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soil, at three or four feet apart each way. 

 Twenty plants will afford an abundant 

 supply daily for a large family. 



In five or six weeks after planting, the 

 young shoots may be gathered, these 

 being pinched off. They are productive 

 until a late period of the year, as they 

 survive the frosts that kill nasturtiums 

 and potatoes. 



To obtain Seed. A. plantation must be 

 made on a poorer soil, or kept stunted 

 and dry in pots, as ice-plants are when 

 seed is required of them. 



NiCKER-TREE. Guilandi'nct. 



NICOTIA'NA. Tobacco. (Named after 

 Nicot, a French ambassador in Portugal, 

 who first obtained seeds from a Dutch 

 merchant. Nat. ord., Nightshades [Sola- 

 na,ce&i~\.IAmi.,5-Pentaiidrial-Mo>iogynia.) 



Tobacco was first introduced either from To- 

 bago, in the West Indies, or Tobasco, in Mexico 

 hence the name. Shrubby and perennial kinds 

 require the warm greenhouse in winter, and may 

 be propagated by divisions and cuttings, and also 

 freely by seeds ; all the annuals are raised by seed 

 sown in a hotbed, in March or April; seedlings 

 pricked off, potted, and transplanted in rich soil 

 towards the end of May, when the ornamental 

 ones will adorn the flower-border, and the useful 

 ones, such as tnba'cum and mucrophy 1 'Ha, will 

 yield their large leaves for fumigating purposes ; 

 glau'ca makes a fine appearance against a wall. 



ANNUALS. 



If. ala'ta (winged). 2. Pink. September. N. Amer. 

 1829. 



angusttfo'lia (narrow-leaved). 4. Pink. August. 



Chili. 1819- 



Brasilie'nsis (Brazilian). 4. Rose. July. Brazil. 



1825. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). 6. Pink. August. China. 



18)9. 



dilatn'tu (spread). 3. Pink. August. 1820. 

 fra'grans (sweet-scented). 3. White. Isle of 



Pines. 



glutino'sa (clammy). 4. Scarlet. August. Peru. 



1/59. 



longiflo'ra (long-Jw^erZ-fiowered). 3. White. 



August. Buenos Ay res. 1832. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 6. Pink. July. 



America. 



micru'ntha (small-flowered). 1. Green, white. 



July. 



multiiiu'luis (many-valved). 2. White. July. 



Columbia. 1826. 



na'na (dwarf). J. White. July. N. Amer. 



1823. 



Nepule'nsis (Nepaul). 4. Rose. July. Nepaul. 



1829. 



noci/?o'?' (night-flowering). 2. Pink. August. 



Chili. 1826. 



petiolu'ta (/ong--leaf-stalked). 4. Rose. July. 



S. Amer. 1829. 



pluml/itginifu'lia (plumbago-leaved). 2. White. 



May. America. 1816. 



ooad-toa'/BM-(four-valved). 1. White. July. 



N. Amer. 1811. 



rotundifo' lia (round-leaved). 2. White. Au- 



gust. Swan River. 1837. 



sangul'nea (crimson). 4. Crimson. July. 



South Brazil. 1829. 



N. taba'cum (tobacco). 4. Pink. July. America. 



1570. 

 a'lipes (wing-stalked). 4. Pink. July. S. 



Amer. 1570. 

 attenua'tu (thin). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



1570. 

 graci'lipes (slender-stalked). 4. Pink. July. 



S. Amer. 1570. 

 li'ngua (tongue- leaved). 4. Pink. July. 



S. Amer. 1750. 

 macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 7- Pink. July. 



S. Amer. 1570. 

 palh'scens (pale). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



15/0. 

 sero'tina (late). 4. Pink. July. S. Amer. 



1570. 

 Ve'rdan (Verdan). 4. Pink. July. S, Amer. 



15/0. 



visco'sn (clammy). 3. Pink. July. Buenos Ayres. 



1824. 



Ybarre'nais ( Ybarra). 2. Pink. August. S. Amer. 



1823. 



PERENNIALS. 



N. frutico'xa (shrubby). 4. Pink. July. China, 

 1699, Evergreen. 



glau'ca (milky-grt en). 20. Yellow. August, 



Buenos Avres. 1827. Evergreen. 



undulu'ta(\va.ve-leavfd). 2. White. July. N. 



S. Wales. 1800. 



vincceflu'ru (vinca-flowered). 2. White. August. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



NIEREMBE'RGIA. (Named after J. E. 

 Nierembery, a Spanish Jesuit. Nat. ord., 

 Nightshades [Solanaceffi]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria \-Monogynia. Allied to Petunia.) 



Pretty half-hardy plants for flower-beds. Cut- 

 tings root freely under a hand-light in summer, if 

 kept shaded; and very freely in deep pits, in au- 

 tumn, without shading, if the glass is from 

 eighteen to twenty-four inches from the cuttings; 

 and most freely in a slight hotbed in spring, from 

 plants commencing to grow after being kept ra- 

 ther cool over the winter. Sandy loam and a little 

 peat, and, when quick growth is wanted, a little 

 cow-dung; kept in a cool greenhouse, or a dry, 

 cold pit in winter, where frost can be excluded ; 

 the soil in winter should be poor, and kept rather 

 dry ; propagated, also, easily by sowing in a slight 

 hotbed in March and April, potting and turning 

 out the seedlings into the flower-garden in the 

 middle of May. 



N. arista' ta (awned-leaved) . . White, purple. 

 July. Panama. 1832. Annual. 



calyci'nn ~ (liirge-ca.lyx.ed). f. White. July. 



Uruguay. 1834. Herbaceous. 



filicau'lis [thread-stemmed). 1. Lilac. May. 



Buenos Ayres. 1832. Herbaceous. 



gra'cilis (slender;. White, purple. July. 



Uraeruay. 1831. Herbaceous. 



linariafo'lia (toadflax-leaved). . Whitish. 



July. Uraguay. 1831. Evergreen. 



NIGE'LLA. Fennel-Flower. ( From nicfer, 

 black ', the colour of the seeds. Nat. ord., 

 Crowfoots [Ranunculacese]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria 5-Pentagyn'ui. Allied to Aqui- 

 legia. ) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in the open ground any 

 time afrer the middle of March. 

 N. arintn'ta (avvned). 2. Blue. August. Athens. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). 1. Yellow. July. Levant. 



curnicula'tu (smaii-horced). 1. Yellow. July. 



