226 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 
Acmddenia, Agatlwsma, and Barosma. However, we incline 
to adhere to the original name, and recommend D. capitdta, 
D. oppositifblia, D. rubra, D. alba, D. fragrans, D. iinijlora, 
D. scrratifblia, D. specidsa, and D. pulrhclla. They are all 
profuse blooming plants, with generally small flowers of a 
white lilac or pink colour. It is supposed that the dried 
leaves of pulchclla are used by the Hottentots as powder to 
mix with the grease with which they anoint their bodies. 
Some travellers assert that it gives them so rank an odour 
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 tbe plant, has a very strong smell, some 
of them very agreeable, oth,ers 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.) 
Dipldcus puniceus. This shrubby (mimidus) 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.) 
Dracaena, or Dragon tree. The D. aust rails and D. ferrea 
will keep in the green-house, and are attractive plants for 
their foliage, especially the latter, which is of a purple crim- 
son, and very unique; the flowers are on large terminal spikes. 
(Soil No. 11.) 
Dori/dnthus exeelsa, a T»cra-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.) 
Urydndras. This genus is closely allied in character and 
habits to Banksia, and contains above sixteen species. D. 
nivea has most beautiful foliage, very long and deeply in- 
