NEM 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



A', discoida'lis (disk-shaped). Purple. June. ; 

 North America. 1843. 



panicula'ta (panicled). $. Pale blue. May. 



North America. 1813. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). Blue. North 



America. 1826. 



Phacelioi'des (Phacelia-like). 1. Blue. July. 



North America. 1822. 



NEO'TTIA. (From neoltia, a bird's- 

 nest ; referring to the interlacing of 

 the numerous roots. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceoe], Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 

 1-Monandria. Allied to Listera.) 



Ground orchids. Even the hardy kinds are 

 interesting ; division in spring ; sandy peat, 

 loam, and charcoal. Temperature for stove 

 kinds, winter, 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 80. 



HARDY. 



N. eestiva'lis (summer). . White. September. 

 North America. 1822. 



atttumna'lis (autumnal). 4- White. Sep- 



tember. Europe. 1800. 



ce'rnua (drooping-flowered). 1. White. 



July. North America. 1796. 



ni'dus a'vis (bird's-nest). 1. Brown. May. 



Britain. 



GREENHOUSE. 



N. Austra'lis (southern). |. Ked. New Hol- 

 land. 1823. 



plantagi'nea (Plantain-feawed). 1. Red. 



June. Nepaul. 1824. 



STOVE. 



N. aphy'lla (leafless). 1. Red. Pink. June. 

 Trinidad. 1826. 



bi' color (two-coloured). 1. White. Feb- 



ruary. Trinidad. 1823. 



ela'ta (tall). 2. Green. July. West Indies. 



1790. 



glandulo'sa(g\a.nd.ed). Green, white. Jan- 



uary. West Indies. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). White, green. 



April. Saint Vincent. 1829. 



macra'ntha (long-flowered). White. March. 



West Indies. 1827. 



orchioi'des (Orchis-like). Rose. November. 



Jamaica. 1826. 



pi'cta (painted). 2. Green. April. Trinidad. 



1805. 



pudi'ca (modest). . Pink. November. 



China. 18l[). 



NEOTTO'PTERIS* (From neottia, a 

 bird's-nest, and ptcris, a fern ; founded 

 on the Bird's-nest or Spleenwort fern, 

 jkat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiaceoe]. Linn., 

 %-Cryptogami(i l-Filices.) 



Ferns, with brown spores, requiring rather 

 shaded situations. See Ferns. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 N. stipila'ta (/onr-stalked). May. New South 



Wales. 

 -^ vulga'ris (common). June. New Holland. 



1822. 



STOVE. 

 N. Grevi'llei (Greville's). May. East Indies. 



mustefo'lia (Musa-leaved). May. East 



Indies. 



Philli'tidis (Hart's tongue). May. East 



Indies. 



NEPE'NTHES. Pitcher Plant. (From 

 nepenthes, grief-assuaging ; its supposed 

 medicinal quality. Nat. ord., Nepenths 

 [Nepenthacese]. Linn., 22-Dteefa 13- 

 Monadclphia.') 



Stove evergreen climbers. Seeds when they 

 can be obtained, which require a strong moist 

 heat to vegetate them in ; but chiefly by little 

 offsets, which come from near the base of the 

 shoots ; very fibry peat, old sphagnum, char- 

 coal, and broken potsherds, particularly well 

 drained. The pot to be then plunged in moss, 

 and at all times supplied less or more with 

 bottom heat and abundance of moisture. Where 

 there are tanks or beds heated by hot water, 

 one chief element to successful culture is ob- 

 tained. Even in winter the bottom heat should 

 not be lower than 75. Winter temp., 60 to 

 65 ; summer, 60 to 90. 



N. a'lbo margina'ta (white-margined). Singa- 

 pore. 1848. 



ampulla' cea (bottle-like). Green. June. 



Manilla. 1840. 



distillato'ria (distilling. Chinese). 6. Green, 



yellow. China. 1789. 



Hookeria'na (Sir W. J. Hooker's). 20. 



Sarawak. 1847. 



lee'vls (smooth). Java. 1848. 



Lindleya'na (Dr. Lindley's). 8. Purple. 



Borneo. 1847. 



Loddige'sii (Loddiges's). Borneo. 1847. 



Phylla'mphora (Pitcher-leaved). 6. Green, 



yellow. July. China. 1820. 



Rajflefiia'na(SirStamfordRaif&es'a). Yellow, 



brown. September. Singapore. 1845. 



NEPE'TA. Cat Mint. (Named from 

 Nepet, a town in Tuscany. Nat. ord., 

 Labiates [Lamiacese]. Linn., l-Didi/- 

 namia 1-Gymnospermia. Allied to Dra- 

 cocephalum.) 



A genus of hardy herbaceous plants, compre- 

 hending a few ornamental, with a large number 

 of weeds ; the latter we have omitted. The 

 ground ivy, Nepeta Glechoma, is still held in 

 high estimation as pectoral medicine in some 

 parts of the country, and also several others of 

 this order. Seeds sown in spring, but chiefly 

 by dividing the plants in the spring as growth 

 commences ; also in rare kinds by cuttings in 

 summer, under a hand-light ; light sanely soil ; 

 some of the more trailing kinds do well for rock 

 work. 



N. amethy'stina (amethystine). l. Blue. 

 July. South Europe. 1816. 



caru'lea (blue). 1$. Blue. May. 1777- 



Croa'tica (Croatian). l. White. July. 



Hungary. 1821. 



di/u'sa (spreading). l. Purple. July. 



Siberia. 1824. 



grundifio'ru (large-flowered), 6. Blue. 



July. Caucasus. 1817- 



