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they have a varnish upon them which preserves them 

 from rusting, and prevents the mortar of the wall sticking 

 to them so corrosively as it does if they are un-oiled. 

 In drawing old nails from walls, the mortar is not so 

 much disturbed if the nails are driven in a little further 

 before they are extracted. Old nails may be renovated 

 by being heated to redness, and then thrown into water : 

 this removes from them the mortar, and then they may be 

 again heated and put into oil as before directed. The 

 cast iron nails used by gardeners are known to the iron- 

 monger as wall-nails, and are described as 2\, 3, 4, and 

 5 Ib. wall-nails, accordingly as 1000 of them are of those 

 weights. Nails, in most cases, require to be driven only 

 a very little way into the mortar, and walls then do not 

 become defaced by them for many years. In all summer 

 nailing of peach-trees, roses, &c., the point only requires 

 to be driven in, so that the nail may be easily withdrawn 

 by the fingers. 



NA'MA. (From nama, a stream of water ; the natural 

 place of growth. Nat. ord. Hydrophyls [Hy drophyllaceae] . 

 Linn. 5-Pentandria, 2-Digynia. Allied to Hydrolea.) 



Seeds sown in a hotbed, in March and April, and 

 bloomed in the greenhouse, after being hardened ; 

 divisions and cuttings of the plant in spring ; sandy loam 

 and fibrous peat, with sand and charcoal to keep it open. 

 Common stove and greenhouse temperature. 

 N. jamaice'nse( Jamaica). White, blue. June. Jamaica. 



1812. Stove annual. 

 Pa'rryi (Parry's). 4-5. Lilac-purple. N.W. Amer. 



1 88 1. Half-hardy perennial. 



undula'tum (waved-leaved). i. Violet. June. 

 Mexico. 1826. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



NANA NTHEA. (From nanos, a dwarf, and anihe, a 

 flower ; the only known species being a dwarf annual. 

 Nat. ord. Composite.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds. Ordinary well-tilled garden 

 soil. 



N. perpusi'lla (very-dwarf). . White; disc yellow. 

 Corsica and Sardinia. 1825. 



NANDI'NA. (From nandin, the Japanese name. Nat. 

 ord. Berberids [Berberidaceae]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, 2- 

 Digynia. Allied to Leontice.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a hand-light, and not hurried ; loam 

 and sandy peat ; a sheltered place, a cold pit, or a green- 

 house in winter. An interesting plant, with white petals, 

 yellow anthers, and red fruit. 

 N, denuda'ta (denuded). 6. 1879. 

 dome'stica (domestic). 6. White. July. China. 

 1804. 



NA'NNORRHOPS. (From nanos, dwarf, and rhops, a 

 bush ; in allusion to the dwarf, branching, and bushy 

 habit. Nat. ord. Palmaceae.) 



A small greenhouse palm. Seeds; suckers. Loam, 

 peat, sand, and some nodules of charcoal. 

 N. ritchiea'na (Ritchiean). 3-18. N.W. India and 

 Afghanistan. 1886. Reintroduced 1912. 



NANO'DES. (From nanodes, dwarfish. Nat. ord. 

 Orchidaceae. Now referred to Epidendrum.) 

 N. discolor (two-coloured). See EPIDENDRUM DISCOLOR. 

 Medu'scz (Medusa's). See EPIDENDRUM MEDUSAE. 



NAP2E'A. (From ne, not, and paio, to wound; 

 literally, not poisonous. Nat. ord. Malvaceae.) 



Hardy, perennial herb. Seeds ; divisions and cuttings 

 in summer, under a hand-light. Ordinary garden soil. 

 N. dioi'ca (dioecious). 5-6. Rosy-purple. July, August. 

 N. Amer. 



NAPOLEO'NA. (Named after Napoleon Buonaparte. 

 Nat. ord. Myrtleblooms [Myrtaceae]. Dr. Lindley has it 

 in the Myrtle alliance, next to the Mangroves.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, two to four inches long, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and in a mild bottom-heat, giving air at night, 

 to prevent damping ; sandy peat and fibrous loam. 

 Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 90 ; and 

 moist. 



N. cuspida'ia (short-pointed). 6. Cream, with crimson 

 centre. Trop. Africa. 1886. 



N. imperia'lis (imperial). 6. Apricot, crimson. May. 



Sierra Leone. 1844. 



Mie'rsii (Miers's). 5. Trop. Africa. 1843. 

