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strongly resembles the minor Con- 

 volvulus. 



Nolita'ngere, or Noli-me-ta'n- 

 GERE. — See Impa^tiens. 



No'nea. — Borar/inece.— 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. lufea, A.rdsea,kc., 

 and some perennials. They ai-e all 

 quite hardy, and the annual kinds 

 only require sowing in the open bor- 

 der in March, 



Norfolk Islaxd Pine. — Arait- 

 caria excelsa. — 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. 



Notel^'a. — Oledcece. — Austra- 

 lian shrubs with white flowers, greatly 

 resembling in their leaves and general 

 appearance theEuropean Olive. They 

 , are generally kept in a gi-eenhouse, 

 and gi-own in sandy peat ; but they 

 are nearly hai-dy, and make good 

 shrubs for the background of a 

 balcony, 



Notholce'na. — Filices. — A beau- 

 tiful genus of ferns, with cordate 

 leaves, from Mexico ; which will 

 grow in any cool greenhouse or 

 fernery, 



Nu*PHAR. — JVTjmphcedcece. — The 

 yellow Water-Lily. — A British plant, 

 common in stagnant water. The 

 popular name is Brandy Bottle, from 

 the flowers smelling like brandy. 

 They look very well in 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. 



Nutta'llia. — Mahdce(e.--'Beavi- 

 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- 



j house. They should be gi'own in 

 ; light rich soil, consisting principally 

 I of vegetable mould, with a little loam ; 

 ; and, when in flower, they are veiy 

 j beautiful. 



I Ntcta'nthes. — Jasrrunece. — The 

 i Indian Jasmine. This plant, which 



is generally grown in a stove in 

 I England, gives out its odour only by 



night, and is the plant alluded to by 

 I j\Ioore in the following well-known 

 j lines : — 



j The timid .Jasmine buds, that keep 



I Their odoiu- in themselves all day ; 



I But, when the sunlight dies away, 



I Let the delicious fragrance out 



j To every breeze that roams about. 



' The plants should be grown in loam 

 : and peat, and would probably succeed 

 i in a greenhouse, as it is found that 

 j they do not flower well if they are 



kept too hot. 

 I iSrY.\iPH.E'A. — Nymjphcedceoi. — 

 I The Water Lily. — One species of this 

 beautiful plant grows wild in Eng- 

 land ; but there are others which 

 must be grown in the aquarium of a 

 , hothouse to induce them to flower in 

 ! England. They should be grown in 

 j a rich loamy soil, and kept in the 

 j warmest part of the stove. Among 

 I the Eastern kinds, perhaps the most 

 interesting are the blue Lotus, N. 

 cceridea, and the crimson lily of 

 India, N. rubra. N. dentata is very 

 handsome, and N. iiygmcea is valu- 

 able for the small size of its flowers, 

 and for being almost hardy. N. 

 clegans is a ]\Iexican species with 

 pale violet, sweet-scented flowers, 

 and N. acufifolia. the largest blue- 

 flowered water-lily known, is from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



Q'CYMUM. — Labiatce.— Basil. 

 ^ Some of the East Indian peren- 

 nial species are ornamental, and worth 

 cultivating in the stove, where they 

 should be grown in sandy loam. 



