CHAPTER IX 



NANDINA DOMESTICA has never thriven with me, and 

 I suspect my piece belongs to the invaUds. Yet I know 

 that it is hardy here, and can flower and fruit under the 

 conditions it enjoys in my garden. In prosperity this Nandina, of 

 Japan, makes a very beautiful specimen, and suggests a white 

 flowered Berberis, to which order it belongs. There is a new 

 variety within reach now : N. purpurea, which must be secured, 

 for it may prosper better than the type. 



Neillia opulifolia has been cast out, and I think Neviusia alaba- 

 mensis will follow suit. The first is a mean Spireea ; the second 

 bears flowers which look pleasing in a photograph, but are really 

 rather dull. Neviusia is somewhat in the style of Fothergilla, but 

 not so effective. This shrub increases by undergrowth runners 

 at a great rate, and its tenure of a good corner grows precarious. 



With Nerium Oleander I can do nothing. It seems the least 

 kindly of Mediterranean flora here. Cool, damp corners, not 

 lacking in sunshine, should suit this lovely thing with protection 

 in winter, but I know of few succeeding respectably out of doors. 

 Perhaps I do not grow it wet enough. 



Nieremhergia frutescens is shrub enough to be mentioned with 

 praise. This Chilian proves nearly hardy in a warm corner, and 

 its pale blue and white flowers and pretty flax-like habit make it 

 a desirable plant. 



Notospartium Carmichaelice, the Southern Broom, is a mono- 



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