1064 



therefore is less g 

 planted on a couin: 

 well on almond st<«' 

 to peaches in qual 

 has been given to t 

 ties, and from the 

 standard of excelli 

 peiches do 



NECTARINE 



peaches. The most prominent in 1 

 ton, Downtou, Hardwit-k, Early Newington, Fitmasi 

 Orange, Stanwiek, Humboldt, Lord Napier, Advance, 

 Elnige. In color, size and season. Nectarines vary as 

 peaches do. See also Peach, and ForeitKj. 



L. H. B. 

 The Nectarine is grown in California almost exclu- 

 sively for drying and canning, and even for these uses 

 is but of minor importance. A.s compared with peaches 

 for canning, the product of Nectarines is only about 

 one-eighth of one per cent that of the peach, and for 

 drying only about one per cent that of the peach. The 

 varieties grown for both canning and drying are the 

 white varieties, because they do not color the syrup in 

 canning, and because when sulfurcd they make a beau- 

 tiful, amber-colored, translucent product. 



E. .J. W:cKSON. 



NEGRO'S HEAD. Unusual name for 

 palm, Plii/lflcphtts macrocarpa. 



-nut 



NfilLLIA (named after Patrick NeiU, at the begin- 

 ning of the nineteenth century secretary of the Cale- 

 donian Horticultural Society at Edinburgh). SosAce(f. 

 Small, deciduous shrubs, with alternate, stipulate, usu- 

 ally 3-lobed Ivs. and rather inconspicuous whitish fls. 

 in simple or panicled racemes at the end of the branches. 

 The one species in cultivation is not hardy North; it 

 requires protection even in the Middle States, and is 

 often killed to the ground in severe winters, but usually 

 vigorous young shoots spring up and bloom and fruit 

 in the same season. On account of its handsome bright 

 green foliage it may be used as a border plant for 

 shrubberies. It grows in almost any nKi'lcratt-ly moist 

 soil. Prop, easily by greenwood .u-inj- iil. i -hms, 

 and also by seeds. Seven specie-^ 1 1 ' M i- :ind 



China. Fls. in racemes, with the j" i than 



the bracts; calyx-tube rather hn-- . ' i.,ii,ul,tr.- or 



almost tubular, with 5 erect sepals ix. t. .lii..,- ;l,i ."i oval 

 petals; stamens 10-30; carpels 1 or 2: pod dehi.scent 

 only at the inner suture, with several shining seeds. 

 From Spirsea it differs, like the allied genera Physo- 

 carpus and .Stephanandra, by its stipulate Ivs. and 

 shining crustaceous seeds. 



thyrsifldra, D. Don. Upright shrub, to 6 ft. high, 

 but usually not exceeding 2 ft. if annually killed to the 

 ground: branches angular, glabrous: stipules rather 

 large, serrate: Ivs. ovate, cordate at base, long-acumi- 

 nate, usually 3-Iobed, incised-serrate, glabrous above, 

 pubescent only on the veins beneath, 2-i in. long: fls. 

 in panicled or sometimes solitary racemes; calyx-tube 



NELUMBO 



cninpanulatp. pubescent, with the sepals about Yz in. 

 lni,_' Au.'.S.i.t. Himalayas. E.H. 188«, p. 416. 



N I ' ti'>ls.=Physocarpus Amurensis.— i\r. opMit- 



' A T , ^ I»hysocarpus opulit'olius.— *V. 2'andA-oe, 



li . - - i'haiiandra TanaksB.— iV. rdrrej/i. Wats.= 



''"'■'"■" -''^ ti",-,viius. Alfred Rehdee. 



