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NEM 



blooms [Myrtacese]. Linn., 12-Icosan- 

 dria l-Monogynia. Allied to the Pome- 

 granate.) 



Stove white-flowered, evergreen shrubs. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened short shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and in a gentle heat, in 

 April or May ; fibry loam, leaf-mould, peat and 

 sand, and little charcoal to keep all open. Win- 

 ter temp. 45 to 50 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 N. Jamiose'#a(Jambosella). 10. Society 1. 1810. 



panicula'ta(pa.nicled). May. Moluccas. 1820. 



NELU'MBIUM. Water Bean. (From 

 nelumbo, the Indian name. Nat. ord., 

 Water-beans [Nelumbiacere]. Linn., 

 I3-Polyandria 6-Polygynia. ) 



These handsome plants are natives of still 

 waters. The nuts of all the species are eatable 

 and wholesome ; and the North American In- 

 dians eat the rootstocks of luteum, which are 

 not unlike the sweet potato. Division of the 

 root, either just before, but better just after, 

 growth has commenced, and better still by seeds ; 

 fresh, warm water must often be supplied when 

 the plants are growing, removing some out of 

 the tub, and placing more in ; when at rest, 

 the soil, rich loam, may be allowed to get quite 

 dry. Temp, when at rest, 48 to 55; when 

 growing, and approaching flowering, 70 to 95. 

 N. Ca'spicum (Caspian). Pink. Caspian Sea. 

 1822. 



flave'scens (yellowish). Yellowish. June. 



Egypt. 1847. 



Jamaice'nse (Jamaica). Pale-blue. Jamaica. 



1824. 



lu'teum (yellow) . Yellow. Carolina. 1810. 



specio'sum (showy). Pink. July. India. 



1787- 



ro'seum (rose-coloured-flowered). 



3. Rose. June. India. 



Tama'ra (Tatnara). Pink. Malabar. 1818. 



NEMATAN'THUS. (From nema, a 

 thread, and antlvos, a flower ; the flowers 

 of longipes hanging down from long 

 thread-like foot-stalks. Nat. ord., 

 Gesnerworts [G-esneracere]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia '-Anyiospermia. Allied to 

 (jesnera.) 



Stove evergreen climber, of considerable 

 beauty, easily managed, still easier to increase, 

 and offering strong inducements to the cross- 

 breeder. Cuttings in sandy soil kept rather 

 dry ; leaves also will strike ; sandy peat and 

 turfy loam, with charcoal and dried cow-dung. 

 Winter temp. 45 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 N. chlorone'ma (green- filamented). l. Scarlet. 

 July. Organ Mountains. 1841. 



lone' ma (violet-stemmed). Deep crimson. 



Tropical America. 1848. 



lo'ngipes (long-flower-stalked). 2. Scarlet. 



December. Brazil. 1841. 



NEME'SIA. (Name of a plant in 

 Dioscorides. Nat. ord., Figworls [Scro- 

 plmlariaceee]. Linn., H-Didynamia 

 Z-Angiospei'tnia. Allied to Hemimeris.) 



I Natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Seeds 



sown in a slight hotbed, in spring, and trans- 

 I planted in May or June, or sown in May ; 

 ! the perennials also by divisions, in spring, 



and by cuttings under a hand-light, in summer ; 



sandy loam ; a cold pit, and dry in winter. 

 ANNUALS. 



N.bico'rnis (two-horned). 2. Purple. July. 



floribu'nda (many - flowered). 1. White, 



yellow. July. 



linea'ris (n&now -leaved*). 1. Rose. April. 



1822. 



HERBACEOUS. 



N.chamcedrifo'lia (Chamsedry's -leaved). 2. 

 Purple. June. l/87 



fae'tens (stinking). 2. Purple. June. 1798. 



frute'scen* (shrubby). 2. Yellow. May. 



1816. Evergreen. 



NEMOPA'NTHES. (From nemos, a 

 grove, and anthos, a flower ; it heing 

 generally found in groves. Nat. ord., 

 Holly worts [Aquifolincese]. Linn., 2'3- 

 Polygamia 2-Dicecia. Allied to Prinos.) 



An ornamental hardy deciduous upright- 

 growing shrub, very little known in England, 

 but very desirable. It was called Ilex Cuna- 

 densis, and Prinos lucida. The flowers are 

 small and white, but the berries arc large, beau- 

 tiful crimson, and very ornamental. Layers 

 in autumn ; seeds then, and in spring ; com- 

 mon shrubbery soil, but it will do better with 

 an addition of sandy peat or leaf -mould. 

 IV. Canade'nsis (Canadian). 3. May. N. Ame- 

 rica. 1812. 



NEMO'PHILA. (From nemos, a grove, 

 and phileo, to love ; from an erroneous 

 idea of their place of growth. Nat. 

 ord., Hydrophyls [Hydrophyllacese], 

 Linn., ii-Pentandria l-Monoyynia.) 



Like all the Californian annuals, well adapted 

 to be sown in September ; the seedlings to stand 

 over the winter, and be protected at times with 

 evergreen boughs, to flower where sown, or to 

 be raised in patches, and thus transplanted in 

 spring ; sown thickly in March on a rough, rich 

 soil, consisting of leaf-mould, rotten dung, and 

 coarse loam, laid on a hard bottom, protected 

 by glass or mats, and transferred to the flower- 

 garden in April and May. Sown in April and 

 May in the open border they will flower most of 

 the summer. A few grown in pots will orna- 

 ment a house or window in winter and spring. 

 A rich light soil suits them best, and a moist 

 shady situation. In watering, avoid wetting 

 the collar of the plant. 



ANNUALS. 



N. atoma'ria (speckled). . White, purple* 

 August. California. 1836. 



auri'ta (ear-leaved). l. Purple. June. 



California. 1831. 



insi'gnis (showy). l. Blue. August. Cali- 



fornia. 1833. 



macula' to, (blotcbed-Jiowered). . White, 



purple, June. California. 1848. 



