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the young shoots may be gathered, 

 these being pinched off. They are 

 productive until a late period of the 

 year, as they survive the frosts that 

 kill nasturtiums and potatoes. 



To obtain Seed. A plantation must 

 be made on a poorer soil, or kept 

 stunted and dry in pots, as ice plants 

 are when seed is required of them. 



NICKER TREE. Gmlandi'na. 



NICOTIA'NA. Tobacco. (Named after 

 Nlcot, a French ambassador in Portu- 

 gal who first obtained seeds from a 

 Dutch merchant. Nat. ord., Nightshades 

 [Solanacese], Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia.-.') 



Tobacco was first introduced either from 

 Tobago in the West Indies, or Tobasco in 

 Mexico hence the name. Shrubby and pe- 

 rennial kinds require the warm greenhouse in 

 winter, and may be propagated by divisions and 

 cuttings, and also freely by seeds ; all the an- 

 nuals are raised by seed sown in a hotbed, in 

 March or April ; seedlings pricked oif, potted, 

 and transplanted in rich soil towards the end of 

 May, when the ornamental ones will adorn the 

 flower-border, and the useful ones, such as 

 Tabacum and Macrophylla, will yield their 

 large leaves for fumigating purposes ; Glauca 

 makes a fine appearance against a wall. 



N. ala'ta (winged). 2. Pink. September. 

 North America. 1829. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 4. Pink. 



August. Chili. 1819. 



Brasilie'nsis (Brazilian). 4. Rose. July. 



Brazil. 1825. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). 6. Pink. August. 



China. 1819- 



dilata'ta (spread). 3. Pink. August. 1820. 

 *- glutino'sa (clammy). 4. Scarlet. August. 



Peru. 1759. 



longiflo'ra (long-toAerf-flowered). 3. White. 



August. Buenos Ayres. 1832. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 6. Pink. July. 



America. 



micra'ntha (small - flowered). 1. Green, 



white. July. 



multiva'lvis (many- valved). 2. White. 



July. Columbia. 1826. 



na'na (dwarf). $. White. July. North 



America. 1823. 



Nepaule'nsis (Nepaul). 4. Rose. July. 



Nepaul. 1829. 



noctiflo'ra (night-flowering) . 2. Pink. Au- 



gust. Chili. 1820. 



petiola'ta (long - leaf - stalked). 4. Rose. 



July. South America. 1829. 



plumbaginifo'lia (Plumbago - leaved). 2. 



White. May. America. 1816. 



quudriva'lvis (four-valved). 1. White. July. 



North America. 1811. 



rotundifo'tia (round-leaved). 2. White. 



August. Swan River. 1837. 



sangui'nea (crimson). 4. Crimson. July. 



South Brazil. 1829. 



2V. Tuba' cum (Tobacco). 4. Pink. July. 



America. 15/fl. 

 a'lipes (wing-stalked). 4. Pink. 



July. South America. 1570. 

 attenua'ta(thin'). 4. Pink. July. 



South America. 1570. 

 graci'lipes (slender-stalked). 4. 



Pink. July. South America. 1570. 

 li'ngua (tongue-leaved). 4. Pink. 



July. South America. 1750. 

 macrophy'lla (large - leaved). 7. 



Pink. July. South America. 15/0. 

 pallt'scens (pale). 4. Pink. July. 



South America. 15/0. 

 sero'tina (late). 4. Pink. July. 



South America. 1570. 

 Ve'rdan (Verdan). 4. Pink. July. 



South America. 1570. 



visco'sa (clammy). 3. Pink. July. Buenos 



Ayres. 1824. 



Ybarre'nsis (Ybarra). 2. Pink. August, 



South America. 1823. 

 PERENNIALS. 



N.frutico'sa (shrubby). 4. Pink. July. 

 China. 1699. Evergreen. 



gla'uca (milky-green). 20. Yellow. August. 



Buenos Ayres. 1827. Evergreen. 



undula'ta (\v&\e- leaved). 2. White. July. 



New South Wales. 1800. 



vinceeflo'ra (Vinca - flowered). 2. White. 



August. South America. 1820. 

 NIEREMBE'RGIA. (Named after J. E. 

 Nieremberg, a Spanish Jesuit. Nat. 

 ord., Nightshades [Solanacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria l-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Petunia.) 



Pretty half-hardy plants for flower-beds. 

 Cuttings root freely under a hand-light in 

 summer, if kept shaded ; and very freely in 

 deep pits in autumn, without shading, if the 

 glass is from eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 from the cuttings ; and most freely in a slight 

 hotbed in spring, from plants commencing to 

 grow after being kept rather cool over the 

 winter. Sandy loam and a little peat, and, 

 when quick growth is wanted, alittle cow-dung ; 

 kept in a cool greenhouse, or a dry, cold pit, in 

 winter where frost can be excluded ; the soil in 

 winter should be poor, and kept rather dry } 

 propagated, also, easily by sowing in a slight 

 hotbed in March and April, potting and turning 

 out the seedlings into the flower-garden in the 

 middle of May. 

 N. arisia'tafavrned-leaved). . White, purple. 



July. Panama. 1832. Annual. 



calyci'na (large-czlyxed) . $. White. July. 



tfraguay. 1834. Herbaceous. 

 -^filicau'lis (thread-stemmed). 1. Lilac. May. 

 Buenos Ayres. 1832. Herbaceous. 



gra'cilis (slender). White, purple. July. 



Uraguay. 1831. Herbaceous. 



/inarte/o'/ta (Toadflax-leaved). $. Whitish. 



July. Uraguay. 1831. Evergreen. 

 NIGE'LLA. Fennel Flower. (From 

 ww/er, black ; the colour of the seeds. 

 Nat. ord., Crowfoot* [Kanunculacete]. 

 Linn., 13-Polyandria b-Pentayynia. Al- 

 lied to Aquilegia.) 



