CHAPTER IX 
I suspect my piece belongs to the invalids. Yet I know 
that it is hardy here, and can flower and fruit under the 
conditions it enjoys in my garden. In prosperity this Nandina, of 
Japan, makes a very beautiful specimen, and suggests a white 
flowered Berberis, to which order it belongs. There is a new 
variety within reach now: N. purpurea, which must be secured, 
for it may prosper better than the type. 
Neillia opulifola has been cast out, and I think Neviusia alaba- 
mensis will follow suit. The first is a mean Spirea; the second 
bears flowers which look pleasing in a photograph, but are really 
rather dull. Neviusia is somewhat in the style of Fothergilla, but 
not so effective. This shrub increases by undergrowth runners 
at a great rate, and its tenure of a good corner grows precarious. 
With Nerium Oleander I can do nothing. It seems the least 
kindly of Mediterranean flora here. Cool, damp corners, not 
lacking in sunshine, should suit this lovely thing with protection 
in winter, but I know of few succeeding respectably out of doors. 
Perhaps I do not grow it wet enough. 
Nierembergia frutescens is shrub enough to be mentioned with 
praise. This Chilian proves nearly hardy in a warm corner, and 
its pale blue and white flowers and pretty flax-like habit make it 
a desirable plant. 
Notospartium Carmichael, the Southern Broom, is a mono- 
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N ANDINA DOMESTICA has never thriven with me, and 
