193. ; the -D. delphinia of the French gardeners ; and the D. dau~ 

 phiiiii, or dauphin's daphne, of the English gardeners ; has the 

 branches pubescent when young, but afterwards becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, glossy above, and 

 pubescent beneath. Flowers in terminal groups, nearly ses- 

 sile, and covered on the outside with silky hairs. (Swt. Brit. 

 Fl. Gard.) This is a highly esteemed kind, and one that is 

 much propagated in the London nurseries. It grows freely, 

 has large handsome glossy leaves, and produces its purplish 

 flowers, which have a most delightful fragrance, in great 

 abundance. It is supposed to be a hybrid between JX col- 

 lina and D. odora; but it is not known when, or by whom, 

 it was originated. It is generally kept in the green-house, 

 but would succeed perfectly in the open air, if planted in light 

 sandy soil, against a south wall where it could be protected 

 in very severe weather. It flowers under glass in February, 

 but would probably be a month or six weeks later in the 

 open ground. (Sweet and Lindl.) 



m I) irutirrilu., the Indian or Chinese daphne, is a small shrub, with acute 

 entire leases, and terminal sessile flowers. Introduced in 1800, but much 

 more tender than either of the preceding species. 



• I). j«ij>i/racca Wal., J), cannabina Wal, is a Nepal species, from the inner bark of which a soft 

 kind of paper has been made in India. It was introduced in 1824. 



Genus II. 



fld 



DVRCA //. The Dirca, or Leather-wood. Lin. Sj/tt. Octandria 



Monogynia. 



hlrnhfinihrm. Lift Arna-n. Acad., .3. p. 12. j N. Du Ham., vol. iii. p. 193, ; Bot. Reg., t. 292. 

 / hrmekc a Gron. Vira. t 156. 

 Han. I rem dirki, a fountain ; from the plant growing in watery places. 



• 1. I), paw 'stbm L. The Marsh Dirca, or Leather-wood. 



<;/„„, LfakAaMML Lead., 8 0. 12. ; WM. Sp. PL, 2. p. *2*. J Hot. Reg., t. 292. ; N. I)i» 

 Lodd ( si , "i 1 ■■• 

 Moorwood ; Bois de Cuir, BoU de Plomb, Fr.; Sum]). Lederholz Qer. 

 Lin Amceo. Acid., 3 t. I. f. 7. ; Du Ham. Arl... 1. t. 212 ; Hot. Hog., t. 292. ; and 

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