58 A GARDEN FLORA 
DAPHNE. Thymelseacese. 
**D. altaica. Altai Mountains. 
D. blagayana. Carniolia. 
D. Cneonxm. Garland Flower. Central and S. Europe. 
D. Dauphinii (collinaxodora). Garden origin. 
D. Genkwa. China. 
D. Laureola. Spurge Laurel. Europe, Britain. 
D. Mezereum. Mezereon. Europe and Siberia. 
„ var. alba. 
„ var. atropurpurea. 
D. neapolitana. Natural hybrid. 
Syn. D. fioniana. 
A delightful little evergreen bush, which flowers 
from February onwards, and is perfectly hardy, 
though slow growing. 
*D. odora. China and Japan. 
Syn. D. japonica. 
D. retusa. W. China. 
A neat-growing little shrub about 1 foot high, 
flowering in May ; the flowers arranged in a cluster 
at the tip of the branches and having a most 
delicate scent. Here it is growing in an open border, 
sheltered to a certain extent by a belt of trees. 
This plant, so far our only specimen, seems perfectly 
healthy, though coming from an altitude of 13,000 
feet. 
DAPHNIPHYLLUM. Euphorbiaceae. 
D. macropodum. Japan. 
Syn. D. glaucescens. 
DATURA. Thom Apple. Solanaceae. 
jD. chlorantha. 
Height 11 feet. Bears its beautiful yellow 
trumpet-flowers all the winter, and is quite the 
hardiest of Daturas. It flowers when D. suaveolena 
is shrivelled with cold, and looks a healthier plant 
than D. sanguined, which flowers in June. 
jD. meteloides. California. 
Syn. D. Wrightii. 
