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A GARDEN FLORA 
D. hybrida {continued). 
„ var. Florgal. 
„ var. Gloire des Bouquets. 
„ var. Glorieux. 
„ var. Gracieuse. 
„ var. Le Printemps. 
„ var. Mont Blanc. 
D. japonica. China and Japan. 
*D. middendorfiana. N. China, Manchuria and Japan. 
D. prsecox. Japan. 
D. rivularis. S.E. United States. 
DIOSMA. Rutacese. 
|D. vulgaris. S. Africa. 
DIOSPYROS. Ebenaceae. 
D. Kaki. Kakee, Chinese Persimmon. China. 
We have grown the Persimmon Tree in the centre 
of the Wall Garden for some years, and it has 
flowered and fruited several times. There might 
have been more fruit had the tree been growing 
on a wall. 
D. virginiana. Persimmon. E. United States. 
Height 12 feet. Planted on the east slope of the 
Park 1914. 
DIPELTA. Caprifoliacese. 
D. floribunda. Central and W. China. 
D. ventricosa. W. China. 
Height 4 feet. An interesting and somewhat 
unusual shrub, which flowers in May. The tubular 
corolla is pink on the outside, with a bright patch 
of orange inside the tube. The plant is growing 
in an open border in full sunshine, is seemingly 
hardy, and bears fruit. 
DIPLACUS. See MIMULUS. 
DIRCA. Thymelseaceae. 
D. palustris. Leatherwood. E. North America. 
