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[March. 



Acmddenia, Agathosma and Barosma. However^ we incline to 

 adhere to the original name, and recommend D. capitdta, D, 

 oj^posltifoliaj D. rubra, D. dlha, D. fragrant, D. uniflora, 

 D. serratifbUaj D. speciosa, and D. pulcliella. They are all 

 profuse blooming plants^ with generally small flowers of a 

 white lilac or pink color. It is supposed that the dried 

 leaves of pidcJiella are used by the Hottentots as powder to 

 mix with the grease with which they anoint their bodies. 

 Some travelers assert that it gives them so rank an odor 

 that they sometimes could not bear the smell of those who 

 were their guides. In fact, the foliage of all, if rubbed by 

 the hand while on the plant, has a very strong smell, some 

 of them very agreeable, others disagreeable. They are all 

 evergreen small neat-growing shrubs. They require, while 

 growing luxuriantly, to have their young shoots topped to 

 make them bushy; drain all the pots well and keep them in 

 airy situations, and not crowded with other plants, or they 

 will become slender and unsightly. (Soil No. 6.) 



Dijoldcus puniceus. This shrubby (mimuliis) plant was 

 introduced by Mr. Nuttall from California, by seeds, in 1836, 

 and sent by us to England in 1837. The flowers are of a 

 scarlet orange, about one inch and a half long, and produce 

 in pairs ; from the axils of the leaves, or young wood, the 

 plant requires considerable nourishment; for the more rapid 

 it grows, the more profuse are its flowers, which bloom from 

 May to September, and are rather showy. In the Southern 

 States it will prove a hardy shrub, blooming nearly the whole 

 year. (Soil No. 12.) 



Dracsena, or Dragon tree. The D. austrdlis and D, ferrea 

 will keep in the green-house, and are attractive plants for 

 their foliage, especially the latter, which is of a purple crimson 

 and very unique ; the flowers are on large terminal spikes. 

 (Soil No. 11.) 



Dorydnthus exceha, a Yucca looking plant belonging to the 

 natural order of Amaryllidea; the leaves arise from the root, 

 and are about three inches wide and three feet long; the 

 flowers are bright crimson, surmounted on a stem about 

 twenty feet high. The plant does not bloom till it is of con- 

 siderable size. (Soil No. 10.) 



Drydudras. This genus is closly allied in character and 

 habits to Bdnksia, and contains above sixteen species. D. 

 nivea has most beautiful foliage, very long and deeply in- 



