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nails, and are described as 2$, 3, 4, and 

 5tb. wall-nails, accordingly as 1,000 of 

 them are of those weights. Nails, in most 



ord., Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceee], Linn., 

 6-Hexandria 1-Monogyniu. ) 

 This genus of hardy bulbs, like the Rhododen- 



cases, require to be driven only a very ] dron, has so multiplied from seeds, that it is ut- 

 little way into the mortar, and walls then 

 do not become defaced by them for many 

 years. In all summer nailing of peach- 

 trees, roses, &c., the point only requires 

 to be driven in, so that the nail may be 

 easily withdrawn by the fingers. 



NA'MA. (From nama, a stream of water; 

 the natural place of growth. Nat. ord., 

 Hydrophyls [Hydrophyllacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria2-Digynia. Allied to Hydrolea.) 



Seeds sown in a hotbed, in March and April, 

 and bloomed in the greenhouse, after being hard- 

 ened ; divisions and cuttings of the plant in 

 spring ; sandy loam and fibry peat, with sand and 

 charcoal to keep it open. Common stove and 

 greenhouse temperature. 

 N. Jamuicc'nsis (Jamaica). White, blue. June. 



Jamaica. 1812. Stove annual. 

 undula'ta (waved-tenwerf). l. Violet. June. 

 Mexico. 1826. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



NANDI'NA. (From nandin, the Japanese 

 name. Nat. ord., Bcrberids [Berberida- 

 cese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 2-Digynia. Al- 

 lied to Leontice.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a hand-light, and 

 cot hurried ; loam and sandy peat ; a sheltered 

 place, a cold pit, or a greenhouse in winter. An 

 interesting plant, with white petals, yellow an- 

 thers, and red fruit. 



A r . dome'stica (domestic). 6. White. July. China. 

 1804. 



NAPOLEO'NA. (Named after Napoleon 

 Buonaparte. Nat. ord.,Napoleonworts['Bel- 

 visiacese]. Affinity a disputed point among 

 botanists. Dr. Lindley has it in the 

 Myrtle alliance, next to the Mangroves. 

 See its History in The Cottaye Gardener.} 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, two to four inches long, in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, and in a mild bottom-heat, giving air 

 at night, to prevent damping ; sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 

 60 to Q0, and moist. 



2V. imperiu'lis (imperial). 6. Apricot, crimson. 

 May. Sierra Leone. 1844. 



NAPOLEON'S WEEPING WILLOW. Sa'lix 

 Napoleo'iia. 



NAKAVE'LIA. (Fom narawal, its Cinga- 

 lese name. Nat. ord., Crowfoots [Kanun- 

 culacese]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 6-Poly- 

 yynia. Allied to Atragene.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, in heat ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter temp., 50 to 

 60; summer, 6o 3 to 85. 

 2V. Zeyla'nica (Ceylon). 12. Yellow. Ceylon. I/ 



NAECI'SSUS. (Name of a youth, said to 

 have been changed into this flower. Nat. 



terly impossible to make out what are, and what 

 are not, true species. Salisbury and Haworth 

 gave generic names to the different groups ; but 

 their definitions have broken down. For all prac- 

 tical purposes, the whole may be included under 

 the old name Narcissus. Seeds, but chiefly by 

 offsets from the bulbs, which, in most kinds, are 

 freely produced ; rich, sandy loam, with a little 

 leaf-mould. Those to be forced early should be 

 removed out of the ground as soon as the leaves 

 decay , and be kept dry and cool until potting- time, 

 in autumn. 

 N. A'jax (Ajax). 1. Yellow. March. 



a'tbicuns (whitening). Pale yellow. March. 



1/89. 



a'lbus (white). 1. White, yellow. April. 

 ple'nus (double-orawg-e. Phoenix). 1. Sul- 

 phur. April. 



angustifo'lius (narrow-leaved). 1. White. May. 



South Europe. 1570. 



ajoer^i'coro'wa(open-crowiied). Yellow, orange. 



April. N. Africa. 



aura'ntius (orange). 1. Yellow. March. l6'->9. 

 ple'nus lu'teus (double-yellow). 1. Yellow. 



March. 1629. 



bi'color (two-coloured). 1. White, yellow. April. 



Spain. 1629. 



biflo'rus (two-flowered). 1. White. March. 



Britain. 



H'frons (two-faced). 1. Yellow. March. South 



Europe. 



bulboco'dium (bulbous. Hoop-petaled). $. 



Yellow. April. Portugal. 1829. 



ca'pax (capacious). $. Pale yellow. May. 



ceri'nus( wax-coloured). 1. White. April. 



ce'rnuus (pate-drooping). . Crimson, white. 



March. Spain. 



caro'na. ple'na (full-crowned) 1 . Crimson, 



white. March. Spain. 



citri'nns (citron-coloured). 1. White, yellow. 



April. 



compre'ssua (fat-stalked). 

 March. Spain. 



Lilac, yellow. 



co'ncolor (one-coloured). . Sulphur. April. 



1820. 



conspi'cuus (conspicuous). . Yellow. May. 



crenula'tus (scolloped- petaled). 1. White. April. 



Spain. 



Cy'pri (Cyprian). 1. White, yellow. March- 



Cyprus. 



-- coro'na ple'na (full-crowned). 1. White, 

 yellow. March. 



defi'ciens (deficient). White. South Europe. 



Diome'des (Diomedes'). 



du'bins (doubtful). White. April. France. 

 fistulo'sus (hollow-staged). 2. White, yellow. 



April. 



floribu'ndus (many-flowered) . l4.White,yellow. 



March. Spain. 



galanthifu'lius (snowdrop-leaved), f. White. 



Muy. 



gra'ciiis (slender), ij. Yellow. April. 



grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). 1. White, yellow. 



April. 



Hawo'i-tliia (Haworth's). 1. Yellow. April. 170. 

 -- ple'nus sulphu'rtus (double-sulphur). 1. 



Sulphur. April, lb'29. 



hemina'lis (Ifsser-curled-cup)-l . Yellow.March. 



incompura'bilis (incomparable). 1. Yellow. 



April. Portugal. 1629. 



infla'tus (swollen). * Yellow. March. 



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