. PseudoN, 



N. poeticus. 



colored and the sepals more numerous. There are about 6 

 petals, but the numerous sepals gradually pass into petals, 

 the outer ones being small, green and leathery, the iuner 

 larger and whiter. Ovules 2, ascending from the base. 



dom«stica. Thunb. Described above. Lfts. entire 

 Japan and China. B.M. 1109. Gn. 2.1, p. 329; ,58 p 1! 

 W. M. 



IVandina (lomestii-a is an old favorite in S. Calif.. 

 .nn<l iii.-iny fair-siz.il specimens may be seen, though 8 

 tt. In-li IS the laiL'.st the writer can call to mind now. 

 ( It l:iti> ycrirs tli.- sal.- iif Nandina has been very slight, 

 as It IS i„,t v.iy .l.snuiile, except for its general effect 

 as :i shrul). uud it take.s some years to make a show. 

 Many faster growers and better bloomers have taken 

 Its place. It does not produce sufficient foliage; the 

 stem is always bare, leaving an indistinct whorl of Ivs 

 at the extreme top. The fls. are inconspiciKuis It is of 

 easy culture, and does best in a positi,,!, sIimiI.,! from 

 the sun during the hotter part of tli,. ,i:i\ ' it stools 

 very freely, and for this reason is ~,,iii,-m i^ii ns.-ii in 

 shrubberies, where its otherwise iiak.-.] si,.,,is would 

 render it valueless. r.„ „ 



Ernest Bkai-.n-ton. 



NAP0LE6NA (after Napoleon Bonaparte). Mi/rtd- 

 Cfte. ^apoleona imperialis is a truly imperial plant 

 and worthy of being named after the distinguished 

 military leader. It is a tropical African tree, with 

 flowers that at once suggest a royal crown. They look 

 sotnethmg like a gorgeous passion flower, with equally 

 rich though different coloring, and the same sinipli"- 

 city and symmetry of design expressed in the same 

 rich multiplicity of detail. Thev are shaped like a 

 saucer, about 2 inches In diameter, and the dominant 

 color IS apricot. Inside the saucer are two crowns oni- 

 within the other, the inm-r ..m- siiiall.r The rim of 

 the saucer is broken up inu, al..iut .;:, lihiiit teeth all 

 regular and formal, each on.' with a plan running down 

 the back to the center of fli. -anr, r. and t-ac'h tooth mi- 

 nutely serrate aronii.l i?- mir n, i,, th.- l.,>ttoni of the 



saucer is acircular i, ,, :, , „ tl,r,,„ls, all of equal 



length and fln.i,. . ,, , i,,,,,, the l,ase of the 



largercrown. 'ri, _ ■;: ~|. laved against a rich 



dark red backgrniiML .',i.i,lj nmtates in outline the 

 toothed rim of the saucer, and colors perhaps three- 

 lourttis ot the bottom of the saucer. In the Flora of 

 Tropical Africa the fls. are said to be red, white or blue 

 Elsewhere it is stated that the fls. turn bluish as thev 

 decay. This interesting tree seems never to have beeii 

 offered in America, but is probably procuralile from 

 Europe. B.M. 4387. G.C. 1844:780. R.H. 18.53, p. 301. 



NARCISSUS 



,ii'^^*'^^^?u^ '?''' °^""'' *'^0"ght by some to be de- 

 rived trom the story of the youth Narcissus and hv 

 others from the Greek word for narcotic, in allusion to 

 the narcotic-poisonous properties of the nlant I Amn 

 ryliiddc.a! Plate XX. Pigs. 145.5-1462. Narcissi are 

 amongst the choicest of hardy spring.flowerin| plants 

 They have long been favorites. In recent years some of 

 the species have come into prominence as subieets for 

 winter torcing Bakei m his Handbook of the Amarvl- 

 Iide* 1888 reduces the species to 16 but girden au- 

 thors usuallv recognize thriie that many Thev are 

 mostly native to southwestern Europe and the Medi- 

 terranean region The peculiar characteristic of the 



ttoaro'f'the", izrz:\: zzu z'^'uiit'^ri l\ 



u"'i"ill\ "i ^ 1 I ir III I ,ir\ spathe, 



' I ' II 111 I I] 1 bulbs tuni- 



' " ' ' I Ilk 1 1 ,1 tr a thin dehis- 



' ' iiriiii_iii iil\ ^i I 111 irorangularseeds: 



, ' " '"lliki ipi irii)„ with the flowers. 



; ' ' I "<>~ ' '" iiiui^ huil.s most of them per- 



'■^ " V' '""'<■ "orthern states and capable of beins 

 naturalised in cool and grass, plaies Some of thi 

 species are popular bulbs for winter forcing The eenus 

 includes the DatTodils (Daffy down dillies, and lonquils 

 known "t^ Illn""" '^""T"'^ species biit they are littl ' 



hs nearh t ||, 



JV se,ol,„„ ( 1,11 I 11, „ 

 Ivs nearh ti i eti ind ajipear 

 ingafterthefls N elegant 

 Spach greenish white with 

 yellow corona the Ivs ap 

 pearing with the fls Many 

 of the garden Narcissi are 

 h\lirids Some students sup 

 posr th It some of the r 



lutunin bloomers are of 3 

 iusb fls green throughout, 

 appearing with the fls. ; 



1456. Narcissus incomparabilis. 

 Corona shorter than usual, a shows the eoroi 

 ovary: 6, the spathe. Natural size. 



