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NIDULARIUM 



the protection of a greenhouse in colder parts. Cuttings 

 of half-ripe wood in sand under a hand-light. Well- 

 drained soil. 



N. alabame'nsis (Alabama). 3-6. Petals absent ; 

 stamens white. Alabama. 1881. 



NEWBOU'LDIA. (Commemorative of the Rev. W. W. 

 Newbould, a British botanist. Nat. ord. Bignoniaceae.) 



Stove tree. Cuttings of half-ripe wood in sand in a 

 close case with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and 

 sand. 

 N. Ice'vis (smooth). Rose or purple. Trop. Africa. 



NEW JERSEY TEA. Ceano'thus america'nus. 



NEW ZEALAND SPINACH (Tetrago'nia expa'nsa) is 

 much admired as a substitute for summer spinach, being 

 of more delicate flavour, and continues available the 

 whole summer. 



Sow, at the latter end of March, in the seed-vessel, as 

 gathered in the preceding autumn, in a pot, and placed 

 in a melon-frame. The seedlings to be pricked while 

 small singly into pots, to be kept under a frame without 

 bottom-heat until the third week in May, or until the 

 danger of frost is past. Plant in rows, in a rich, light 

 soil, at three or four feet apart each way. Twenty plants 

 will afford an abundant supply daily for a large family. 



In five or six weeks after planting, the young shoots 

 may be gathered, these being pinched off. They are 

 productive until a late period of the year, as they survive 

 the frosts that kill nasturtiums and potatoes. 



To obtain Seed. A plantation must be made on a 

 poorer soil, or kept stunted and dry in pots, as ice-plants 

 are when seed is required of them. 



NICA'NDRA. (Commemorative of Nicander, a 

 botanist about the period A.D. 150. Nat. ord. Solanaceae.) 

 Half-hardy annual herbs. Seeds sown under glass in 

 March, grown on and planted put in May, or sown in 

 the open border in, April, and thinned out to 12 in. apart. 

 Ordinary garden soil. 

 N. physaloi'des (Physalis-Hke). i$-4- Blue. August 



to October. Peru. 1759. " Apple of Sodom." 

 yiola'cea (violet). 1^-3. White in lower half, 

 violet-blue above. S. Amer. (?) 1906. 



NICKER-TREE. Guilandi'na. 



NICODE'MIA. (The commemorative name, Nico- 

 demus. Nat. ord. Loganiaceae.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings in sand, in a close 

 case, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 

 N. diver sifo'lia (various-leaved). 6. Mascarene Islands. 

 1823. 



NICOTIA'NA. Tobacco. (Named after Nicot, a 

 French ambassador in Portugal, who first obtained seeds 

 from a Dutch merchant. Nat. ord. Nightshades [Sola- 

 nacea?]. Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Tobacco was first introduced either from Tobago, in 

 the West Indies, or Tobasco, in Mexico hence the name. 

 Shrubby and perennial kinds require the warm green- 

 house in winter, and may be propagated by divisions 

 and cuttings, and also freely by seeds ; all the annuals 

 are raised by seed sown in a hotbed, in March or April ; 

 seedlings pricked off, potted, and transplanted in rich 

 soil towards the end of May, when the ornamental ones 

 will adorn the flower-border, and the useful ones, such 

 as Taba'cum and the variety macrophy'lla, will yield 

 their large leaves for fumigating purposes ; glau'ca makes 

 a fine appearance against a wall. N. ala'ta, fr a' grans, 

 nocliflo'ra, and pe'rsica are perennial herbs, and wigandi- 

 oi'des a shrub, although often grown as annuals in the 

 flower-garden or subtropical garden during summer. 



ANNUALS. 



AT. acutifto'ra (acute-flowered). 1-2. White. June to 



October. Brazil. 

 angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 4. Pink. August 



Chili. 1819. 



Bigelo'vii (Bigelow's). 3. White. N. Amer. 1898. 

 ,, brasilie' 'nsis (Brazilian). See N. ALATA. 

 chine'nsis (Chinese). 6. Pink. August. China. 1819. 

 dilata' ta (spread). 3. Pink. August. S. Amer. 1820. 

 glutino'sa (clammy). 4. Scarlet. August. Peru. 



