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racemes of large deep-yellow flowers in autumn and 

 winter. Cuttings or seeds. Loam and peat. 



Crowea. — Small Australian shrubs belonging to 

 Rutaceae. The two species in cultivation are C. angusti- 



Fig. 649.— Cyphomandra betacea. 



folia, with solitary red flowers nearly an inch across, and 

 C. saligna (latifolia), which has larger leaves and pink 

 flowers. Sandy peat. Cuttings. 



Cupressus funebris (Cashmeriana, var. pendula) is 

 one of the handsomest of all Conifers. The branches are 

 pendulous and the foliage glaucous. It is too tender to 

 grow outside, and is quite happy in a conservatory in pot 

 or border. 



Cyphomandra. — Solanum - like, with a thick fleshy 

 stem, large leaves, and Potato-like flowers. C. betacea 

 (fig. 649), the "Tree Tomato", grows 12 to 15 feet high, 

 and forms a large branching head clothed with cordate 

 leaves a foot long, and white flowers, succeeded by Plum- 

 like edible fruits which are orange-red when ripe. Over 

 two hundred fruits have been borne by a single plant. 

 C. fragrans has smaller glossy leaves, and purple and 

 yellow fragrant flowers. A useful plant for large houses. 

 Loam. Cuttings or seeds. 



Cytisus (Genista). — Useful shrubs. The greenhouse 

 species are natives of Southern Europe or the Canaries. 

 Loam and manure. Cuttings or grafts. 



C. canariensis. Dense habit, small leaves and flowers. 



C.filipes. Loose elegant habit, white flowers. 



C. fragrans (racemosus). Bushy habit, dense racemes of yellow 

 flowers; forces well. 



C. fragrans, var. elegans, is larger than the type; a very useful 

 plant. Must be grafted. 



Daphne.— Evergreen or deciduous shrubs with fra- 

 grant flowers. D. odora (indica) is an evergreen Japanese 

 plant with compact heads of white and pink flowers pro- 

 duced in winter. D. Dauphini (odora x sericea) has purple 

 flowers. Loam and peat. Cool, airy house or frame. 



Darwinia (Gcnetyllis and Hederoma). — Australian 

 evergreen shrubs of Heath -like habit. The small 

 flowers are enclosed in bells formed of bright -coloured 

 bracts. Several species are in cultivation, of which D. 

 fimbriata has small oblong leaves and roundish pink 

 heads of flowers and bracts, and D. macrostegia (tulipi- 



fera) has larger leaves and larger heads of flowers with 

 yellow and red bracts. Peat. 



Dasylirion. — Mexican Liliacese with thick woody 

 stem and a large head of long elegant leaves. Flowers 

 in panicles on stems 10 or 12 feet high. Useful for large 

 conservatories. Sandy loam. D. acrotrichum, with ser- 

 rated leaves, and D. glaucophyllum, with gray -green 

 unarmed leaves, are two of the best. 



Datura (Brugmansia). — Solanaceous shrubs or herbs 

 from S. America, with large trumpet-shaped flowers. 

 Should be allowed plenty of root -room. The annual 

 species make nice plants in 6 -inch pots. Loam. Cuttings. 



D. arborea. Large bush, white flowers 8 inches long. 

 D. chlorantha. Large bush, handsome yellow flowers. 

 D. fastuosa. Annual; large purple flowers. 

 D. sanguinea (fig. 650). Large bush, red flowers striped with 

 green. 

 D. suaveolens. White flowers, fragrant, very free. 



Desfontainea spinosa. — A Holly-like bush with 

 tubular flowers 1^ inch long, scarlet, tipped with yellow. 

 Peru. Peat and loam. Sunny, airy house. 



Dillwynia. — Heath-like shrubs with small yellow 

 or reddish Pea -shaped flowers. Several species are in 

 cultivation, of which D. cricifolia, with small leaves and 

 yellow flowers, and D. floribunda, with larger leaves and 

 flowers, are useful. Sandy peat. Australia. 



Diosma ericoides. — A Heath -like shrub from South 

 Africa remarkable for its fragrant foliage ; flowers white. 

 Sandy peat. Cuttings. 



Diospyros Kaki, the "Date Plum" or "Persimmon", 

 is a Magnolia -like tree with orange - coloured edible 

 fruits as large as a Peach. There are numerous varieties, 

 which differ in the size, flavour, &c, of the fruits. Loam. 

 Japan. 



Doryanthes excelsa and D. Pahneri are handsome 

 Amaryllids which form enormous Dracsena-like rosettes 



Fig. 650.— Datura sanguinea. 



of strap-shaped green leaves 8 to 10 feet long and 4 

 inches wide. The flowers, which are rarely produced, 

 are borne on tall pole-like stems, and are very handsome. 

 Australia. Loam and peat. 



Echium. — The shrubby "Buglosses" from the Canary 

 Islands are handsome flowering plants with rough hairy 

 leaves and large dense terminal heads of blue, red, or 

 white flowers. The best known is E. callithyrsum 



