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DIASCIA Barbarae. 
Pure, soft salmon-rose flowers, each with two 
spurs, for rockery or pots; 1 foot; sow March to 
May. Pkt., 15c. 
DICTAMNUS fraxinella (Gas Plant). 
Pink and white flowers, good for borders; foliage 
gives off gas which may ignite from a lighted 
match; 2y 2 feet; sow Feb. to Sept. Germination 
very slow and uneven. Pkt., 15c. 
Lovely Soft Blue Didiscus. Packet, 10c. 
DlDISCUS Coeruleus (Blue Lace Flower). 
Soft blue, tiny tubular flowers forming lacy heads 
on long stems for bouquets; 2 y 2 feet; sow Feb. 
to June. Germination period 2 weeks. Pkt., 10c. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Bien. and Per. 
Pink, purple, white, large open-tubed flowers in 
tall, erect spikes; 4 feet; sow by April for certain 
flowers the following spring. Germination period 
10 to 15 days. 
Biennial variety: 
Giant Shirley Hybrids (spotted) Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Perennial varieties: 
Hybrida Lutzii, salmon shades. 
Isabellina, buff and yellow. Pkts., 15c. 
DIMORPHOTHECA (African Daisy). 
Orange, yellow, salmon, and white, large daisy 
flowers, unusually brilliant for bedding in all sea¬ 
sons; 1 foot; sow any time. Germination period 
2 to 3 weeks. Aurantiaca, orange; Salmon Beauty; 
Golden West, yellow; Pluvialis, pure white. Hy¬ 
brids Mixed. Pkts., 10c. 
DIMORPHOTHECA Ecklonis. Per. 
White, blue center, with mauve reverse, flowers 3 
inches across; blooms through late winter and 
spring; sow any time; 2 feet. Pkt., 15c. 
DOLICHOS Soudanensis (Hyacinth Bean). Vine. 
Rosy-purple pea flowers on quick vine, with showy 
purple pods; sow March to May. Germination 
period 10 days. Pkt., 10c. 
DUSTY MILLER (Centaurea sp.). Per. 
Candidissima: thick, silvery - white foliage. 10 
inches; Gymnocarpa: grey foliage, 20 inches; sow 
January to May. Germination period 2 to 4 weeks. 
Pkts., 10c. 
ENGLISH DAISY. (See Beilis.) 
ERYNGIUM Amethystinum (Sea Holly). Per. 
Amethyst blue, interesting prickly flower-heads; 
5 feet; sow March to Sept. Pkt., 15c. 
