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NYM 



If. trichomanoi'des (trichomanes-like\ June. Ja- 

 maica. 1844. 



vesti'ta (clothed). July. N. Amer. 1812. 



NOTY'LIA. (From notot, the back, and 

 tylos, a hump; referring to a singular 

 lump on the column. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidacese}. Linn., "20-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria. Allied to Cirrhsea.) 



Stove orchids. For culture, see CIRKH^K'A. 

 2V. Barke'ri (Barker's). Straw. Mexico. 1837. 



incu'rna (curled-in). Pale straw. Trinidad. 



laxijio'ra (loose-flowered). . Pale yellow. Para. 



I83Q. 



micra'ntha (small- flowered). Pale green. 



Demerara. 



puncta'ta (dotted). $. Yellow, green. Trinidad. 



1822. 



te>nuis (slender). Pale straw. Demerara. 1836. 



NU'PHAR. (From neufar, the Arabic 

 for water-lily. Nat. ord., W ater -lilies [Nym- 

 phaeacese]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 1 -Mo- 

 noyynia.) 



A beautiful family of hardy, yellow- flowered 

 water-plants. Seeds merely thrown in the pond 

 where it is desired to grow them, and divisions of 

 the roots. 

 N. u'dvena (stranger). July. N. Amer. 1772. 



Kalmia'na (Kami's). July. Canada. 1807. 



lu'tea (common-yellow) . June. Britain. 



pu'mila (dwarf-yellow). July. Scotland. 



sag7^/c/fta(arrow-leaved). July. N.Amer. 1824. 



NURSERY, or EESEEVE GARDEN, is a 

 garden, or portion of a garden, devoted 

 to the rearing of trees, shrubs, and hardy 

 pi ants, during their early stages of growth, 

 before they are desired for the fruit or 

 pleasure-grounds. 



NURSERYMAN is one who raises fruit 

 and ornamental trees and plants for sale. 



NUTMEG. Myri'stica. 



NUITA'LLIA. (Named in honour of Pro- 

 fessor Nultall, of Cambridge. It is a true 

 Mallow, and should be united to Malva.) 



The species are handsome peat-border plants, 

 requiring a slight protection from frost and damp 

 in winter. Seeds in spring ; cuttings in summer, 

 of some ; division of the fusiform roots in spring, 

 of others ; sandy loam and peat. 

 N.cerasifo'rmis (bird-cherry-like). 2. (Jreenish- 

 white. February. California. 1848. 



cordu'ta (heart-leaved). Pink. August. N. 



Amer. 1835. 



digita'ta (finger- leaned). 3. .Purple. August. 



N.Amer. 1824. 



grandiflora (large-flowered). 1. Pink. August. 



malvenflu'ra (mallow-flowered). 1^. Purple. 



August. Texas. 1838. 



papavera'cea (poppy-flowered). 3. Red, purple. 



August. Louisiana. 1833. 



peda'ta (doubly-lobed). 3. Purple. August. N. 



Amer. 1824. 



NUT-TIIEE. Co'rylus. 



NUY'TSIA. Fire-tree. (Called after T. 

 Nuyts, a Dutch navigator. Nat. ord., Lo- 

 ranths [Loranthacea;]. Linn., Q-Htx- 

 andria 1-Munogynia.) 



Very handsome shrubs, from Swan River, with 

 such abundance of bright orange-coloured blos- 

 soms, that the colonists at King George's Sound 

 compare it to a tree on fire ; and it is also singular 

 as being the only plant in this order of parasites 

 which grows on the ground. Seeds ; cuttings of 

 firm side-shoots in May, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and placed in a cold frame ; sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 N.floribu'nda (many-flowered). 15. Orange. 

 1837. 



ligustri'na (privet-like). Orange. 1837. 



NYCTA'NTHES. (From nyctos, night, and 

 anthos, a flower ; the flowers open in the 

 evening. Nat. ord., Jasmineworts [Jas- 

 minacese]. Linn., 2-Diandria \-Monogy- 

 nla. Allied to Jasminum.) 



This is the Hursingar of India, whose blossoms 

 perfume the air at night, and cover the ground in 

 the morning, when they are gathered and worn as 

 necklaces, or in the hair of the native women. 

 Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 bottom-heat ; sandy loam and fibry peat, kept 

 open by sand and charcoal. Winter temp., 55 to 

 60; summer, 70 to 90. A moist atmosphere 

 when growing. 



N. a'rbor tri'stis (tree-of-sadness). 18. White. 

 E. Ind. 1781. 



NYMPH.TS'A. Water-Lily. (From nympfie, 

 a water-nymph. Nat. ord., Water-lilies 

 [NymphseaceaeJ. Linn., 13-Potyandria 1- 

 Monoyynia.) 



All most beautiful water-plants ; all like-a rich, 

 loamy soil, and plenty of water above it. Propa- 

 gated by seeds, dividing the roots in some, and 

 separating the tuber-like bottoms of others. The 

 stove kinds should be kept cooler and drier in 

 winter, and receive fresh soil before starting them 

 in spring. They much delight in a supply of fresh- 

 heated wat-er when growing, and then the atmo- 

 sphere can be scarcely too hot and moist. Temp, 

 for stove kinds, winter, 48 to 55; summer,, 70 

 to 90. 



HARDY. 

 N. a'lbn (white). White. June. -Britain. 



Canadt'nsis (Canadian). White. June. 



Canada. 1820. 



ni'tida (shimog-cup-flowered). White. July. 



Siberia. 1809- 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). White. July. N. 



Amer. l/bb". 



pygmce'a (pigmy). White. July. China. 1805. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 N. Amazn'num (Amazon). Yellow. Jamaica. 



biradia'cit (two-rayed). July. 1846. 



renifo'rtnis (kidney-shaped). White. July. Ca- 



rolina. 1823. 



STOVE. 



N. a'mpla (\zrge-leaved). White. July. Jamaica. 

 1801. 



bla'ndu (charming). White. July. Trinidad. 



1820 



ceeru'lea (blue). Blue. July. Egypt. 1799. 



cya'nea(Indian-b\ue). Blue. July. E. Ind. 1809. 



denta'ta (toothed-leaved). White. September. 



Sierra Leone. 1845. 



Dcijonie'nsis (Duke of Devonshire's). Scarlet. 



edu'lis (eatable). White. July. . lad. 



