60 A GARDEN FLORA 
DESMODIUM. Tick Trefoil. Leguminosse. 
D. canadense. Telegraph Plant. N. America. 
Height 7 feet. One of the tallest of the Des- 
modiums raised from seed. It is quite hardy, and 
flowers, though somewhat sparingly, upon the up- 
right branches. 
D. canescens. N. America. 
D. Dillenii. N. America. 
D. paniculatum. N. America. 
D. tiliaefolium. Himalaya. 
A hardy little shrub, growing in an open border 
and flowering in July. Pruned in the autumn. 
See also LESPEDEZA. 
DEUTZIA. Saxifragaceae. 
D. discolor, var. floribunda. 
„ var. stellata. 
D. gracilis. Japan. 
„ var. carminea. 
D. kalmiseflora (purpurascensxparviflora). Garden 
origin. 
D. Lemoinei. Garden origin. 
D. longifolia, var. . W. China. 
„ var. Veitchii. China. 
D. scabra. China and Japan. 
Syn. D. crenata. 
D. scabra, var. fl. pi. 
D. Vilmorinse. Szechuen. 
One of the most beautiful of the Deutzias, with 
countless sprays of pure white flowers in June. 
It seems to be perfectly hardy, and grows rapidly 
into a handsome bush. 
D. sp. Wilson (probably D. reflexa). Central China. 
DIANTHUS. Pink, Carnation. Caryophyllaceae. 
D. alpinus. Europe. 
D. barbatus. Sweet William. Europe. 
Garden varieties. 
D. csesius. Cheddar Pink. Europe, Britain. 
