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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Nuphar—continued. 
9 luteum (yellow).* Yellow Water Lily. f. yellow, with a 
randy-like scent, on stalks rising a little above thé surface 
z the water; sepals five; pet very numerous; stigmas 
entire, ten to thirty-rayed, profoundly umbilicated. Summer. 
l. 8in. to 12in. across, orbicular, deeply two-lobed at base; 
lobes usually contiguous. The rootstock abounds in tannic 
acid. See Fig. 701. (Sy. En. B. 54.) 
Fig. 701. NUPHAR LUTEUM. 
XX. mam (dwarf. fl. żin, to lin. across when fully outspread ; 
i stigma rays eight to ten, reaching the — 4 l. oblong, deeply 
two-lobed at the ee ; lobes at le ding. SYN. 
n sprea 3 
N. Kalmiana, (B. M. 1243, under name oi 3 Kalmiana 
Sy. En. B. 56 
NUT. See Corylus. 
NUT. A hard, indehiscent poricanp, usually con- 
taining only one seed. 
7 NUTANS. Nodding; e.g., the flowers of the Snow. 
rop. 
NUTMEG. See Myristica fragrans. 
NUTMEG, CALABASH. See Monodora Myri- 
NUTT. of * and Gray (named after Thomas 
Nuttall, a celebrated North American botanist; he died 
in 1859). ORD. Rosacee. A monotypic genus. The 
species is a small, ornamental, hardy, deciduous shrub, 
growing freely in almost any garden soil, and, where 
seeds cannot be procured, is easily increased by means 
of the suckers which spring plentifully from the roots. 
N. cerasiformis (Cerasus-like).* fl. white, small, polygamo- 
dicecions, in axillary, drooping racemes.; stamens fifteen. Early 
spring. jr. Plum-like, with a purple bioom. . obovate, entire. 
h. 5ft. California, 1848. An extremely pretty plant, of nearly 
globose habit, branching freely, and producing flowers in abund- 
ance. (G. C. n. s., xix. 309. 
N. cordata. See Callirhoe triangulata, 
N. digitata. See Callirhoe digitata. 
N. Papaver. See Callirhoe Papaver. 
NUTT. (of De Candolle). 
— — (which see). 
: NUT-TREE. The common name for Corylus 
A!vellana (which see). 
NUT-WEEVIL (Balaninus nucwm). It has pro- 
bably occurred to most persons, when eating Hazels or 
Filberts, to find some of the shells filled with a black, 
nauseous powder, instead of with the healthy kernel; or, 
occasionally, a fat, white maggot may be found feeding 
on the kernel. The cause of these disappointments is 
the Nut-Weevil, a curious-looking beetle (see Fig. 702), 
remarkable for the length and slenderness of its beak, 
on the middle of which are situated the antenne. per 
1 beetle is about zin. long. The body is egg-shaped ; 
is dark brown or black, but is covered with pl 
_ yellowish-grey, or white hairs, which form irregular, 
2 . paler spots on the shoulders, and on the wing- 
The hairs can be readily rubbed off, leaving 
aoe dark ground colour visible The beak is red- brown; 
is a little thickened towards the tip, but beyond the 
it curves do slightly in the male, 
A synonym of 
come out. In April, and the beginning of May, 
8 . female. The he antennae have a long joint 
Nut-Weevil - continued. 
at the base, followed by a number of short ones; the 
end ones are thicker, so that they form a knob at the 
tip. There is a sharp bend, like an elbow, formed just 
at the tip of the long joint (see Fig. 702). 
In June, when the nuts are about half-grown, the 
female Weevils may be found boring 
holes in the still soft nutshell. One 
egg is laid in each nut, and it is 
pushed, by aid of the long beak, into 
the nut. The hole very quickly closes 
up, and hardly a scar even can be 
detected. From the egg emerges a 
little grub, which feeds upon the seed 
or kernel, and leaves, in its stead, 
only a mass of dark, powdery excre- 
ment. The grub is yellowish-white, 
wrinkled, and footless, and lies curled 
round on one side, Its head is small, 
and yellowish-brown. When full-fed, 
it eats a round hole through the shell 
of the nut, falls to the earth, and 
burrows under it, there to become a 
pupa. The beetles emerge from the soil in May of the 
following year; and, for a time, they feed on the young 
buds of the Hazel-bushes. 
Remedies. When the nuts are attacked, the grubs 
cannot be detected or removed, except when the nuts 
fall from the bushes. The latter should be well shaken 
during the autumn, occasionally; and all the nuts that 
fall should be gathered and burned, before the grubs 
gas-lime 
FIG, 702. NUT-WEEVIL AND GRUB. 
or soot may be scattered below the bushes, in prepara- 
tion for the beetles coming up from the soil. Beating 
the bushes in dull weather will cause. the beetles to 
fall from the branches; and tarred boards, or -other 
appliances, to prevent their escape, should be placed 
below, to receive them when they fall; or they may be 
swept up at once from cloths laid on the soil. It is 
well not to allow wild Hazel-bushes to grow near planta- 
tions of cultivated Hazels or Filberts. 
NUYTSIA (named after Peter Nuyts, a celebrated 
Dutch n tor, and discoverer of that part of Australia 
called Nu a). Fire- tree. ORD. Loranthacee. A 
monotypic genus. The species is a very glabrous, showy, 
greenhouse tree, differing much from its near allies, 
Loranthus, &., in being terrestrial and not parasitical. It 
would probably thrive in a compost of sandy peat and 
fibry loam; but, so far, it is believed, the plant has not 
been successfully grown in this country. 
N. floribunda (many-flowered). „. orange; racemes 6in. to 8in. 
long, crowded at the tops of the branches, simple ; peduncles 
longer than the flowers, bearing each three bracts and three 
opti, oe : 3 a me corolla early lin. long. J. alternate, linear, 
to Sin. long. Branches terete. h. 15ft. to 
25ft. South-west Australia. 
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