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Olive. Nat. ord., Oliveworts [Oleacese]. 

 Linn., '2-Diandria 1-Hfonoyynia.) 



AH the species in this order will graft on each 

 other, as the Lilac on the Ash, the olive on the 

 Privet and Phillerea, and so forth. Greenhouse, 

 white-flowered, evergreen shrubs from Aus- 

 tralia. Cuttings of firm, side, stubby shoots in 

 April, in sand, under a bell-glass, without 

 bottom heat ; peat and loam, with a little sand 

 and charcoal. Winter temp., 40 to 50. 

 N. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. April. 1790. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved). 2. June. 1824. 



puncta'ta (dotted-leaved). 3. June. 1826. 



NOTHOCUE'NA. (From nothus, spu- 

 rious, and chlaina, a cloak ; some of 

 the species appearing to have an in- 

 volucre. Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodia- 

 cese]. Linn., 2^-Cryptof/amia l-Filices.} 



Stove Perns, all but one with brown spores. 

 See Ferns. 



N. argyrosti' gma (silver-dotted). July. East 

 Indies. 



de'nsa (dense). July. Isle of Luzon. 1840. 



di'stans( distant), $. July. New Holland. 



1823. 



Ecklonia'na (Ecklon's). . August. 1838. 



lanugino'sa (woolly), . August. Madeira. 



1778. 



lenti'gera (pea-scored). May. South 



America. 1822. 



Mara'ntce (Maranta's). . July. New 



Holland. 1820. 



ni'vea (snowy). . White. July. Mexico. 



pilosellai'des (Pilosella-like). $. July. 



East Indies. 1822. 



pu'mila (dwarf). . August. New Holland. 



ru'fa (reddish). May. S. America. 1841. 



sinua'ta (wavy-edged). Peru. 1831. 



te'nera (tender-textured}. 3. Mendoza. 



tomento'sa (downy). May. Mexico. 1841. 



trichomanoi'des (Trichomanes-like). June. 



Jamaica. 1844. 



vest? to. (clothed). July. North America. 



1812. 



NOTY'LIA. (From notos, the back, 

 and tylos, a hump ; referring to a sin- 

 gular lump on the column. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [Orchidaceee], Linn., 20-%- 

 nandria I-Monandria. Allied to Cirr- 

 haea.) 



Stove orchids. For culture see Cirrheea. 

 N. Barke'ri (Barker's). Straw. Mexico. 1837. 



incu'rva (curled-in). Pale straw. Trinidad. 



laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered). . Pale yellow. 



Para. 183Q. 



micra'ntha (small - flowered). Pale green. 



Demerara. 



puncta'ta (dotted). . Yellow, green. Tri- 



nidad. 1822. 



te'nuis (slender). Pale straw. Demerara. 



1836. 



NU'PHAR. (From neufar, the Arabic 

 for water-lily. Nat. ord., Water-lilies 

 [Nymphaeacese]. Linn.. 13-Polyandi*ia 



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A beautiful family of hardy, yellow-flowered, 

 water plants. Seeds merely thrown in the pond 

 where it is desired to grow them ; and divisions 

 of the roots. 



2V. a'dvena (stranger). July. North America. 

 1/72. 



Kalmia'na(Ka\m's). July. Canada. 1807. 



lu'tea (common-yellow). June. Britain. 



pu'mila (dwarf -yellow). July. Scotland. 



sagittcefo'lia (arrow-leaved). July. North 



America. 1824. 



NURSERY, or Reserve Garden, is a 

 garden, or portion of a garden, devoted 

 to the rearing of trees, shrubs, and 

 hardy plants, during their early stages 

 of growth, before they are desired for 

 the fruit or pleasure-grounds. 



NURSERYMAN is one who raises fruit 

 and ornamental trees andj plants for 

 sale. 



NUTMEG. Myri'stica. 



NUTTA'LTA. (Named in honour of 

 Professor Nuttall, of Cambridge. It is 

 a true Mallow, and should be united to 

 Malva.) 



The species are handsome peat-border plants, 

 requiring a slight protection from frost and 

 damp in winter. Seeds, in spring ; cuttings in 

 summer, of some ; division of the fusiform 

 roots in spring, of others ; sandy loam and peat. 



N. cerasifo'rmis ( Bird-cherry-like). 2. Greenish 

 white. February. California. 1848. 



corda'ta (heart - leaved). Pink. August. 



North America. 1835. 



digit a' ta (finger -leaved). 3. Purple. Au- 



gust. North America. 1824. 



grandiflo'ra (large - flowered). 1. Pink. 



August. 



malvceflo'ra (Mallow-flowered). 1^, Purple. 



August, Texas. 1838. 



papavera'cea (Poppy - flowered). 3. Red, 



purple. August. Louisiana. 1833. 



peda'ta (doubly-lobed) . 3. Purple. August. 



North America. 1824. 



NUT-TREE. (Jo'rylus. 



NUY'TSIA. Fire-Tree. (Called after 

 T. Nuyts, a Dutch navigator. Nat. ord., 

 Loranths [Loranthaceae]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria \-Monoyynia.~) 



Very handsome shrubs, from Swan River, 

 with such abundance of bright orange-coloured 

 blossoms, that the colonists at King George's 

 Sound compare it to a tree on fire, and it is also 

 singular as being the only plant in this order of 

 parasites which grows on the ground. Seeds ; 

 cuttings of firm side shoots, in May, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and placed in a cold frame ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter temp., 40 



N.floribu'nda (many-flowered). 15. Orange. 



1837. 

 ligustri'na ( Privet- like). Orange. 1837. 



NYCTA'NTHES. (From nyctos, night, 

 and anthos, % flower ; the flowers open 



