Navel-wort 



(104) 



Nelumbium 



beneath a bell-glass, over ' bottom heat. Soil, loam 

 and peat in equal parts, with sand. 

 Principal Species : 



(now Aiithocephalus 

 morindicfolius). 

 purpurea, 15', My., pur. 

 nmlulata, 20', My., yel., 

 fragrant. 



Adiua (now Adiua globi- 



flora). 

 Cadamba, 20', sum., or. 



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NECTARINE EIVEUS'S -ORANGE. 



NAVELWORT. 



The plant popularly known as the Xavehvort is 

 Cotyledon umbilicus, a native species producing 

 yellow flowers about midsummer. Omplialodes 

 linifolia is occasionally called Venus's'Navelwort. 



NAVET, OP NAVEW. 



These were at one time fairly common popular 

 names of Brassica Napus, a plant now generally 

 known as Rape. 



NECTARINE. 



Valuable, choice fruits responding to the same 

 culture as Peach, which see. 



Selection of Varieties : 



Early (July to mid-August) : 

 Cardinal. Early Rivers. Lord Napier. 



Second Early (mid-August to early September) : 

 Rivers's Orange Goldoni. Stauwick Elruge. 



(see figure). 



Mid-season (beginning to mid-September) : 

 Dryden. Humboldt. Pine Apple. 



Late (mid-September to early October) : 

 Prince of Wales Spencer. Victoria. 



(ttee figure). 



NECTRIA. 



A genus of microscopic fungi that seem ever 

 ready to take advantage of any weakness in the 

 bark of trees and shrubs, and especially in the case 

 of Apple trees. This being so it is essential that 

 no injury is done to the bark during planting, etc., 

 and that in pruning clean cuts are made, the 

 larger wounds being dressed with Stockholm tar. 

 Canker is one of the most dreaded diseases in fruit 

 gardens, and is caused by the working of Nectria 

 ditissima (see APPLE CANKER), which, once a 

 spore has germinated and become established in 

 an abrasion, grows rapidly during autumn and 

 early winter. It endeavours to encircle the stem 

 or branch on which it lives, and once this is done 



Nawnburgia (see Lysimackia thyrsiflora). 

 Nautilot-ali/x (see Ejiiscia). 

 Navarretia or Nararrett'in (sec Gilia). 

 JVavebvort (see Cotyledon), 

 Neapolitan Violet (see Violet). 

 Necklace Poplar (nee Popultis -monilifera). 

 Nectaroseordwm (see Alliiim). 



the part of the tree above the wound is almost 

 certain to die. Another species, Nectria cinna- 

 barina, is found on Currant bushes, the fungus 

 appearing as small, bright red knobs containing 

 filaments and spores capable of increasing the 

 species. 



NEGUNDO. 



The pretty shrubs or small trees formerly called 

 Negundo arc now included with Acer, which see. 



NEILLIA (syn. ADENILE.MA). 



Hardy shrubs (ord. Kosacea:). Propagation, by 

 cuttings, in light soil under a hand-light. Soil, 

 fertile loam. 



Principal Species : 

 amurensis, 7', Jy., wh. 



(*'/>?. Spinea amur- 



ensis). 

 opulifolia,. S', Je., wh, 



(xytt. Spinoa opulifolia). 



There are one or two 



good vars., including 



the golden-leaved lutea, 



and the green-leaved 



mollis. 



thyrsiflora, G', sura., wh. 

 Torreyi, 5', sum., pure 



wh. (zyn. Spinca mou- 

 . ogyna). 



NELITRIS. 



Stove evergreen shrubs (ord. Myrtacese). Propa- 

 gation, by cuttings of half-ripened wood in sand, 

 beneatli a bell-glass, over bottom heat. Soil, 

 fibrous loam, peat and leaf mould, with coarse 

 sand. 



Principal Species : 

 ingens (uow Eugenia 



brachyaudra). 

 NELUMBIUM. 



paniculate, 10', My., wh. 

 (now Decaspennum 

 paniculatum). 

 (SACRED BEAN. WATER 

 BEAN. EGYPTIAN LOTUS.) 



Description. Nelumbiums are handsome aquatic 

 plants (ord. Nymphasacea;) with exquisite flowers 

 and pretty leaves. In past ages speciosuin was 

 the emblem of fertility and sanctity in Egypt, and 

 it is still prized in India and China as a sacred 

 flower. The nuts are edible, and the rootstocks of 

 luteum are eaten by North American Indians. 



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XECTAKINE PIUSCE OF WALES. 



Propagation. By seeds, sown in winter under 

 glass, or by division of the roots immediately after 

 growth has commenced. 



Other Cultural Points. Nelumbiums are almost 

 hardy in Great Britain, but in only a few places 

 can they be permanently planted in the open,. 



Nectria (see Cabomba). 



Needle Furze (see Genista aw/liea"). 



Negretia (see Mucuna). 



Negro's Head (see Phyteleplias iitaeroearj/a). 



Neyvndium (see Acer). 



