. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. DESCHAMPSIA flexudsa, Trin. (Ami. flexudsa, Linn.). Wood Hair- Grass. A slender, perennial grass, 1-2 ft. hiyh, with numerous very fine root-lvs., and a delicate capillary panicle. It grows in tufts like the above, an
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. DESCHAMPSIA flexudsa, Trin. (Ami. flexudsa, Linn.). Wood Hair- Grass. A slender, perennial grass, 1-2 ft. hiyh, with numerous very fine root-lvs., and a delicate capillary panicle. It grows in tufts like the above, and can he distinguished by the much longer and twisted awn. N. Amer., Eu. —Valuable for woodland pastures, as it will grow well in the shade. Also used for ornament. P. B. Kennedy. DESIGN. The "design-work" of florists refers to formal arrangement of njaterial as opposed to informal arrangement of cut-flowers. Funeral designs are per- haps the commonest. Dried grasses and everlasting flowers are used in funeral designs. The term design is borrowed from the language of art, and can also be applied to formal styles of bedding as opposed to the informal border. Design work is less popular in America than in parts of the Old World, the distinguishing feature of our floriculture being the general taste for cut-flowers and for their free arrangement. Many pic- tures of designs may be seen in the florists' trade papers. DESMAZfiKIA. See VemazerUi. DESMODIHM (Greek, a band or chain; referring to the .ioiuted pods I. By some called Meibomia. Legumi- ndsfe. Tick Trefoil. Mostly herbs, of 150 or more species, in temperate and warm regions of America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Lvs. pinnate, with 3-5 (rarely 1) leaflets: fls. small and papilionaceous, in ter- minal or axillary racemes in summer, mostly purple: pod flat, deeply lobed or jointed, the joints often break- ing apart and adhering to clothing and to animals by means of small hooked hairs. Fig. 694. A number of species
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