268 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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

 blue, in June ; North America. 



NEOTTIA. [Orchidaceae.] A genus containing seme hardy 

 perennial, as well as tender species. Soil, peat au.i loam. 

 Increased by division. N. cestivalis, autumnalis, and /"ernuus 

 are worth growing as curiosities. 



NEMOPANTHES. [Aquifoliaceae.] An ornamental, hardy, 

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

 desirable. It was called Ilex Canadensis and Prinos lutida. 

 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. 



N. Canadensis (Canadian) ; 3 feet ; flowers in May ; North 

 America; 1812, 



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

 of hardy perennials, few of which are ornamentaL Sandy 

 garden soil. Increased by division. 



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

 flowers blue, in July ; Caucasus 51817. N. Sibirica (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. 



