DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Daisy, double. 
and the single ones should be pulled out. Sow early in 
hot-bed, and when large enough, transplant to a rich, 
cool, partially shaded situation. Set the plants six 
inches apart. Roots can be divided any time. Flowers 
are most abundant in spring. Tender perennial ; six 
inches high. 
Daisy, double mixed, choice .15 
there is nothing prettier. The seed will germinate more 
freely if warm water be poured on the ground after 
planting. Tender annual ; fifteen feet high. 
Cypress Vine, scarlet. . 5 
“ “ rose . . 5 
»* white. . 5 
kl mixed. . . r 
Dahlia. 
DAHLIA. 
DATURA. 
This exceedingly beautiful genus comprises an almost 
endless number of varieties, all more or less showy in 
the flower garden in the autumn, when most other flow¬ 
ers have faded. They are all of easy cultivation, grow¬ 
ing freely in almost any soil, from seed sown in spring. 
The seed should be sown in shallow pans, in March, 
and the seedlings transplanted to small pots. As soon 
as danger of frost is over, plant out, one foot apart, i 
These plants will make a tuber, which should be taken 
up in the fall and kept through the winter in a cool, dry 
place, away from frost, and planted out in the spring, 
when it will blossom the following autumn. New vari- j 
eties are constantly being produced from seed, some of 
them of exquisite beauty. 
Dahlia, finest double, mixed, seed saved Jrom 
choicest double flowers . . . . 15 | 
DAISY—(Beilis). 
Charming little plants for edgings and borders. The 
flowers are quilled and flat-petalcd, white, pink, red 
and variegated. Nor all will come double from seed, 
Large, branching plants, producing handsome, double 
and single, trumpet-shaped blossoms, yellow, white, 
lilac and blue, and of exquisite fragrance. Some of the 
flowers are equal in beauty to our choicest lilies. Sow 
in hot-bed, and transplant to th^c or four feet apart 
each way. The blossoms open during the night, remain 
open one day, and then perish. Roots can be kept all 
winter in cellars. Tender perennial ; three feet high. 
Datura, Wrightii, pure white at the center, passing 
into lilac and blue at the border; very fragrant 5 
“ chlorantha, fl. pi., magnificent, large, double, 
yellow blossoms, richly scented . 5 
“ fastuosa alba, fl. pi., flowers double , pure 
white . 
u mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed... 
DELPHINIUM —(See Larkspur). 
DIANTHUS— ( See Pink). 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS— (See Sweet 
William). 
Didiscus.* 
Echeveria. 
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