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NICOTIANA 



NIEREMHEllGIA 



biisc, \nsoid-pubosccnt ; Ivs. thin, half-cliispinc, some- 

 what aurirlwl. sessile, more or less liecurreiit, ovate, 

 ohlonp. olliptu- or lanecolate: fls. iiedicellate in braeted 

 [Vinieles or raeenves; ealyx oblong, teeth unequal; 

 eorolla woolly without, 2-',i times longer than the ealyx; 

 tvilH's white or whitish: limb (lro(>))ing, rose-colored or 

 red: lobes aeiite or acuminate: cajis. nearly eciualing 

 the calyx. Troji. Amer. Xees I'l. (!enn. 21:4(11. — 

 The fls. arc diurnal. Cult, from earliest times by the 

 Indians ami often runs wild. Its commercial cult, being 

 an agricultural subject is not discussed in this work. 

 It is a striking plant in the garden. Var. angustifolia, 

 Comes (.V. chintiisis. Kiseh.). This is a narrow-lvd. 

 variety from China and Java of which there are several 

 hybrids. Intro, into the V . 8. in liMMi. Var. macro- 

 phylla, Schrank. .V large-lvd. variety with large re<l 

 fls.. of which there are several hortictiltinal forms, 

 variously listed in the trade as .V. grandiflbra purpitna, 

 .V. atropurpitrea grandiflbra, S . riihra. 



X. Bigtidrii, Wats., with sts. 1-2 ft. tall, fis. white 1-2 in. long, 

 is of interest as being the possible origin of N. (luadrivalvis and 

 N. multivalvis. Calif. — .V. /ri'tfo/jop/ij/f/d, Dunal, has sts. 15 in. tall: 

 Ivs. triangular, sessile, somewhat cLsspiiig, 2-2 J4 in. long, H-?iin. 

 wide: corolla yellowish green, '^-'nin. long: viscous pubescent 

 throughout. Utah to Mex. and Calif. p j TJjr-KFR 



NICOTUNIA is a name given by the undersigned to 

 hybrids of Nieoti;ina and Pettinia offered in 1S!)3. They 

 were originally described as follows: "The plants have 

 slender, drooping or trailing tomentose green, red and 

 purple stalks and Ivs. twice or three times as large as 

 the ix>tunia; the fls. are hand.some, white, pink, cannine 

 or striped and borne in plenteous profusion. No seed 

 is ever produced, but they are very readily multipUed 

 by cuttings." 



These plants have unfortunately vanished from cult. 

 They were, of course, annuals. They were semi-trail- 

 ing plants, the Ivs. covered with abundant short, 

 woolly hairs. The cross w;i,s Petunia hybrida var. 

 grandiflora x Nicotiaiia wigandioides var. rubra, the 

 former probably being the seed-parent. The singular 

 thing about the cross was the fact that the root .seemed 

 in all cases to be paralyzed and very defective, though 

 the tops in all the many hybrids produced grew with 

 much vigor. The blooms were beautiful, and it is a 

 pity that the iilants were not grafted on tobacco roots. 

 Subsequently .several jjarties have reported crosses of 

 the tobacco and petunia and also tobacco and sal- 

 piglossis. Luther Bdrbank. 



NIDULARIUM (from Latin nidus, a nest). Bro- 

 meliacex. Wannhouse epiphytes, requiring the treat- 

 ment of billbergia. 



Flowers perfect, borne in compound heads, the 

 petals joined at the ba.sc and not ligulate (in all the 

 typical species); anthers attached mostly on the back 

 (in some related plants attached mostly at the base): 

 Ivs. strap-shaped, ovate or oval, in dense rosett(w, the 

 fls. mostly sessile, red, blue, or white; the inner Ivs. of 

 the rosette, here called bract-lvs., are usually highly 

 colored and constitute most of the merit of some 

 species. — About 1.5 Brazilian species, by some referred 

 to Karatas and other genera, but by Mez (DC. Monogr. 

 Phaner. 9; kept distinct. 



During the spring and summer nidulariums will 

 require plenty of heat and moisture, this being their 

 growing .season. .Vbout the middle of .lanuary or when 

 they show signs of becoming more active, they may 

 be placed in a hoasc with a night temperature of 6.5°. 

