CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

302 THE NURSERY-MANIJAL
Dillenia. n i//w irwv.
IncreastA by s&s ; with some difikulty by cuttings of halfripened
wood in sand in bottom heat.
Dimorphotheca (c’ape ~larigold). COW yosifcr.
Tile annuals are grown from seeds started indoors or planted in
the open. These plants have lately become popular. The
perennials are raised from seeds, a!so by soft cuttings, and perhaps
1~~7 cli\*ision.
Dionaea. L) ~~s~‘~ww~.
Propagated 1;~ seed placed under a bell-jar on moist sandy soil
mised with finely chopped sphagnum moss ; also by dividing the
plants.
Dioon. C’~~t’fdtrefw.
Increased 1,~. seed.
See Cycns.
Dioscorea (Yam). ~~~iosco~acact-l.
Th :l~rr~ln~~t trllxrs may be divided in autumn or spring ;
start in heat. Seeds are sometimes used ; so are the tubers that
ftmkl in the asils b,r the leaves. Hothouse species can be propagated
1~~. cuttings of the half-ripened wood.
Diosma. R ~tfrwcr.
Prop;qxtvrl 1)~. cuttings of ~.oung wood, much as for the heaths.
Diospyros (PtArsirlllllrtn. k’uki) : PI*IY~MUIOU.
Dipladenia. * 1 poe!/rl ~~~Cm?.
In spring, or its early as February 1, when the plants begin growth,
cuttings are nuule from the young shoots, placed in bottom heat.
The pots shoultl he placed in a tight propagating-bed, in a night
temperature of 70”. Propagated also by seed when obtainable.
Diplazium. i’ul!/~)rltiiclc.r:(~.
Propagation I,>, sp;Ws arrd tlivisiolr. See FerW, page 1312.
Diplothemium. I’II~III~~u~.
Inereascd 1)~. sec~tls.. See Yal~ls, page 377.
Dizygotheca. .4 ~(l/iwfw.
To this name are now referred some of the tender plants formerly
included in Aralia. Others are now included in Polyscias, which
see for propagation.