268 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



N. phaceloides (phacelia-like) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers 

 blue, in June ; North America. 



Neottia. [Orchidaceae.] A genus containing seme hardy 

 perenryal, as well as tender species. Soil, peat ai.d loam. 

 Increased by division. N. cestivalis, autumna/is, and ^criiims 

 are worth growing as curiosities. 



Nemopanthes. [Aquifoliaceas.] An ornamental, hardy, 

 deciduous, upright-growing shrub, very little known, but very 

 desirable. It was called Ilex Canadensis and Prmos lucida. 

 The flowers are small and white ; but the berries are large, 

 beautiful crimson, and very ornamental. Common shrub- 

 bery soil ; but it will do better with an addition of sandy 

 peat or leaf-mould. Propagated by layers and seeds in au- 

 tumn, and by seeds in spring. 



A^. Canadensis (Canadian) ; 3 feet ; flowers in May ; Nortl: 

 America ; 181 2, 



Nepeta. Catmint. [Lamiaceae.] A rather large genus 

 of hardy perennials, few of which are ornamental. Sandy 

 garden soil. Increased by division. 



N. grandijiora (large-flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 6 feet ; 

 flowers blue, in July ; Caucasus; 18 17. A'^ ^'//^/r/V^ (Siberian) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, in July ; Siberia ; 1804. 



Nettle-Tree. See Celtis. 



New-Jersey Tea. See Ceanothus. 



NiCANDRA. [Solanaceae.] Robust half-hardy annual, 

 with blue and white flowers ; pretty, but running too much to 

 foliage. It should be sown in a mild hot-bed with other an- 

 nuals towards the end of April, and the plants planted "out 

 in May ; or it may be sown in the border in May, and all 

 the plants in each patch pulled away but the strongest. 

 When a little stunted, it looks pretty in a large border ; the 

 blossoms then being developed in a greater proportion to the 

 leaves. 



