NIGELLA 



terranean region. The following 2 are only species now 

 used in America. They require little care. The seed 

 should be sown in the open border in good soil any time 

 after the niidille of March, and the seedlings thinned, 

 if necessary, to a distance of about 8 in They seldom 

 succeed well if transplanted. If the seeds lie sown in 

 early autumn the plants may withstaiul the winter and 



be read\ to Hontr eiilur the ni_\t summer B\ plant 

 ing Ht diftertut st tsoiis the plants maj be continued m 

 beiuty neatlj throu.,!! ut the summer The seeds of 

 N iKtii I Linn or hi i k c ummin are sometimes used 

 as seasoning in the Old Woild 



Damasc^na Linn Fig 1401 Height 1-2 ft hs 

 bright green vti\ finel} cut Us white or blue laige 

 involucre very dense and tine st>les erect in the fr 

 nearly as long as the cap ult s fr n t dn ergent at 

 top Summer & Eu BM in i l)0-\ar 



nana Hort A dwarf form with \ i\ lii_ tl 



Hispinica Lmn Lrs mii Ii Il^ll 1 1 ut less so 

 thin m the preieding H I | i 1 hi th m tht last 



spreadiiu fr dner^ent ut t , luh v, ,,,1 ,11 1 \ 

 Africa B M l-'( ) ( n " < -\ 11 Fontane8i4na, 

 H>rt |V Fo,it<itiH^ia„i He rt ) Mu h ill i tin t\pc, 

 but did to H w.i two weeks eirher k C Dams 



NIGGER TOE Nuts of BettlwUetut 



NIGHT-BLOOMING CEEEUS. See Cereus. 



NIGHTSHADE. t>oh,,i,nn „!c,r„m. Deadly N., 

 Atr^./ni lielliiihnnm. Enchanter's N., Circaa. Three- 

 leaved N., Ti-illinm. 



NINE-BAKK. Pli,jsm;,rpus opuUfoUa. 



NIPHffiA(Greek, nipJins, snow; alluding to the white 

 color of the fls., which is rare in this family). Gesner- 

 dcew. JV. obloiiga is a plant something like a Gloxinia, 

 but instead of a large spotted tnroat the flowers have 

 so small a tube as to appear almost 5-petaled. Niphjeas 

 are tropical American stemless or dwarf herbs, with 

 heart-shaped, coarsely serrate, hairy Ivs. and clusters 

 of about a dozen fls. an inch or so across, borne singly 

 on reddish stalks about 2 in. high. For general cult, 

 they are inferior to Gloxinia and Achinienes, but they 

 are desirable f..r )>"t;nii.-iil collections as being one of 

 the most (li--iiini i\iH - i.f the gesneraceous family. 



Th»y hav. t. and no tubers: Ivs. soft. 



wrinkleil. |. . -ite: corolla nearly wheel- 



saaped; (li-l^ jli-c n' ; liLmieuts shorter than the an- 



thers, straight; anthers erect, free, the cells facing In- 

 ward, parallel, confluent at the apex: glands none. 



"Like many other plants from Guatemala," says 

 Lindley in B.R. 28:5, speaking of N.ohlomja, "it seems 



to require a temperature 

 and of a stove. In it- 

 Achimenes rosea. It fl.i^ 

 after which the stems ili 

 a dormant state until ) I 

 this state it ought of ivi 



between th.it of 



-■'•'. ! i jilaiit remains in 

 :^ :ison. When in 



" i , I,. j,t ]ierfectly dry, 

 on a li;,'lit. warm sli. If. ari.l tli.ii when the .season of 

 rc-^t is pasi.whi.h will lie indicated by the young Stems 

 niatdn:: tlnir a|.|Maran'c. it may be repotted and liber- 

 ally su|)|.liicl with water. It forms a great number <f 

 curious imbricated scaly buds, both on the surface and 

 under ground, by which it may easily be multiplied in 

 the same manner as Achimenes; it also strikes readily 

 by cuttings. Any rich light soil will do for its cultiva- 



oblbnga. 



yvs. heart shaped or perhaps some- 

 what iihioiii,'. more or less whorled: fls. drooping: co- 

 rcilla abc.nt P.. in. across; lobes roundish, concave at 

 flrst, then revolute. Guatemala. B.R. 28:5. 



NIPH6B0HJS Lingua, var. corymbifera, is a tough- 

 leaved, crested fern, recommended by G. W. Oliver for 

 window boxes. Oliver writes that this plant can be 

 f|ui.-kly in.T.-asfd by cliviM..n of flic string, wliii-h grow 

 II. 'ar til.' viii-fa.-.' ..f tli.- ^.lil. Ni|i|i..l...lnv a|i|..,al-s in a 

 f.-w tra.l.' . alal..::.!.'-. i'.x ICli^li-ii wrH.Tv ii is gen- 

 . ■rally r. f.-ni-.l t.. I ',.| \ |....l iinii. Iml I,, M . rn.l.-rwood 

 r.-f.rs it t.. til.- L'.iin^ ( 1 . I,,;-Ii,,mi^ 'IIi.' l\|ii.-al form 



Stem often slightly angulate, 

 streaked with purple above, mi] 

 of the branches ascending sevei 

 or in pairs, entire, usually flesi 

 oled; the upper sln.rt p. 1 el. .1, - 

 a winged peti..l.' : tl-. i 



rarely white or r..^. ; . :. 



number ..f ..varii's in ea.'li tl. an. I tlie ijunil..'r of seeds 

 in each ovary ; but these characters vary in different 

 plants of these and other species of Nolana. N. atri- 

 pUeifoHa is conimonlv sold under the names of the 

 other two. Consult Benth. and Hook., Genera Plan- 

 tarum 2: 870. Lat.-st monograph D.C. Prod. 13:9 (1852). 

 Nolaiias u'f..\v r. a. lily from seeds sown in the open in 

 May. F.T .ally l.l... .tiling and for seed production they 

 sho'uhl l..starti.l nil. ler glass in March and transplanted 

 in Jlav. .V. iiirii'lirif<.li,t is used with fine effect when 



