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NECTARINE. Persica lavis. j vated in the Philadelphia Nurseries, 



Varieties. — The following are culti-i and are among the better kinds : 



Explanation of Abbreviations.— Co/or — y yellow; r red ; o orange; g 

 green; w white. Size — l large ; m medium. 



Those marked * are clingstones. 



Downton ..... 

 EIruge ...... 



*Golden 



Peterborough ..... 

 *Red Roman . . '. . 



*White Roman 



"White Early .... 



For Culture, see. Peacft, which applies. 



NECTAROSOCORDUM siru- 

 lum. Honey Garlic. Hardy bulb. Oil- 

 sets. Common soil. 



NEGRO-FLY. See Athalia. 



NEGUNDO fraxinifoUum. Two va- 

 rieties. Hardy deciduous trees. Seed 

 and layers. Light loam. 



NELITRIS jambosella. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings and layers. Loam 

 and peat. 



NELUMBIUM. Five species. Stove 

 aquatics. Seed and division. Rich loam 

 in water. Mr. A. Scolt, gardener to 

 Sir G. Staunton, Bart., gives the follow- 

 ing directions for cultivating iV. specto- 

 sum : — 



" Let it be kept dry during the win- 

 ter, in a cool part of the plant stove, 

 at about 50° Fahrenheit. In February, 

 the roots to be divided and potted sepa- 

 rately in turfy loam; the pots set in 

 pans of water; the temperature of air 

 from 65° to 90=; temperature of the 

 water in the cisterns being about 753. 

 In May plant out in a water-tight box, 

 three and a half feet long, one and a 

 half foot wide, and sixteen inches deep, 

 filled with loamy soil, having a little 

 gravel on the top to give it solidity, and 

 allowing room for about two inches 

 of water over the surface of the soil. 

 Plunge the box into the bark bed ; the 

 temperature of the soil and water in 

 the box 80*^. This bottom heat main- 

 tain during the summer, the tempera- 

 ture of the house varying from 65'^ to 

 90<^." — Hort.Soc. Trans. N. luteum is 

 indigenous to the United States, though 

 only found growing spontaneously in 

 certain quarters. It has been intro- 

 duced into the meadow ditches below 



coi'a 



Philadelphia, where it thrives luxu- 

 riantly. We have seen it finely de- 

 veloped in artificial ponds, evincing 

 that it is of ensy culture. 



NEMATANTHUS chloronemn. Stove 

 shrub. Cuttings. Light rich soil. 



NEMESIA. Four species. Two 

 hardy annuals, and the other green-house 

 herbaceous perennials. The first in- 

 crease by seed, the second by cuttings. 

 Rich light loam. 



NEMOPANTHES canadensis. Hardy 

 deciduous shrub. Seed and layers. Peat. 



NKMOPHILA. Six species. Hardy 

 annuals and perennials. Seed. Peat 

 and light soil. 



NEOTTIA. Nineteen species. Hardy, 

 green-house, and stove orchids. Divi- 

 sion. Loam, peat, and chalk. 



NEPENTHES. Two species. " Stove 

 evergreen climbers. N. distillatoria is 

 the Pitcher Plant. Offsets. Coarse peat 

 and moss. Pots plunged in moss, kept 

 moist and at SOo ; air 70^." — Paxton^s 

 Bot. Diet. 



NEPETA. Thirty-five species. Hardy 

 herbaceous, except N. angustifolia, 

 which is annual. Seed and division. 

 Light loam. 



NERINE. Twelve species. Green- 

 house bulbs. Seed and offsets. Rich 

 light loam. 



NERIUM. Oleander. Four species 

 and more varieties. Green-house and 

 stove evergreens. Cuttings. Rich light 

 loam. 



NESyEA trijlora. Stove herbaceous. 

 Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 



NETTING is employed to prevent 

 the radiation of heat from walls, and 

 the rude access of wind to trees grown 

 I upon them, as well as to prevent the 



