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NA'MA. (From nama, a stream of j 

 water ; the natural place of growth, j 

 Nat. ord., Hydrophyte [Hydrophylla- 

 cere]. Linn., 5-Pentandria %-Diyynia. 

 Allied to Hydrolea.) 



Seeds sown in a hotbed in March and April, 

 and bloomed in the greenhouse, after being i 

 hardened; 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. Jamaice'nsis (Jamaica). White, blue. June. 



Jamaica. 1812. Store annual. 

 undula'ta (\vaved-leaved). 1. Violet. June. 



Mexico. 1826. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



NANDI'NA. (From nandin, the Ja- 

 panese name. Nat. ord., Berberids 

 [Berberidacese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 

 2-Digynia. Allied to Leontice.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of 

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

 and not hurried; loam and sandy peat; a 

 sheltered place, a cold pit, or a greenhouse, in 

 winter. An interesting plant with white petals, 

 yellow anthers, and red fruit. 

 N. dome'stica (domestic). 6. White. July. 

 China. 1804. 



NAPOLEO'NA. (Named after Napoleon 

 Buonaparte. Nat. ord., Napoleonworts 

 [Belvisiaceffi]. Affinity a disputed point 

 among botanists : Dr. Lindley has it 

 in the Myrtle alliance, next to the 

 Mangroves. See its history in The 

 Cottage 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 90, and moist. 

 N. imperia'lis (Imperial). 6. Apricot-crimson. 

 May. Sierra Leone. 1844. 



NAPOLEON'S WEEPING WILLOW. Sa'llx 

 Napoleo'na. 



NARAVE'UA. (From narawtel, its 

 Cingalese name. Nat. ord., Crowfoots 

 [Ranunculacese]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 

 G-Polygynia. 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, 60 to 85. 

 N, xeyla'nica (Ceylon). 12. Yellow. Ceylon. 



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NARCI'SSUS. (Name of a youth said 

 to have been changed into this flower. 

 Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceffi]. 

 Linn., 6-Hexandria I-Monoyytiia',) 



This genus of hardy bulbs, like the Rhodo- 

 dendron, has so multiplied from seeds, that it 

 is utterly 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 practical purposes, the whole may be 

 included under the old name Narcissus. Seeds, 

 but chiefly by oifsets 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'lbicans (whitening). J. Pale yellow. 



March. 1789. 



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

 ple'nus (double-orange. Phoenix). 1. 



Sulphur. April. 



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



May. South Europe. 1570. 



aperticoro'na (open - crowned). Yellow, 



orange. April. North Africa. 



aura'ntius (orange). 1. Yellow. March. 



1629. 



ple'nus lu'teus (double-yellow and 



orange). 1. Yellow. March. 1629. 



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



April. Spain. 1629. 



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



Britain. 



bi'frons (two-faced). 1. Yellow. March. 



South Europe. 



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



Yellow. April. Portugal. 1629. 



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



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



ce'rnuus (pale-drooping). \. Crimson, 



white. March. Spain. 



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



Crimson, white. March. Spain. 



citri'nus (Citron-coloured). 1. White, yel- 



low. April. 



compre'ssus (fi&t-stalked} . 1. Lilac, yellow. 



March. Spain. 



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 Eu- 



rope. 



Diome'des (Diomede's). 



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

 fistula' sus (hollow-stalked}. 2. White, yel- 

 low. April. 



floribu'ndus (many-flowered). l. White, 



yellow. March. Spain. 



galanthifo'lius (Snow - drop - leaved). J. 



White. May. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1*. Yellow. April. 



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



yellow. April. 



Hawo'rthia (Haworth's). 1. Yellow. April. 



1700. 



, ple'nus sulphureus (double-sul- 

 phur^, 1. Sulphur. April. 1629. 



