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CENOTHERA. 
Se SS ——_—— eee 
strongly resembles the minor Con- 
volvulus. 
Nouira’NGErE, or Noui-ME-Ta/N- 
GERE.—See Impa‘TIENs. 
No'nea.—Boraginee.—The name 
given to the new genus, divided from 
Anchusa, the Bugloss, and which 
includes several of the most orna- 
mental of the annual species, such 
as A. versicolor, A. liitea, A. rdsea, 
&c., and some perennials. They 
are all quite hardy, and the annual 
kinds only require sowing in the open 
border in March. 
Norrotk Is~tanp Pine.—Arau- 
caria excélsa,—One of the largest 
trees in the world in its native coun- 
try, but which can only be grown 
of small size in England, from its 
requiring protection during winter. 
NoreLz'‘a.— Oleadcee.— Austra- 
lian shrubs with white flowers, 
greatly resembling in their leaves 
and general appearance the Euro- 
pean Olive. ‘They are generally 
kept in a greenhouse, and grown in 
sandy peat; but they are nearly 
hardy, and make good shrubs for 
the background of a balcony. 
No‘puar. — Nymphacee. — The 
yellow Water-Lily. A British plant, 
common in stagnant water. The 
popular name is Brandy Boitle, from 
the flowers smelling lke brandy. 
They look very well im ponds, or 
even cisterns, where they will grow 
freely if the seeds are sown in a 
layer of loam at the bottom. The 
plants may also be increased by 
division. 
Nourra‘t1a.— Malvaceae. — Beau- 
tiful poppy-like perennial plants, 
which may be planted out in sum- 
mer, but which must be protected 
during winter in a frame or green- 
house. They should be grown in 
light rich soil, consisting principally 
of vegetable mould, with a little 
loam ; and, when in flower, they 
are very beautiful. 
Nycra'nruus.—Jasminee.—The 
Indian Jasmine. This plant, which 
is generally grown in a stove in 
England, gives out its odour only 
by night, and is the plant allude 
to by Moore in the following well 
known lines :-— 
The timid Jasmine buds, that keep 
Their odour to themselves all day ; 
But, when the sunlight dies away, 
Let the delicious fragrance out 
To every breeze that roams about. 
The plants should be grown in loam 
and peat, and would probably suc- 
ceed in a greenhouse, as it is found 
that they do not flower well if they 
are kept too hot. 
Ny’mpHEeA. — Nymphdacee. —The 
Water-Lily. One species of this 
beautiful plant grows wild in Eng- 
land, but there are others, some blue 
and some pink, from Egypt, which — | 
must be grown in the aquarium of a 
hothouse to induce them to flower 
in England. They should be grown 
in a rich loamy soil, and kept in the 
warmest part of the stove. 
O. 
O'cynum.—Labidte.—Basil. Some 
of the East India perennial species 
are ornamental, and worth cultiva- 
ting in the stove, where they should 
be grown in sandy loam. 
OpvontocLo'ssum. — Orchidacee. 
—A splendid genus of Mexican 
epiphytes, requiring the usual treat- 
ment of similar plants. See Or- 
cuipEous Epreuyres. 
CiNno/ruERA.— Onagrdce@.—The 
Evening Primrose. Perennial, bien- 
nial, and annual plants, with large 
flowers. The yellow and white 
flowering kinds, which are the true 
Evening Primroses, are now the 
only ones left in the genus, the 
purple-fowered ones having been 
removed to the genus Gopetia. The 
Evening Primroses have the pecu- 
liarity of only opening their flowe 
in an evening, or when the sun 
overcast ; as, contrary to the h 
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