1759- 



N. longiflo'ra (k>ng-/wi*i-flowered). 3. White. August. 



Buenos Ayres. 1832. 

 macrophy'lla (large-leaved). See N. TABACUM MACRO- 



PHYLLA. 



, micra'ntha (small-flowered), i. Green, white. July. 

 , multiva'lvis (many-valved). See N. QUADRIVALVIS. 

 , na'na (dwarf). See HESPEROCHIRON CALIFORNICUS. 

 , nepale'nsis (Nepaul). 4. Rose. July. Nepaul. 1829. 

 , panicula'ta (panicled). 2-3. Flowers small, greenish- 



yellow. S. Amer. \, 

 ,, petiola'ta (Jong-leaf -stalked). 4. Rose. July. S. 



Amer. 1829. 

 ,, plumb aginifo'lia (Plumbago-leaved). 2. White. 



May. Trop. and N. Amer. 1816. 

 quadriva'lis (four-valved). i. White. July. N. 



Amer. 1811. 



,, rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). See N. SUAVEOLENS. 

 ,, ru'stica (rustic). 3-4. Greenish-white. Mexico. 



" Turkish Tobacco." 

 ,, sangui'nea (crimson). 4. Crimson. July. S. Brazil. 



1829. 

 ,, Taba'cum (tobacco). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



1570. " Virginian Tobacco." 

 a'l ipes (wing-stalked). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



1570. 



attenua'ta (thin). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 1570. 

 graci'lipes (slender-stalked). 4. Pink. July. 



S. Amer. 1570. 

 ,, Li'ngua (tongue-leaved). 4. Pink. July. S. 



Amer. 1750. 

 macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 7. Pink. July. S. 



Amer. 1570. 

 palle'scens (pale). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



1570. 



sero'tina (late). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 1570. 

 Ve'rdan (Verdan). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



ybarre'nsis (Ybarra). 2. Pink. August. S. 



Amer. 1823. 

 visco'sa (clammy). 3. Pink. July. Buenos Ayres. 



1824. 



PERENNIALS. 



N. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 2-3. Pale green. July 



to September. S. Amer. 

 affi'nis (allied). See N. ALATA. 

 ala'ta (winged). 2-3. White, green outside. July 



to October. S. Brazil. 1829. "Night-scented 



Tobacco." 



,, colo'ssea (colossal). See N. TOMENTOSA. 

 ,, forgetia'na (Forgetian). 1-2. Red or deep rose. 



July to October. Brazil. 1903. 

 ,, fra' grans (fragrant). 3-4. White. New Caledonia. 

 ,, frutico'sa (shrubby). 4. Pink. July. China. 1699. 



Evergreen. 

 glau'ca (milky-green). 20. Yellow. August. Buenos 



Ayres. 1827. Evergreen. 

 Langsdo'rffi (Langsdorff's). 4-6. Yellow-green. 



August. Brazil. 1819. 

 noctiflo'ra (night-flowering). 2. Pink. August. 



Chili. 1826. 



,, albiflo'ra (white-flowered). White. 1898. 

 ,, pe'rsica (Persian). See N. ALATA. 

 suave'olens (sweet-smelling). 2. White. July to 



September. Australia. 1800. 

 sylve'stris (wood). 3-6. White. July to October. 



Argentina. 1898. 

 tomento'sa (felted). 7-10. Leaves reddish-violet 



when unfolding. Peru. 1888. 

 ,, variega'ta (variegated). Leaves variegated with 



creamy- white. 



,, undula'ta (wave-leaved). See N. SUAVEOLENS. 

 vincceflo'ra (Vinca-flowered). 2. White. August. 



S. Amer. 1820. 

 wigandioi'des (Wigandia-like). 3-7. Yellow- white. 



Colombia. 1873. Shrubby. 



NIDTJLA'RnJM. (From nidus, a nest ; the leaves 

 being disposed in the form of a bird's nest. Nat. ord. 

 BromeliaceaB. Most of them are now referred to Karatas. ) 



Moist stove perennial herbs. Suckers. Fibrous loam, 

 peat, some nodules of charcoal and sand. 

 N. acanthocra' ter (spiny-basined). See KARATAS ACAN- 



THOCRATER. 