NELUMBIUM. The prior name is Nelumbo 



NELCMBO (CeUone->ename) XympJicrdrecp T ^u 

 ilU written ^ tliunbiiim Two speiii t tr ti_ i \ 

 111^ aquatics one yellow flowered ml t \ 



\inerica the other white or cyanic fl 



t the Orient From Nympheea or tli 

 Nelumbo difters technically m haMii- h i i r r[ 1 

 I which are imbedded in the receptacle) with a single 



\ ule in each Nelumbiums have strong and thick 

 ml usualK tuber bearing rhizomes which creep 

 111 the eirth in the bottoms of ponds and slow streams 

 U I It it ill 111 ir r lit irh entire usually very 

 I i_ mil n_ 1 ti I il an 1 111 ih t ending high above 

 !l; w It t I II tiiii ti iriiiu) tl Hrge and showv, 



iii_l II I lull 1 wliKli ( |u il ir exceed the Ivs 

 1 il 4 » r Jet els man} erect or erect spreading, 



t imen-i min\ on broad short tilaments fr a large, 

 Hat topped perforated receptacle (Fig 1400) in which 

 are immersed the many carpels 



\elurabiums are bold plants suitable for large ponds 

 and for masses. The oriental species, commonly but 

 incorrectly known as Egyptian Lotus, is one of the best 

 of large pond plants, being grown for its stately habit 

 and showy flowers. Its roots should not freeze. " Cover- 

 ing the pond with boards and litter, or tilling it with 

 water, may be made to afford ample protection to the 

 roots. 



A. Fh. yellow. 

 IJltea, Pers. American Lotus, or Nehtmbo. Water 

 Chinkapin. Lvs. usually raised 2-6 ft. out of shallow 

 water, cupped or depressed in the center over the at- 

 tachment of the petiole, 1-2 ft. across: fls. pale sulfur- 

 yellow, 4-10 in. across, with obovate-obtuse concave 

 petals and hook-appendaged anthers: root-tubers and 

 seeds edible. In ponds and slow streams from S. 

 Ontario and Mich, to Fla. and La. ; usually local. Mn. 

 10:113.— A bold and useful plant for colonizing, deserv- 

 ing to be better known. 



AA. Fh. pink, red or white. 

 nncifera, Geertn, {Xeliinibiiim spn-iAaum, Willd. 

 yehimho Indiea, Pers., and N. Nelumbo, Karst.). 

 Indian Lotus. Pig. 1465. Lvs. usually larger than 

 those of .v. hitea, glaucous: fls. fragrant, usually pink 

 except in horticultural varieties, overtopping the lvs. 

 Wurm^-r I'livt- ..f A-ia aivl N. A.ivtralia. Gn. 28, pp. 

 4-J>-. I"! i: I' I-;::: II M' "-"'. t ;:. : 50, pp. 267, 469. 



'I.M : ■• II ■ : V i II. 4L':27. Gng. 5:114; 



111' ' • . ■ I VII to the trade as 



KLTii^ii. I, ••■;.-, i-irili. I..,rii. ..1 III.- ancient Egyptians 

 is a Xyiupliiea. This plant is not native to the Nile re- 

 gion. There are many named forms in cult. Var. ilba 

 (N. album, Hort.l, the "Magnolia Lotus,"has white fls. 

 Gn. 28, p. 427. G.C. III. 14:41. A.G. 20::i69. Gng. 

 7:146. A.F. 14:726. Mn. 9:73. Var. kermeslna, Hort.. 

 has light pink fls. Var. rdsea, II. .it., lias n. v, •-,■,. I, .n-.l 

 fls. There is a striped form kimw n as var. alba striata. 

 A large double rose form is r6sea plena. A iari;e iL.iil.le 

 white form is known in the trade- as ..V. Sliirunnm 

 (F.E. 10. Suppl. Feb. 12). A free-flowering early sort 

 with white fls. shaded pink is N.Kinxhiren of the trade. 

 There are other forms with Latin names. l H. B. 



allv true that till- ELTviitian 



iDulittul if it is worth while 

 at this time. 



[iroud of possessing such a 

 iiho lutea, the well-known 

 .'liina and Japan are the 

 splendid Nelumbo nuci- 

 a yellow Lotus. In the 

 • Great Lakes, N. lutea is 

 scarce in the Middle Atlantic 



