NEP 



NER 



N. crini'tum (haired). 1. Brown. August. 

 Mauritius. 1831. 



Cumi'ngii (Cuming's). 3. Yellow. Febru- 



ary. Malacca. 1 839. 



edu'le (eatable-rooted). Yellow. July. 



Nepaul. 1826. 



glandulo'sum (glanded). Yellow. July. 



Isle of Luzon. 1840. 



hippocre'pis (horse-shoe). 2. Brown. 



May. Jamaica. 



hirsu'tum (hairy). . Brown, yellow. May. 



Isle of Luzon. 1842. 



mo' lie (soft). 2. Yellow. July. South 



America. 1820. 



mucrona'tum (sharp-pointed). 2. Brown. 



July. Jamaica. 1820. 



parasi'ticum (parasitical). 1. Brown. June. 



East Indies. 1824. 



penni'gerum (winged). 6. Yellow. Janu- 



ary. West Indies. 



platyphy'llum (flat-leaved). Yellow. June. 



South America. 1826. 



proli'ferum (proliferous). 1. Brown. 



Brazil. 



propi'nquum (related). 2. Brown. August. 



East Indies. 1/93. 



pube'sceiis (downy). Brown. July. Jamaica. 



1817. 



pu'ngens (stinging). 1. Yellow. January. 



West Indies. 



se'rra (saw-like). 2. Brown. July. 



Jamaica. 1819. 



simplicifu'lium (simple-leaved). Yellow. 



East Indies. 1840. 



te'rminans (ending). Yellow, Brown. July. 



East Indies. 



tubero'sum (tuberous). l. Yellow. Janu- 



ary. West Indies. 



villo'sum (shaggy). 3. Brown. July. 



West Indies. 1793. 



NEPHRO'LEPIS. (From nephros, a 

 kidney, and kpis, a scale ; referring to 

 the covering of the seed or spore-cases. 

 Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiaceee], Linn., 

 24:-Cryptogamia l-FUiccs.} 



Stove Ferns, with yellow spores. See Ferns. 

 N. acumina'ta (pointed). June. West Indies. 



biserra'ta (double-saw-edged). June. Isle 



of Luzon. 



ensifo'lia (sword-leaved). June. India. 



hirsu'tula (small-haired.) June. Malacca, 



oblitera'ta (obliterated). June. New Hol- 



land. 1839. 



pe'ndula (drooping). June. West Indies. 



pimctula'ta (small-dotted). June. West 



Indies. 



sple'ndens (shining). June. West Indies. 



trichomanoi'des (Trichomanes-like). June. 



Isle of Luzon. 



tubero'sa (tuberous-rooted). 2. September. 



Jamaica. 1841. 



volu'bilis (twining). June. West Indies. 



NEPTU'NIA. (After Neptune, the 

 mythological deity of the sea ; a water 

 plant. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., ZZ-Polygamia 1- 

 Moneecia. Allied to Desmanthus.) 



Stove water plant, with pinnated sensitive 



leaves like a Mimosa; seeds in strong heat ; 

 cuttings and divisions. Winter temp, 50 to 

 60 ; summer, 60 to 90. 



N. ple'na (full). White, yellow. August. 

 Mexico. 1733. 



NERI'NE. (The daughter of Nerius. 

 Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Amaryllidacese]. 



| Linn., Q-Hcxandria 1-Monoyynia. Al- 

 lied to Brunsvigia.) 



Greenhouse bulbs from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, except when otherwise mentioned. The 

 Guernsey lily is a Nerine, and, like it, all the 

 species flower in the autumn, some before the 

 growth of the leaves, and others with the leaves 

 coming up. Like the Amaryllis, they grow 

 from September to May, and delight in strong, 

 yellow loam ; a vigorous growth of the leaves is 

 requisite to cause them to flower the following 

 autumn. Many attempts have been made to 

 cross them with Amaryllis, and other allied 

 families, without success ; but they produce 

 fine crosses among themselves. Seeds sown in 

 heat, in spring or as soon as ripe, but chiefly by 

 offsets from the bulbs ; rich sandy loam with a 

 little peat ; deep planted, and a dry situation in 



' winter ; or protected in a cold pit or greenhouse, 

 and kept dry until vegetation commences. 

 2V. coru'sca (glittering). 1. Scarlet. July. 

 1809. 



curvifo'lia (curve-leaved). 1. Purple. July. 



J777- 



flexuo'sa (zig-zag). 1. Pink. September. 



1795. 



hu'milis (low). 2. Red. June. 1795. 



pnlche'lla (pretty). 2. Pink. July. 1820. 



ro'sea (rosy), jj. Pink. July. 1818. 



sarnie')isis (Guernsey Lily). 1. Red. Sep- 



tember. Japan. 1659. 



undula'ta (waveA-flowered) . f. Pink. May. 



China. 1767. 



venu'sta (beautiful). 1. Scarlet. June. 



1806. 



NE'RIUM. Oleander. (From neros, 

 moist ; referring to their native places 

 of growth. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apo- 

 cynacete]. Linn., b-Pentandriu 1-Mo- 

 nogynia.) 



Notwithstanding the beauty of the Oleander, 

 it is one of the most virulent of vegetable 

 poisons. Beautiful greenhouse plants, but 

 which require a higher temperature to start 

 them in the spring. Cuttings of shoots getting 

 firm, in sand, under a bell-glass, and kept 

 warm ; cuttings a little older do well in phials 

 of water, also kept warm ; peat and loam, en- 

 riched with cow-dung and leaf-mould. Winter 

 temp., 35 to 48 ; summer, 60 to 75. The 

 shoots made this season should bloom the next, 

 if well ripened. 

 IV. odo'rum (sweet - scented). 6. Pale red. 



July. East Indies. 1683. 

 'ca'rneum (fleshy). 6. Pink. July. 



East Indies. 1683. 



ple'num (double-flowered). 5. Pale 



j red. July. East Indies. 1683. 



' Olea'nder (Oleander). 8. Red. August. 



South Europe. 1596. 



