Nuts 



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Nyctocalos 



Preservation. When it is intended to preserve 

 Nuts and Filberts till Christmas or after, they 

 should be retained in the husks, the latter being 

 dried to prevent ruoiildiness. If spread out thinly 

 on boards in a dry, airy s'.ied, shaded from the 

 sun, the husks will dry without becoming brittle. 

 They may then be stored in jars in a dry, frost- 

 proof cellar. Nuts may also be stored in a dry 

 loft, covered with straw to prevent their becoming 

 desiccated. 



Insect Pests. The Nut Weevil (Balaninus 

 Nuoum) and the Nut Louse (Callipterus Coryli) 

 .are troublesome, particularly the former. The 

 female Weevil pierces the young Nuts, laying one 

 egg in each, giving rise to a grub that feeds on 

 the kernel. Keeping the bushes properly thinned, 

 and frequent stirring of the ground during summer, 

 are good preventives. The trees should be gone 



Other Varieties : 

 Atlas Cob, very large Merveille de Bollwyller, 



Nuts. prolific, shell thick. 



Duke of Edinburgh, fine Prolific Cob, large and 



flavour, shell thick. free. 



True Kentish Filbert, best 

 flavour, shy bearer. 



NUTTALLIA. 



A genus of two species (ord. Rosaces), including 

 cerasiformis, 8' to 12', a hardy, white-flowered 

 shrub, flowering in March and April. It is of con- 

 siderable value, owing to the decorative pendulous 

 spikes which are produced by the male plants. 

 Propagation, by cuttings. Soil, rich loam. Afford 

 some protection to the flowers from spring frosts. 



NUYTSIA. 



Nuytsia floribunda is related to Loranthus (ord. 

 Loranthacese), 'but is terrestrial, not parasitic. 



NviiriI*:A MAKLIACEA CIIROMATELLA (see p. 121). 



over in the early morning, during egg-laying time, 

 and the insects shaken down upon tarred trays. 

 Burn all Nuts falling prematurely. Washes for 

 trees infested with the Nut Louse are 1 Ib. of 

 tobacco steeped in 4 gallons of hot water, adding 

 J Ib. of soft soap ; and f Ib. of soft soap in 4 gallons 

 of water. One of these should be used at the 

 commencement of the attack. Clejin water, at 

 that stage, applied forcibly with the garden engine, 

 would check or destroy the young colonies of the 

 insect. 



Principal Varieties : 



Bergcri, a prolific Cob. 

 Cosford, good fljivour, 



thin shell. 

 Kentish Cob, prolific, 



best market var. 

 Pearson's Prolific Dwarf, 



very prolific. 

 Prolific Filbert, fine 



flavour, crisped husk, 



pretty. 



Purple Filbert, Ivs. and 



fruit pur. 

 Red Filbert, kernel red 



skinned. 

 Webb's Prize Cob, large, 



handsome bunches. 

 White Filbert, kernel 



white skinned. 



Propagation, by seeds. As yet the plant has not 

 been successfully cultivated in this country, 



Only Species : 



floribunda, 10' to 30', spr., sum., or. 



NYCTANTHES. 



A fragrant stove tree (ord. Oleacea?) of con- 

 siderable beauty, known throughout India as the 

 Tree of Sadness. Propagation, by cuttings of 

 half ripened shoots in a close case in early summer. 

 Soil, peat and loam in equal parts, with sand. 



Only Species : 



Arbor-tristis, 12' to 18', Je., Aug., wh., fragrant. 



NYCTOCALOS. 



Stove climbing shrubs (ord. Bignoniaceaj), of 

 which only one species has yet been introduced. 

 The flowers open early in the evening and fall at 



NnttalUa of Jiarfon (see CallirhoS). 

 Nyetago of Jussicii (see Mirabilis). 