 WHitfie'ldii (Whitfield's). See N. MIERSII. 



NAPOLEON'S WEEPING WILLOW. Sa'lix babylo'nica. 



NARAVE'UA. (From narawcel, its Cingalese name. 

 Nat. ord. Crowfoots [Ranunculaceae]. Linn. i^-Poly- 

 andria, 6-Polygynia. Allied to Clematis.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a glass, in heat ; sandy peat and 

 fibrous loam. Winter temp., 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 

 to 85. 

 .V. zeyla'nica (Ceylon). 12. Yellow. Ceylon. 1796. 



NARCISSUS. Daffodil. (Name of a youth, said to 

 have been changed into this flower. Nat. ord. Amaryllids 

 [Amaryllidaceae]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



This genus of hardy bulbs, like the Rhododendron, has 

 so multiplied from seeds, that it is utterly impossible to 

 make out what are, and what are not, true species. 

 Salisbury and Haworth gave generic names to the 

 different groups ; but their definitions have broken down. 

 For all practical purposes, the whole may be included 

 under the old name Narcissus. Seeds, but chiefly by 

 offsets from the bulbs, which, in most kinds, are freely 

 produced ; rich, sandy loam, with a little leaf-mould. 

 Those to be forced early should be removed out of the 

 ground as soon as the leaves decay, and be kept dry 

 and cool until potting- time, in autumn. 

 N. absci'ssus (cut-off). See N. MUTICUS. 



,, a'lbicans (whitening). See N. MOSCHATUS ALBICANS. 



,, a'lbus (white). See N. BIFLORUS and N. MOSCHATUS. 



angustifo'lius (narrow-leaved). See N. POETICUS 



RADIIFLORUS. 



aperticoro'na (open-crowned). See N. TAZETTA 



CUPULARIS. 

 apoda'nthus (stalkless-flowered). See N. JUNCIFOLIUS 



RUPICOLA. 

 aura'ntius (orange). See N. INCOMPARABILIS AURAN- 



TIUS. 



Backhou'sei (Backhouse's). Segments sulphur; 

 trumpet lemon. Garden origin. 



Ba'rlcz (Barla's). See N. TAZETTA POLYANTHOS. 



Ba'rrii (Barr's). Segments lemon; cup orange and 

 yellow. Garden origin. 



Berna'rdi (Bernard's). White ; cup yellow to orange- 

 scarlet. Pyrenees. Natural hybrid. 



bi'color (two-coloured). See N. PSEUDO-NARCISSUS 



BICOLOR. 



bicrena'tus (twice-notched). See N. INTERMEDIUS. 

 biflo'rus (two-flowered), i. White. March. Europe 



(Britain). 

 bifrons (two-faced). See N. INTERMEDIUS, of which 



it is a variety. 

 bre'viflos (short-flowered). See N. PSEUDO-NARCISSUS 



BICOLOR. 



,, Broussone'tii (Broussonet's). i. White; cup rudi- 

 mentary. April. Morocco. 1888. 



Bulboco'dium (bulbous). J. Yellow. April. Portu- 

 gal. 1629. " Hoop-petticoat Daffodil." 



,, citri'nus (lemon). |. Pale lemon-yellow, large. 

 1880. 



,, conspi'cuus (conspicuous), f. Flowers large, 

 bright yellow. March, April. 



Gra'llsii (Graell's). . Primrose-yellow. Moun- 

 tains of Castile. 1879. 



mi'nor (lesser). \. Pale sulphur. March. Spain. 

 1696. 



monophy'llus (one-leaved). . White. December 

 to February. Algeria. 1870. 



niva'lis (snowy). J. Orange-yellow. Mountains 

 of Central Spain and Asturias. 1879. 



tenuifo'lius (slender-leaved), i. Yellow; trumpet 

 6-lobed. 



,, Burbi'dgei (Burbidge's). i. White ; crown yellow 

 and red. Garden origin. 



,, calathi'nus (cup-shaped) of Linnaeus. See N. ODORUS. 



,, ca'mbricus (Welsh). See N. PSEUDO-NARCISSUS and 

 its forms. 



,, Camperne'Ui (Campernelle). See N. ODORUS. 



candidi'ssimus (whitest). See N. MOSCHATUS. 



,, ca'pax (capacious). . Pale yellow. May. France. 



,, ceri'nus (wax-coloured). See N. TAZETTA PATULUS. 



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