 B<;fore the plants are started up too mtu-h, they should 

 haveany necessary repotting. They do well in either 

 pans, cribs, or wire baskets. The compost should be some 

 liglit porous material, .such as fern fiber, s[)hagnum 

 moss, or fibro\Ls jK^at, abiding some broken crocks and 

 charcoal for drainage. Gradually increase the tem- 

 p<Tature at night until by summer they are having 7.5° 

 with 10° to 1.5° higher during the day. Dampen tin; 



walks and under the benches so as to i)roducc plenty 

 of atmospheric moistiu'e. With the increased tem- 

 peratmc, do not allow them to become dry at the root, 

 as they like an abinidance of moisliu'c. While nidu- 

 lariimis like plenty of light, they will need .some sh.ade 

 when the sun is powerful, so Micy will not bum. After 

 flowering they shoukl be encouniged to make new 

 growth. During the winter the temperature may be 

 tlroi)ped to about (10° at night :mcl the atmosphere 

 .should be kept drier. They will need only a very little 

 water during the d:irk days of winter, just enough to 

 kee)) them idive. Niiluhiriuins are increased by suckers 

 like many others of the Bromeliai'ca'. These may remain 

 on the i)areiit i>lant tuitil of sutlicient size and strength, 

 when they should be taken off and placed in small pots, 

 using the s:ime compost as above. Place these under a 

 frame with bottom heat anil a humid atmosi)here. In a 

 short time, they begin to make growth, when they may 

 be given the same treatment .as the old plants. Sponge 

 often for scale. (,J. J. M. Farrell.) 



A. Fls. while. 



Innocentii, Lem. (Karatas Innoccntii, Ant.). Stem- 

 less and stolonifcrotis: Ivs. about 20, in a den.se rosette, 

 strajj-shaped, about 1 ft . long, broadest near the middle, 

 with many small, spiny teeth, green but more or less 

 tinted brown or red, the oval bract-lvs. bright red: fls. 

 in a dense head, white. I.H. 9:329. — Named for the 

 Marquis de St. Innocent, amateur, of Autun, France. 

 There is a form with yellow-strijied Ivs. I.H. 41:5. 

 This species is one of the best nidulariums. 



striatum, Baker (A'^. Makoyanum, Morr., not Hort. 

 Karatas yiiylrcta, Baker). Lvs. 8-12 in. long, strap- 

 shajietl, fine-toothed, prominently striped with central 

 bands of white and shading to cream-color toward the 

 margin, the body color deep green and not brown-tin tetl. 

 G.C. III. 8:183 (de.sc.). — A good species. 



AA. Fls. blue or violet. 



Scheremetiewii, Kegel (Karatas Scheremeticwii, 

 Ant.). Lvs. 10-15, in a short rosette, lanceolate, 10-18 

 in. long, with many small but conspicuous spiny teeth, 

 rather firm, bright green above and pale green beneath, 

 the bract-lvs. bright red and showy, the points recurv- 

 ing: fls. blue, in a .small head. Brazil. Gt. 1858:224. 



fiilgens, Lem. (A'^. plctum, Hort. Guzmania picla, 

 Lem.). Lvs. 1.5-20, in a dense rosette, strajj-shaped, 

 with largo, strong teeth, mottled with green of differ- 

 ent shades, paler and scurfy beneath, the bract-lvs. 

 oval and scarlet: fls. blue. J.F. 4:411. 



A', amazdnicujn, Lind. & Andr.^Canistrum. — A^. Bindtii, 

 Morr.=Aregelia. — N. Carolina.', Leni.=;AregeHa. — N. Chantrieri, 

 Andr6, is a hybrid of N. Innocentii and N. fuigens, with brilliant red 

 bract-lvs., obtained by Chantrier Fr^res, France. ' R. H. 1895:452. 

 — A'. Lindenii, Hegel^Canistrum. — N. mideo-pictum, Hort. Lvs. 

 with dark blotches on a green ground and broad white bands lined 

 with green ill the center. Brazil. — jV. Aforrinianum, Makoy= 

 Aregelia. — .V. prlnceps, Morr.=.\regelia. — A', triste, Regel=,A.re- 



«''"'^- L. H. B. 



George V. NASH.f 

 NIEREMBERGIA (for John E. Nieremberg, 1.595- 



1658, a Spiuusli .lesuit and first professor of natural 

 history at Madri<l). ^olanacea-. Cup-Flower. Mostly 

 tender perennial herbs valued chiefly for the open bor- 

 der or for pf)t-plants; they are mostly of prostrate 

 habit, with showy jiale violet or white flowers borne 

 freely through the sununer and autimin. 



Stem decumbent or creeping, rarely suberect, dif- 

 fusely branched, the branches usually slender and nearly 

 glabrous: lvs. alternate, scattered, entire: fls. borne 

 singly on the tijis of young shoots, mostly white with a 

 purple center; calyx .5-parted, tubtdar or bell-sh.aped; 

 sepals spreading; tube of eorolla long, slender, atten- 

 uated below, abniptly exi)anded :ibove into a broad 

 bell-shaijed, sa\icer-sh:ii)ed or fimnel-.shaped limb, which 

 has 5 broad, obtuse lobes: caps. 2-v:dved. — .\bout 25 

 species from Trop. and Subtrop. .\mer., allied to 



