Cyclopedia of American Horticulture 



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N^GfiLIA (Karl von Na-geli, late professor of bot- 

 ;iny ;it Munich). Oesnerdiceie. About half a dozen 

 trupiL-al American herbs allieil t" Acliinu-iii'B. but tbo 

 lis. arranged alternately in a linll,-- i.rniihal |.:iiiioIfi 

 (in Achinienes the Hs. are ;i\ii: f ■ "f tin- 



panicled flowers, Naegelias an- \' l jrlant--. 



They are warmhouse subjectB. i^ j .i_ . .,: i -i.>tniis 

 or offsets. In cultivation the [jUi;,;.- an ■ ■ i .all. J 



Gesnerias than Nsegelias, but tliuy an .; n; l... 



from that genus in usually having an am .i 

 like disk at the base of the corolla, ratlic r -i . ,■ 

 lobed disk. Tubers usually none. Nr-^-.-Ii:.- h v i.i i.li . 

 with other Gesnerias. One hybrid race is known ks 

 Niegelio-Achimenes and another (F.S. 10:987-8) as 

 iShindirola. L. H. B. 



In general, the cultural methods given under Oes- 

 neria suit Nsegelias well. The bulbs should be .stored 

 in the pots in which they have been grown. It is a bad 

 plan to keep any bulbs or tubers of the Gesneriacesp in 

 dry sand in a dry store-room. After being well ripened, 

 Nipgelia bulbs should be kept in the greenhouse under 

 the benches. Keep them out of the drip, but 

 them occasionally. T. D. Hatfield. 



A. Fls. nearly scarlet, or brick-red, marked uith 

 white. 



cinnabarina, Lind. (Gesneria einnabarlna, Lind.). 

 Kiiic winter-blooming plant, lK-2 ft. tall, soft-hairy: 

 Ivs. round-ovate and cordate, crenate-dentate, thicki.sh, 

 green, with red or pin|.li-h iini : iN. about lii in. 

 long, hanging on tin- . i I ■',"■■ li in- pedicels, gib- 



bous-tubular to the V. 1 \ hibes acute and 



spreading, the short. .1 - ni.iiiial and obtuse, 



the flower cinnabar-n-il ..1 ii.-arl> s.-arlet on the upper 

 side, but paler and .spotted on the under side. 

 H..M. 503C. Lowe, 33. 



A.\. Fh. orange-scarlet or scarlet, marked with 

 t/ellotc. 



zebrina, Kegel (Gesneria zehrlna, Paxt.). Fig. 

 14.'i4. Much like the above, but brighter colored, red- 

 dntted below, and yellow within and on the under side: 

 calyx-lobes short" and appres.sed : corolla contracted 

 tott-ards the base, whereas they are gibbous or swollen 

 to the very base in N. cinnabarina. Brazil. B.JI. 

 3940. B.K. 28:10. P.M. 271. -A fine plant, of which 

 there are several forms. The commonest species. 

 Names belonging here are Gesneria regalis and 



achimenoides. Hort. Hybrid of JV. sebrina anc 

 Achimcnes or Gloxinia (said to be with A. glox 

 iniirflora ) : fls. very large (often 2 in. long), yel 

 lowish rose on the outside, yellow and rose 

 spotted on the inside, the segments clear rose 

 .\AA. Fls. white, cream color or rose. 



amAbilis, Decne. (iV. »i»«irtAra, Hook.). Fls. white 

 or iriara color, numerous, hanging, the tube curved 

 and not much swollen, the obtuse lobes subequal: 

 plant bearing long, glandular hairs in addition to the 

 velvety covering : otherwise much like iV. zebrina. 

 Mex. B.M. 5083. F.S. V>:U92 {sm Achinienes [.Yiege- 

 lia] amabitis). G.C. III. 22:413. -The tenable name of 

 this species is usually held to be Hooker's iV. muUi- 

 floia. which dates from 18.")8; but Decaisne's iV. aiiiab- 

 i'is, or X. amabilis, Hort., is older. 



hyacinthina, Carr. Of horticultural origin, probably 

 a hybrid: fls. white or rose, in a very compact pyra- 

 midal panicle. B.H. 1877:29. 



l.lant. allie.l tn N. zebrina. Mex. P.S. 2;pl. 4, for .4priI.-iV. 

 sceptre corail, Carr. Fls. many in an open panicle, cinnabar- 

 red, yellow-spotted inside. R.H. 1869, p. 154 and col, plate. 

 For pictures of varieties and hybrids, see F.S. 16:1671-2; 10, 

 987-8. L. H. B. 



N.ffiGELIO-ACHIMENES is a trade name mentioned 





of a pea."-B.I\l. 

 ger. The foliagi 

 being twice or tl 



Berberiddcece . A 

 hite berries, 

 len in Japan. "At a 

 i-ed-like appearance, 

 from the same root, 

 only, and are termi- 



:.l'out as thick as a fin- 

 II. I sjraceful at all times, 



.III. The young growth 

 the bases of the lower 



) red globular bodies. 



I. white and panicled. 



This shrub is rarely grown North under glass. Pot- 

 grown plants or seeds are procurable from Japanese 

 dealers. The seeds are said to be of an uncommon 

 shape, being convex on one side and concave on the other. 

 The genus contains but one species. It is the only erect- 

 growing shrub in the barberry family outsi<le of Br-rticris. 

 It agrees with the common barberries in having r.staiiniis 

 and an indehiscent berry, but the fls. are lUni-niitiy 



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