GENERAL INDEX. 



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Darnel, — see Lolium. 

 Darton Park, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Darwin, Erasmus, M D, F.RS.j^ a British writer on 



gardening, page 1109. A. D. 1781. 

 Date-palm, — see Phcenix. 

 Date-plum, — see Diospyros. 



Datisca, dioec. dodec. an'd resediacece, a H. peren. 



Candia, of common culture. 

 Datura, thorn-apple, pentan. monog. and solaneae, 



H. an. Asia, Afr. ol the easiest culture. 

 Daucus, carrot, pentan. dig. and umbellifere:'.:, H. 



bien. and an Eur. of the easiest culture. 

 Daucus carota, the garden-carrot, 371-. 

 Davallia, crvptog. Alices and lilices, a G. tr. and 



peren. N.'S. W. and Canr.ries, ferns of common 



culture as such. 

 Daviesia, decan. monog. and leguminosese, G. tr. 



N. S. W, which grow in sandy loam and peat, and 



cuttings, not too ripe, will root readily in pots 



of sand under a liand-glass, without bottom 



heat. 



Diu'i/, Peve, a French author on gardening, page 



1115. A. D. 1560. 

 Dawsonscourt Hall, a seat in Queen's County, 



7659. 



Day.lilv, — see Hemerocallis. 



Oe' Camnels, his works on gardening, page 1122. 

 A. D. 1816. 



De Combles, his works on gardening, page 111 

 A. D. 1745. 



De Distrib. plant, Humboldt de distributione plan- 

 tarum. 



Deadly carrot, atropa belladonna. 



Deadly nightshade, — see Thapsia. 



Dccai'idoUe, L. -\. one of the most eminent French 

 botanists, distinguished like Brown in this coun- 

 try, by his knowledge and improvement of the 

 Jiissieiiean svstem of classitication, page Hi-. 

 A. D. 182-3. 



Deciduous trees with showy flowers, table of, 6540. 



Decorative buildings used in gardening, 1768, 



Decortication, 2165. 



Decorum in garden ojierations, 2358. 



Decumaria, dodec. monog. and myrtiacece, a H. tr. 

 Carolina, which grows in common soil, and cut- 

 tings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



Deene Thorpe Park, North.^mptonshire, 75S0. 



Deepden, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 



Deeringia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaces, a S. 

 bien. E. Ind. of common culture. 



Delaford Park, Middlesex, 7520. 



Delaunay, Mordaunt, his works on gardening, page 

 112i. A.D, ISll. 



BeTeuxe, J. P. F., his works on gardening, page 1120. 

 A. D. 1809. 



Delhi, gardens of, 462. 



Del'Ule, Jacques, the poet, his works on gardening, 



page HIS. A. D. 1765. 

 Delphinium, larkspur, polyan. trig, and ranun- 



culacese, H. peren. bien. and an, Europe and 



Amer. of common culture. 

 Delve [Sax.], to dig, — see Dig. 

 Dclville, a seat near Dublin, 363. 

 Deniesnes, gardens of, 7271 ; management, ~4Ao. 

 Den of Rubislaw, a seat in Aberdeenshire, 7639. 

 Denbighshire, garden^ and residences of, 7605. 

 Dendrobium, gynan. monan. and orchides, S. 



peren. N. S. ^V, parasite, which may be treated 



as atrides ; and G. peren. which thrive in sandy 



loam and peat, and are increased by dividing at 



the root. 



Dentella, pentag. monog. and rubiaceff, a H. an. 

 N. Holl. of common culture, 1662. 



Derbyshire, gardens and residences of, 7574. 



Dermestes, leather-beetle, or chaffer, a coleopterous 

 insect, 2232. 



Derry, county of, as to gardening, 7631. 



Desbois, F. A. A. de la Chesnaye, his works on gar- 

 dening, page 1117. A. D. 1751. 



Design, principles of, in landscape-gardening, 

 7163. 



Desmanthus, polyg. monoec and leguminoseaB, S. tr. 

 bien. and an. E. and Ind. which grow in loam 

 and peat, and some of them, as D. natans, may be 

 treated as aquatics ; they are increased by seeds, 

 or young cuttings planted in sand under a bell- 

 glass. 



Jieuso, Johann Daniel, his works on gardening, page 



1123. A. D. 1735. 

 Devil's bit, scabiosa succisa. 

 Devonshire, gardens and residences of, 7600. 

 Dew, theory of, 1243. 



Dianella, hexan. monog. andasphodelecE, a S. peren. 



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and G. peren. which grow in sandy loam and 

 peat, and arc increased by division at the root. 



