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DABOECIA. Ericaceae. 
D. polifolia. St. Dabeoc’s Heath. W. Europe, Ireland. 
Syn. Menziesia polifolia. 
One plant, which must be twenty years old, 
is 10 feet in diameter. Each autumn we clip off 
the old flower spikes of all the Daboecias, so that 
the plants never become straggling and untidy. 
D. polifolia, var. alba. 
„ var. atropurpurea. 
„ var. bicolor. 
DACRYDIUM. Coniferse. 
|D. Bidwilli. New Zealand. 
*D. cupressinum. New Zealand. 
Height 7 feet. Imported from New Zealand, 
this tree was grown in a cool house for some years, 
and finally planted in the open in 1915. Here it 
survived a winter, with protection, and is making 
good growth. 
D. Franklini. Tasmania. 
DiEDAL ACANTHUS. Acanthaceae. 
tID. nervosus. India. 
Syn. Eranthemum pulchellum. 
DAHLIA. Compositse. 
*Garden varieties. 
DAMMAR A. See AGATHIS. 
DAMNACANTHUS. Rubiaceae. 
|D. indicus. Himalaya and Japan. 
DANAE. Liliaceae. 
D. Laurus. Alexandrian Laurel. Asia Minor and 
S. Europe. 
Syn. Ruscus racemosus. 
