Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Desmodium

See Lespedeza

Deutzia scabra var. cre-nata

1

6

Rose

June

5. A useful shrub with sweet-scented flowers in loose clusters. In exposed places it is inclined to winter-kill. B. D. G.

Deutzia scabra var. alba plena

1

6

White

June

S. A variety of the preceding with double white flowers. B. D. G.

Deutzia gracilis

Slender Deutzia

1

3

White

May & June

S. Round and dense in growth. Flowers fragrant, numerous; produced in small racemes on arching branches. A most useful low-growing shrub. A. E.G.

Deutzia Lemoinei

Lemoine's Deutzia

1

3-4

White

June

S. Flowers extra large, in great panicles. A beautiful shrub. A. D.G.

Dianthus barbatus

Sweet-William

4

1 1/2

Various

June & July

Flowers in large, flat clusters, in all shades of pink, red and white. Common in old gardens. A. G. I.

Dianthus carthusiano-rum

Carthusian Pink

4

1

Blood-red

June & July

Many flowers borne in close clusters. Particularly good for the rock-garden. A. D. I.

Dianthus chinensis var. semperflorens

4

6-8 in.

White to pink

All summer

Fragrant flowers of good size produced freely all summer. Excellent for the border. A. G. I.

Dianthus

Grass-pink

4

6 in.

Red and crimson

May & June

Of creeping habit. Flowers solitary, produced in abundance and very fragrant. Good for edging. A.G.

Dianthus plumarius

Scotch Pink

4

6-8 in.

Pink

June

An old garden favorite. Good for edging or for the rock-garden. Flowers with fringed petals, fragrant. A.G. I.

Dianthus plumarius var. flore-pleno

Double Garden Pinks

4

6-8 in.

Various

May & June

Dwarf pinks of compact habit, with numerous fragrant double showy flowers in colors of deep red, pink and pure white. Excellent border plants. Numerous varieties are offered for sale, of which the following are the best and most free flowering: Her Majesty, pure white; White Reserve, pure white, all summer; Abbotsford, deep pink; Juliette, deep pink and white, variegated; Souvenir de Sale, soft pink; and Napoleon III, crimson, all summer.

Dicentra eximia

Dielytra

4

1 1/2

Purple-red

All summer

Fern-like foliage with short racemes of very attractive flowers. Good in border or rock-garden. A. G.

Dicentra spectabilis

Bleeding-heart

4

2

Rose

May & July

Heart-shaped flowers in loose clusters on drooping stems. Foliage deeply cut. A favorite in old-fashioned gardens. A.G.

Dictamnus albus

Gas Plant

4

2 1/2

White

June & July

Bushy and upright growing. Foliage glossy; flowers fragrant, in racemes. Good with shrubbery or in the border. A.G. I,