Dianthus, pink, decan. dig. and caryophylleas, a 

 G. tr. and (jeren. and H. peren. bien. and an. 

 Eur. and .\s. which thrive in light rich soil, and 

 thrive by cuttings or pipings and layers, in sandy 

 loam under a hand-glass. 



Dianthus caryophyllus, the carnation, 6406. 



Dianthus hor'tensis, the pink, 6440. 



Diapensia, pentan. monog. and ericece, a H. peren. 

 Lapland, an alpine, which must be grown in 

 small pots in peat soil, and protected during 

 winter. 



Diaspyros kaki, the kaki-tree, 6016. 



Dicho'ndra, pentan. dig. and convolvulaceae, a S. 

 peren. and G. peren. N. S. W. and Jam. which 

 thrive well in loam and peat, and cuttings root 

 freely. 



D/cks, John, of Knightsbridge, a British author on 



gardening, page 1107. A. D. 1769. 

 Dicksonia, cryptog. tilices and filice:E, a S. tr. and 



peren. G. peren. and H. peren. ferns of common 



culture as such. 

 Dictamnus, fraxinella, decan. monog. and rutacese, 



a H. peren. Germ, of easy culture, and may be 



propagated by seeds, cuttings, or divisions at the 



root. 



Didelta, svngen. poly, frustran. and corymbifereae, 



G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive well in' any rich 

 light soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass. 



Did, Aug. Fred. Adrian, M. D., his works, page 

 1126. A.D. 1799. 



Diervilla, pentan. monog. and caprifolice, a H. tr. 

 N. Amer. a low shrtib of easy culture, and in- 

 creased by suckers. 



Dietrich, Fr. Gli., his works on gardening, page 

 1126 A. D. 1S02. 



Dig ^dician, Sax. to make a trench about), to break 

 or open up the ground with a spade j in garden- 

 ing, to raise, reverse, and pulverise the surface- 

 soil for eight or ten inches deep, — see Digging. 



Digging, 1864. 



Digitalis, foxglove, didyn. angios. and scrophula- 

 rineee, G. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. of easy 

 culture. 



Digitaria, finger-grass, trian. dig. and gramineae, 



H. an. of common culture, 1662. 

 Digitaria sanguinales, Polish millet, 4335. 

 Dilatris, trian. monog. and hemodoraces, G. peren. 



grasses of common culture. 

 Dill, elt., Joh. Jac. Dillenii Hortus Elthamensis. 

 Dill, — see Anethum. 



Dillenia, polyan. polyg. and dilleniaccEe, S. tr. E. 

 Ind. which grow in' light loam, and ripened cut- 

 tings, not deprived of their leaves, root freely in 

 sand under a hand-glass in heat. 



Dilhvynia, decan. monog. and ieguminoseffi, G. tr. 

 X. 8. \V, which grow in sandy loam and peat, 

 with pots well drained, and young cuttings root 

 freely'in sand under a bell-glass. 



Dimocarpus, octan. monog. and sapindeEe, S. tr. the 

 litchi and longan of the Chinese, China, which 

 grow in rich loam, and have been cultivated for 

 their fruit, 5991. 



Dionffia, Venus's flytrap, decan. monog. and drose- 

 racccE, a G. peren. Carolina, which thrives best 

 when planted in a pot of sphagnum, or con.Mion 

 moss, with a little peat mould at the bottom of 

 the pot, and the pot placed in a pan of water. 



Dioscorea, dioec, hexan, and dioscorea, S. peren. 

 E. and Sv. Ind. climbers of easy culture. 



Dioscorea sativa and alata, the' vam, 6023. and 

 6024, 



Diosma, pentan. monog, and diosmete, G. tr. C. B. S. 

 -.hich thrive best in'peat soil, and young cuttings 

 root freely in sand under a bell-glass. 



Diospyro.;, 'date-plum, polyg. dioec. and ebenaceae, 

 S. an. G. tr. Italy, Amer. and India, which thrive 

 well in light loamy soil, and ripened cuttings suc- 

 ceed best in sand under a hand-glass in heat. D. 

 kaki, the Japan date-plum is increased bv inarch- 

 ing or budding on the common kinds. 



Dioapyros lotus ^Ziziphus lotus, W.}, the Eur. date- 

 plum, 6016. 



Diotis, moncec. tetran. and chenopodcce, a H. tr. 

 Siberia, which grows in any light soil, and is 

 readily propagated by layers," and cuttings may 

 be rooted under a hand-glass. 



Diphylleia, hexan. monog. and berberidea?, a H. 

 peren. N. Amer. which grows freely in a light 

 rich soil, and is increa.sed by dividing at the 

 root. 



