. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 673. Dalibarda repens. With perfect and cleistogamous flowers. but a thorough grasp of the principles of Greenhouse Management in general, and Watering in particular. (Consult articles on these subjects.) The terms Damp- ing-off and Burning are also used for ruined flowers^ Burning is often caused by sunlight o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 673. Dalibarda repens. With perfect and cleistogamous flowers. but a thorough grasp of the principles of Greenhouse Management in general, and Watering in particular. (Consult articles on these subjects.) The terms Damp- ing-off and Burning are also used for ruined flowers^ Burning is often caused by sunlight or by imperfections. in glass, but a flower spoiled by dripping cold water, or by some unknown cause, is said to have a burned look. One of the commonest occasions of Damping-off is the sudden flooding of a bed or bench after leaving it too- dry for a long 674. Floret of Dandelion; enlarged. DAMSON. See PUm. Mature fruit of Dandelion. DAN^A (a personal name). Marattidcece. A small genus of fern-like plants, with synangia sessile, ar- ranged in rows, and covering the entire under surface of the leaf. They are rarely seen in cultivation in Amer. DANDELION (i. e., dent de Hon, French for lion's^ tooth; referring to the teeth on the Ivs.). The vernacu- lar of Tardxacuyn officindle, Weber, a stemless peren- nial or biennial plant of the Compdsltce. it is native to Europe and Asia, but is naturalized in all temperate countries. On the Rocky Mts. and in the high north are forms which are apparently indigenous. A floret from the head of a Dandelion is shown in Fig. 674. The ovary- is at e; pappus (answering to calyx) at a; ray of corolla, at c; ring of anthers at h; styles at d. The constricted part at e elongates in fruit, raising the pappus on a long- stalk, as shown in Fig. 675; and thus is the balloon of the Dandelion formed. A Dandelion plant, with its scattering- fruits, is shown in Fig. 676. There is another species of Dandelion in this country, but evidently not common. I
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