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STOVE EVERGREEN CLIMBERS. 

 Jf. aculea'ta (prickly). 12. Rio Janeiro. 1824. 



fruticofsa (shrubby). 15. Yellow. August. 



S. Amer. 1/65. 



racemo'sa (racemed). 15. White. July. 



W. Ind. 1800. 



retvfsa (abrupt-ended-teo/teted). 6. S. Amer. 



1819. 

 NITRATES. See SALTS. 



NlTTA-TREE. Pa'fkia. 



NIVE'NIA. (Named after J. Niven, a 

 botanical collector. Nat. ord., Proteads 

 [Proteaceee]. Linn., -Tetrandria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Protea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope, bearing, in July, purple flowers. 

 Seeds when obtainable ; cuttings of younar, stiff, 

 half-ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 May, and without bottom-heat ; sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 N. lago'pus (hare's-foot). 4. 1810. 



see? pt rum (sceptre-like). 2. 1790. 



spiithuld'ta (spathulate-/earf). 2$. 1790. 



spied ta (spiked). 2$. 17*6. 



NOHL-KOHL. See KNOHL-KOHL. 



NOISE 'TTIA. (Named after L. G. Noi- 

 sette, a French nurseryman. Nat. ord., 

 Violetworts [Violacese]. Linn., 5 Pen- 

 tatidria l-Monoyynia. Allied to Viola.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots in 

 April, in sand, under a glass, in heat ; rich, sandy 

 loam. Winter temp., 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 N. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 1. Cream. Cayenne. 

 1824. 



NOLA'NA. (From no/a, a little bell; 

 the form of the flowers. Nat. ord., No- 

 lanads [Nolanaceae 

 dria l-Monoffynia.) 



Hardy trailing annuals, all blue-flowered but 

 one. Seeds in a gentle hotbed, in spring; seed- 

 lings transplanted in M.iy, or sown in May 

 wliere they are to prow. A border where the soil 

 is rather stiff answers well for sowing all such 

 plants in March, provided you can cover them with 

 a little finer soil, and lay a glass frame over them, 

 until they are fairly up, when they may be pro- 

 tected with a few branches, and then be removed 

 in large patches. 



If. atriplicifo'lia (atriplex-leaved). $.. White, 

 yellow. July. Peru. 1834. 



grandiflit'ra (large-flowered), i. July. Chili. 



1829. 



parado'xa (paradoxical). 1^. August. Chili. 1825. 



prostra'ta (trailing). $. August. Peru. l/6l. 



tens'/ la (slender). $. August. Chili. 1824. 



NOLI'NA. (Named after P. G. Nolin, 

 an American botanist. Nat. ord., Lily- 

 worts [Liliaceae]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 3- 

 Trigynia. Allied to Albuca.) 



An interesting, hardy, peat-border bulb. Off- 

 gets and cuttings ; sandy, moist peat. 

 If. Georgia'na (Georgian). 2. White. July. 

 Georgia. 1812. 



NONATE'LIA. (From the South Ame 

 rican name. Nat. ord., Clnchonads [Cin- 

 chonaceaB]. Linn., 5 Pentandria l-Mo- 

 nojynia. Allied to Guettardia.) 



Stove evergreens, with white flowers, except 

 lu'tea. Cuttings of firm shoots in summer, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, and in a moist, sweet 

 bottom-heat; sandv loam and fibry peat. Win- 

 ter temp., 55 to 65; summer, 70 to 90. 

 N. lu'tea (yellow). 1. Yellow. June. Guiana. 1823. 



officina'lis (shop). 4. June. Cayenne. 1827., 



racemo'sa (racemed). 3. June. Guiana. 1818. 



viola'i:ea (violet-berried). 4. June. Guiana. 1824. 



NORA'NTEA. (From its Guianan name. 

 Nat. ord., Margraviads [Margraviacese]. 

 Linn., I3-Polyundria \-Monogynia.) 



Handsome stove evergreen shrubs, remarkable 

 for their singular bractes. Culture same as for 

 Nonatelia. 

 N. Brasilie'nsis (Brazil), 4. Brazil. 1820. 



Guiune'nsis (Guiana). 4. Violet. Guiana. 1818. 



I'ndica. (Indian). White. Mauritius. 1822. 



NORDMA'NNIA. (In honour of M. Nord- 

 mann, a continental botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Daphnads [Thymelaeese], Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria \_-Monogynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous plant ; by division in early 

 autumn or early spring ; light loam. 



IV. cordifo'lia (heart-shaped-leaved). J. Blue. 

 April. 18*6. 



NORLAND? CRESS. See AMERICAN 

 CRESS. 



NORWAY SPRUCE. Pi'nus exce'lsa. 



NOTEL^'A. (From notos, south, and 

 elaia, the olive ; literally, the Australian 

 Olive. Nat. ord., Oliveworts [Oleacese]. 

 Linn., 2-Diandria \-Afonogynia.} 



All the species in thU order will graft on each 

 other, as the Lilac on the Ash, the Olive on the 

 Privet and Phillyrea, and so forth. Greenhouse, 

 white-flowered, evergreen shrubs, from Australia. 

 Cuttings of firm, side, stubby shoots in April, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, without bottom-heat; 

 peat and loam, with a little sand and charcoal. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 50. 

 N. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. April. 17QO, 



ovu'ta (egg-teed). 2 June. 1824. 



puncta'ta (dotted-teawerf). 3. June. 1826. 



NOTHOCL^E'NA. (From nothus, spurious, 

 and chlaina, a cloak ; some of the species 

 appearing to have an involucre. Nat. ord., 

 Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 2-Crypto- 

 yamia l-Filices.) 



Stove Ferns, all but one with brown spores. 

 See FERNS. 

 N. argyrosti'gma (silver-dotted). July. E. Ind. 



de'nsa (dense). July. Isle of Luzon. 1840. 



di'stans (distant). J. July. N. Holland. 1823. 



Ecklonia'na (Ecklon's). . August. 1838. 



lanugino'sa( woolly). J. August. Madeira. 1778. 



lenti'gera (pe&-spored). May. S. Amer. 18-22. 



Maru'ntce (Maranta's). f . July. N. Holland. 



1820. 



ni'vea (snowy). . White. July. Mexico. 



pt/os(?//oi'des(pilosella-like)4.July.E.Ind.l82J. 



pu'mila (dwarf). . August. N.Holland. 



ru'fa (reddish). Mav- S. Amer. 1841. 



sinua'ta (vtnvy-edged), Peru. 1831. 



te'neru (tender- textured), fa. Mendoza. 



tomento'sa (downy). May. Mexico. 1841. 



