NIPH^A 



THE BULB BOOK 



NOTHOSCOKDUM 



crimson in colour, about 1^ ins. 

 across, the sickle-shaped segments 

 being scarcely crisped ; filaments 

 bright red. (^Bot. Mag. t. 294 ; Bed. 

 Lil. t. 35.) 



The variety cornsca has broader 

 leaves and large bright scarlet flowers 

 {Bot. Mag. 1. 1089) ; Planti has longer 

 scapes and flowers of a duller 

 crimson ; profusa, bright scarlet 

 flowers produced late in August; 

 rosea, rose-red {Bot. Mag. t. 2124) ; 

 and venusta, with pale green leaves 

 and bright scarlet flowers with rather 

 wavy petals (Bot. Mag. t. 1090). 

 i\r. Alleni is a cross between corusca 

 major and J}f. sarniends. 



N. unduiata (Jf. crispa). — ^Flowers 

 pale pink with very wavy segments, 

 eight to twelve in an umbel, on 

 slender scapes 1 to Ij ft. high (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 369 ; Bed. Lil. t. 115). 



NIPH^A (niphos, snow; in refer- 

 ence to the white flowers). Nat. 

 Ord. Gesneracese. — ^A genus contain- 

 ing three species of softly hairy 

 herbaceous hothouse plants, from 

 Mexico to Cuba, having creeping 

 root-stocks, oval, toothed leaves, and 

 clusters of white flowers in the axils 

 of the leaves. CoroUa rotate, with a 

 very short tube and five broad lobes. 

 The best-known species is N. oblonga, 

 a native of Guatemala, about 1 ft. 

 high, having oblong heart-shaped, 

 toothed, and wrinkled leaves, and 

 drooping white flowers in winter. 

 (Bot. Beg. 1842, t. 5.) 



This plant flourishes in rich sandy 

 loam and peat or leaf -soil, and 

 requires a night temperature of 60° 

 to 65° F. during active growth, but 

 45° to 50° when at rest. It may be 

 propagated by division of the root- 

 stocks in spring in the same way as 



ACHIMENES. 



NOTHOSCORDUM (nothes, spur- 

 ious; scordon, garlic; in allusion to 



its affinity with Garlic). Nat. Ord. 

 LUiaceae. — A genus related to Allivm, 

 containing about ten species of hardy 

 or half-hardy bulbous plants, having 

 flat narrow leaves, and flowers in 

 umbels on top of erect scapes. They 

 are not particularly fine garden 

 plants, and are only fit for botanical 

 collections. They grow in ordinary 

 good garden soil in warm sheltered 

 spots, or in bleak localities may be 

 sheltered in a frame. They are pro- 

 pagated by offsets or seeds. 



N. ftagrans is a strong-growing 

 and hardy North American species 1 

 to 2 ft. high, with umbels of white 

 sweet-scented flowers keeled with 

 lilac (Bot. Beg. t. 898; Bed. Lil. 

 t. 68). 



N. Inodorum has whitish flowers 

 keeled with brownish - purple, and 

 grows about 18 ins. high (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1129, as Allium). 



N. neriniflorum produces its pink 

 flowers in June and July (Bot. Beg. 

 1847, t. 5). 



N. strlatellum has greenish- 

 yellow flowers (Bot. Mag. t. 2419, as 

 OmiihogaluTn gramineum). 

 N. striatum has white flowers in 



Fio. Wl.—NothoicOTdvm striatwm. (i.) 



Mag. tt. 1035, 1524, as 



May (Bot. 

 Allivm). 



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