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in the evening. Nat. ord., Jasmine-worts 

 [Jasminaceae]. Linn., 3,-Diandrla 1- 

 Monof/ynia. Allied to Jasminum.) 



This is the Hursingar of India, whose blos- 

 soms perfume the air at night, and cover the 

 ground in the morning, when they are gathered 

 and worn as necklaces, or in the hair of the 

 native women. Stove evergreen shrub. Cut- 

 tings of half-ripened shoots, in May, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, arid in bottom-heat ; sandy 

 loam and fibry peat, kept open by sand and 

 charcoal. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 

 70 to 90. A moist atmosphere when growing. 

 N. a'rbor tri'stris (tree-of-sadness). 15. White. 

 East Indies. 1781. 



NYMPH/E'A. Water -Lily. (From j 

 nt/mphe, a water nymph. Nat. ord., I 

 Water-lilies [Nymphseaeeoe]. Linn., j 

 1 3 -Polyandria 1 -Monogyn la. ) 



All most beautiful water plants; all like a j 

 rich loamy soil, and plenty of water above it. 

 Propagated by seeds, dividing the roots in some, 

 and separating the tuber-like bottoms of others. 

 The stove kinds should be kept cooler and drier 

 in winter, and receive fresh soil before starting 

 them in spring. They much delight in a sup- 

 ply of fresh-heated water when growing, and 

 then the atmosphere can be scarcely too hot 

 and moist. Temp, for stove kinds, winter, 48 

 to 55 ; summer, 70 to 90. 

 HARDY. 



N. a'lba (white). White. June. Britain. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). White. June. 



Canada. 1820. 



ni'tida (shining-cup-flowered). White. July. 



Siberia. 1809. 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). White. July. 



North America, 1/86. 



-~-pygmee'a (pygmy). White. July. China. 

 1805. 



GREENHOUSE. 



N. biradia'ta (two-rayed). July. 1846. 



renifo'rmis (kidney-shaped). White. July. 



Carolina. 1823. 



STOVE. 



N. a'mpla (large-leaved). White. July. Ja- 

 maica. 1801. 



bla'nda (charming). White. July. Trini- 



dad. 1820. 



cceru'lea (blue). Blue. July. Egypt. 1792. 



cya'nea (/ndian-blue). Blue. July. East 



Indies. 1809. 



denta'ta (toothed- leaved). White. Sep- 



tember. Sierra Leone. 1845. 



e'dulis (eatable). White. July. East Indies. 



Lo'tus (Egyptian Lotus). Pink. July. 



Egypt. 1802. 



mi'nor (smaller). White. July. North 



America. 1812. 



pube'scens (downy. Indian Lotus] . White. 



June. East Indies. 1803. 



ru'bra (red). Bed. July. East Indies. 1803. 

 ro'sea (rosy). Pink. July. East 



Indies. 1803. 



scutifo'Ka (shield-leaved). Blue. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1:9*, 



N. stella' ta( starred-cowered). Blue. July. 

 East Indies. 1803. 



therma'lis (warm-bath. Hungarian Latm\ 



White. July. Hungary. 1800. 



versi'color (various-coloured). Pink, white, 



August. Bengal. 1807. 



NY'SSA. Tupelo-Tree. (From Nyssa, 

 a water nymph so called. Nat. ord., 

 Alangiads [Alangiacere]. Linn., 23- 

 Poiygumla %-Dicecia.) 



All the kinds described are referable to three 

 species, biflora, candicans, and villosa. They 

 are deciduous, green-flowered, natives of the 

 southern states of North America, where they 

 attain the size of large trees, growing in watery 

 places. They succeed best in peat swamps, and 

 are highly deserving of cultivation on account 

 of their leaves dying off of an intensely deep 

 scarlet; they are propagated from American 

 seeds, also rather freely by layers ; low damp 

 moist situations suit them best. We are not 

 aware that any seeds have been produced in 

 England, as the male varieties only have 

 bloomed, so far as we know. 

 A r . biflo'ra (two - flowered. Mountain), 6. 

 May. 1739- 



ca'ndicans (whitish. Ogechee Lime). 20. 



1806. 



grandidenta'ta (large-toothed) . May. 1735. 



villo'sa (shaggy. Sour gum). 10. May. 



1824. 



OAK. Quc'rcus. 



OBERO'NIA. Indian and African or- 

 chids, only interesting to botanists. 



O'CHNA. (From ochne, the wild pear 

 tree ; resemblance of the leaves. Nat. 

 ord., Ochnads [Oclmaceae]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria 1-Monoyynia.) 



Stove evergreens, all but one yellow- flowered. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in summer, 

 under a bell-glass, in sand, and in bottom heat; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam, with pieces of broken 

 charcoal and crocks to keep the soil open. 

 Winter temp., 48 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 O. arbo'rea (tree). 20. Cape of Good Hope. 

 1832. 



atropurpu'rea (dark purple). 4. Purple. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1816. 



lu'cida (bright). 6. East Indies. 1819- 



Mauritia'na (Mauritian). 8. Mauritius. 



1822. 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 8. Sierra 



Leone. 1820. 



ni'tida (shining). 6. Cape of Good Hope. 



1815. 



obtusa'ta (blunted). 4. East Indies. 



1790. 



OCHRA'XTHE. (From ochros, pale 

 yellow, and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., 

 Cimomwls. [Cuuoniacett]. Linn., 8- 

 Pcntandrla 3-Trigynia.) 



