Nepeta 



(107) 



Nephrodium 



cocciuea (liookeriana X 

 Phyllampliora), crim., 

 spotted yellowish grii. 



Courtii, dullgru., spotted 

 rod. 



dieksoniana (rafttesiana X 

 Veitchii), grn., spotted 

 and splashed crira, very 

 large. 



Dorainii, dark gru., sparse- 

 ly spotted red. 



hybrida raaculata, dtirk 

 "grn., spotted and 

 splashed reddish pur. 



intermedia, grn., spotted 

 red. 



mastepiana (sanguiuea X 

 distillatoria), wiue 



criin., very free, good 

 habit (seep. 106). 



inixta (Curtisii X uorth- 

 iana), yellowish gni., 

 marked red and dim. 



Morganiii- (hookeriana X 

 Phyllamphora), bright 



blood red with light 

 inottlings of pale gru. 



outramiana (Sedeni X 

 hookeriana), yellowish 

 grn. , spotted dark red. 



rubro-maculiita, yellowish 

 grn. , spotted reddish 

 pur. 



Sedeni, light gni., 

 speckled dull crim. 



Sir Vf, T. Thiselton Dyer 

 (inixta X dicksouiana), 

 gru., pur., very large. 



Tiveyi (Veitchii X 

 I'urtisii superba), pale 

 grn. , blotched and 

 striped crim. 



AVilliamsii (Sedeui X 

 hookeriana), dull grn., 

 overlaid with dense 

 speckling of bright red. 



wrigleyana (Phyllam- 

 phora X hookeriana), 

 light grn., spotted crim. 



Other Species and Hybrids : 



ampullaria, light grn. lanata, dull gru. 



bicalcarata, very broad, 



grn. , two spurs at back 

 of neck. 



cincta, grn., shaded red, 

 blotched pur. 



cylindrica (Veitchii X 

 hirsuta) , pale gru. 

 spotted crim. 



distillatoria, gni. ; the 

 var. rubra has deep red 

 pitchers. 



dormanniana. grn., heav- 

 ily marked crim. 



edinensis (rafiiesiana X 

 Chelsoni), gru., red. 



formosa (Chelsoni X dis- 

 tillatoria). 



henryana (hookeriana X 

 Sedeui), red, grn. 



hirsuta, red., gru., 



khasiaua, gni., pur. 



o'brieuiaua, greenish red. 



Phyllamphora, gru. yel.; 

 a strong grower. 



rateliffiana (Phyllam- 

 phora X hookeriaua), 

 grn., spotted red. 



robusta (hookeriaua X 

 Phyllamphora), yellow- 

 ish grn., spotted red. 



rufesceus, (hirsuta X 

 Courtii), gm., red. 



steuophylla, gru., marked 

 reddish pur. 



Stuartii (Phyllaiuphora X 

 hookeriaua), light gru., 

 marked crim. 



superba (liookeriana X 

 Sedeni), gru., speckled 

 red. 



Veillardi, grn., deep red. 



Wittei, grn., marked crim. 



NEPETA. (CAT MIXT.) 



Hardy herbaceous plants (ord. Labiatse), many 

 of which are weeds. Increase is by seeds sown in 

 light soil in early spring, division in spring, or by 

 cuttings under a hand-light in summer. Any 

 garden soil suits, but especially a light or limy 

 medium. Glechoma variegata is an elegant basket 

 plant. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



Glechoma, 1', spr., bl. longiflora, 2 , Jy., vio. 



(*I/H*. hederacea and Mussini, 2', sum., vio. 



Glechoma hederacea). Nepetella, 1', Jy., red. 



There is a ro. coloured ' *~ lf *~ ' c ' 

 form, aud also one with 



prettily variegated foli- 

 age. Ground Ivy. 



spicata, 1' to 3', Sep., 



pur., wh. 

 violacea, 2', Aug., bl. 



Principal Species : 



cristatum, 10", sum., grn., pulchrum, 6", sum., grn., 



pur., wh. br., yel. 



scapigerum, ,V, sum., 

 yel., pur. br. 



NEPHELIUM. 



Stove evergreen, fruit-bearing trees (ord. Sapin- 

 dacese), notable for producing the well-known fruit 

 Litchi or Lychee. Propagation, by seeds in spring. 

 layers, or cuttings of half ripened wood beneath 

 a bell-glass over bottom heat. Soil, three parts 

 fibrous loam and one part leaf mould, with sand. 



Principal Species : 

 Litchi, 15', My., wh. longana, 20', My., wh. 



NEPHRODIUM. 



Description. Judged by the many species (over 

 300) which it contains, and by the number of deco- 

 rative plants it holds, the genus Nephrodium (ord. 

 Filices) is an important one in the family of Ferns. 

 It has a wide geographical distribution, and hardy, 

 greenhouse, and stove species are all included. 

 Many are easy of culture, and most of them have 

 been so plastic in the cultivator's hands, that 

 numbers of garden varieties have been yielded. 

 One species alone, Filix-mas, counts its varieties 

 by the score. There is a fair amount of variation 

 in the size and cutting of the fronds. The inclusion 



NEPHELAPHYLLUM. 



It is not often that these low-growing terrestrial 

 Orchids (ord. Orcliidacese) are seen outside botan- 

 ical collections, for though very interesting they 

 are not showy. They are stove plants with more 

 or less creeping stems, and will grow under con- 

 ditions as advised for Ancectochilus (which see). 

 The leaves are ornamental, clouded, rather than 

 decidedly variegated. 



NEPHRODIUM DECOMPOSITCM (seep. 10S). 



of Lastrea has swollen the ranks of Nephrodium 

 considerably, and Arthropteris (in part), Camp- 

 todium, Dryopteris, Pleocnemia, Sagenia, Pachy- 

 deris, Phlebigonium, Podopeltis, Profera, and 

 Pycnopteris are also assigned here. 



Propagation. By spores in all cases. These 

 are abundantly produced, and germinate with 



Nej>krandra (see Yitex). 

 Kcpliranthera (see llenantltera). 



