2/2 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



common wicker basket filled with mud, the basket being 

 dropped into the water where the plant is required. The 

 tender kinds have to be planted in large pots or pans, which 

 are sunk into cisterns of water ; and, in order to secure the 

 blooming of the plants, there ought to be provision for warm- 

 ing the water in the cisterns by some means They are in- 

 creased by dividing the rhizomes. Both hardy and tender 

 species are worth growing. 



JV. alba (white) ; hardy aquatic perennial, floating ; flowers 

 white, in June ; England. N. nitida (shining) ; hardy aquatic 

 perennial, floating ; flowers white, in July; Siberia; 1809. N. 

 odorata (sweet) ; hardy aquatic perennial, floating ; flowers white, 

 in July; North America ; 1786. N. pygmaa (pygmy); half- 

 hardy aquatic perennial, floating ; flowers white, in July ; China ; 

 1805. N. reniformis (kidney-shaped) ; half-hardy aquatic peren- 

 nial, floating ; flowers white, in July ; Carolina; 1823. 



NYSSA. Tupelo. [Cornaceae.] Hardy trees, with orna- 

 mental foliage, which turns a brilliant red in the autumn. 

 Raised from seed, which should be sown where the plants 

 are to stand, as they transplant with difficulty. Soil, moist 

 loam. 



N. multiflora (many-flowered) ; hardy tree ; 20 feet ; fruit 

 purple, in autumn. N. uniflora (single-flowered) is an aquatic 

 Southern species. 



