NERTERA 



prises 6 species of similar habit found in the mountains 

 of the southern hemisphere. The best of the genus, 

 probably, is JV. depressa, which ranges throughout the 

 Andes, from the tropics to Cape Horn. It also inhabits 

 Tristan d'Acunha, and the mountains of New Zealand 

 and Tasmania. The Bead Plant is prop, by seed or di- 

 vision. It needs a sandy soil, with some leaf -mold, and 

 prefers shade in summer. It may need 

 some winter covering in the North. It O 



makes a good house plant and well-fruited 

 specimens are occasionally used abroad in 

 fancy bedding as a novelty. The fruit 

 may last from midsummer well into the 

 winter. 



Nerteras are slender creepers, with 

 small, opposite Ivs. which are stalked or 

 not, ovate or ovate-lanceolate; stipules 

 grown into a sheath with the petioles, 2- 

 dentate or entire : fls. axillary, incon- 

 spicuous, sessile ; corolla 4-lobed; sta- 

 mens 4: ovary 2-celled; drupe 2-seeded. 



depressa, Banks and Soland. Almost 

 glabrous: stems 6-10 in. long, 4-cornered: 

 Ivs. 2-4 lines long, broadly ovate, acute 

 or obtuse, leathery or almost fleshy; peti- 

 oles about as long as the blades ; stipules 

 very small: fls. solitary, greenish. F.S. 

 21:2167 (charming). B.M. 5799. w. M. 



NES-ffiA. SeeDecodon. 



NETTLE. Urtica. Dead N., I/amiiim. 

 False N., Soehmeria. Tree N., Celtis. 



NEVADA, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 

 1479. The northwestern part of the state 

 along the eastern slope of the Sierra 

 Nevada mountains is the chief fruit sec- 

 tion. In the southern part of the state, 

 which is also near the Sierra Nevada 

 mountains, some very fine semi-tropical fruits 

 are grown, but lack of transportation facilities 

 prevents their more extensive production as yet. 



There are possibly 1,500 acres planted in apple 

 trees, a great many of these being young trees, not yet 

 in bearing. As to other fruits, the acreage planted is 

 small, as they can be sold only in our home market, 

 which is very limited. Some of the largest apple or- 

 chards contain 30-50 acres each. An orchard of 30 

 acres in full bearing would produce about 6,000 boxes 

 of marketable apples, worth here $1 per box ; the ex- 

 pense of everything connected with them would be 

 about $1,000. 



All fruit and other crops require irrigation. The water 

 for irrigation is obtained from rivers and creeks, and 

 sometimes from reservoirs. The water is sometimes run 

 all over the ground and sometimes in furrows. 



Black, sandy loam with a granite base appears to be 

 the best soil for apples, pears, plums, raspberries and 

 strawberries. Some kinds of fruits, such as peaches, 

 plums, prunes, strawberries, etc., do well in more 

 compact soil derived from slate and volcanic rocks All 

 Nevada soils are well supplied with iron, and some have 

 a very high percentage of potash. An elevation of from 

 4,000 to 5,000 feet seems best for hardy fruits. The price 

 of good orchard land is about $200 per acre, and of bear- 

 ing orchard about $500 per acre ; this includes water. 



None of the fruit is subject to injury in winter; the 

 only time it is liable to injury is in May, when the trees 

 are in bloom. 



The San Jose" scale has appeared in a few places. 

 The woolly aphis and green lice are sometimes trouble- 

 some on young trees and grafts. The codlin moth also 

 is present in some places. 



Of apples the following are cultivated: Newtown 

 Pippin (both yellow and green ), York Imperial, Spitzen- 

 burg, Jonathan, Pilot, Smith Cider, Wagener, Buck- 

 ingham, Grimes Golden Pippin, Northern Spy, Wine, 

 Wine Sap, Strawberry, Rome Beauty, Ben Davis and 

 Pioneer. Other kinds of fruit are grown only for the 

 local market, and their production is very limited. 

 No new varieties seem to have originated in the state 

 fts y et - Ross LEWERS. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



1079 



NEVIUSIA (after Rev. R. D. Nevius, who discovered 

 it.). RoscicecE. This is a very rare shrub which grows 

 wild only on some shaded cliffs near Tuscaloosa, Ala. 

 It is, however, quite hardy as far north as Philadelphia. 

 Its long, slender, wand-like branches remind one of 

 Kerria, but it has no petals, and its beauty is after the 

 Spiraea kind. The fls. are about an inch across, 6 or 8 



1479. Nevada. 



in a cluster, and the clusters strung along 2 or 3 ft. of 

 wand-like stem, forming ropes of feathery bloom. This 

 fringe-like beauty is caused by the numerous white fila- 

 ments of the stamens. Botanically this genus is a 

 puzzle, but it is probably nearer Rubus than Spireea. 

 Generic characters are : calyx-tube small, flattish, per- 

 sistent; lobes 5, large, spreading, leafy, serrate, imbri- 

 cate; petals 0; stamens in many series, persistent; disk 

 flattish, enclosing the calyx-tube ; carpels 2-4, small, 

 sessile, silky; styles incurved at the apex; ovules soli- 

 tary, hung from the top of the cell : akene drupaceous, 

 small, included by the ample calyx. 



Alabam6nsis, Gray. SNOW WREATH. Height 3-7 ft. : 

 Ivs. alternate, petiolate, 1%-S% in. long, pale green, 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, usually doubly serrulate; peti- 

 oles 3-6 lines long. B. M. 6806. -Alfred Rehder writes 

 that it is hardy at the Arnold Arboretum (at least in 

 a sheltered position), and blooms every year. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 

 1480. Horticulture in the Granite State began almost 

 with the first settlement. In 1623 Ambrose Gibbons set 



