ANCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
to Sept. 70° to 85°; Sept. to March 65° to 75°. Water copiously, 
March to Sept., moderately afterwards. Syringe twice daily all the 
year round. Moist atmosphere very.essential. Shade from sun. Pro- 
pagate by seeds sown on surface of mixture of fibrous peat & sphag- 
num moss in well-drained pan covered with bell-glass & placed in a 
moist frame heated to temp. of 80° to 85°; cuttings of one year old 
ie inserted singly in small pots plunged in bottom heat of 85° any 
ime. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: N. albo-marginata, green, red, and white, Singapore; 
bicalcarata, green, Borneo; Curtisii, green, crimson, and purple, Borneo; northiana, 
green and purple, Borneo; rafilesiana, green, red, and brown, India; sanguinea, 
blood red, Malaya; Veitchii, green, Borneo; ventricosa, green, brown, and crimson, 
Philippines. Numerous pretty hybrids. 
Nepeta (Cat-mint; Ground Ivy)—Ord. Labiate. Hardy herba- 
ceous trailing perennials. Leaves, heart-shaped, dark green or varie- 
gated with white. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny beds, borders or 
rockeries. Plant, Oct. to March. N. Glechoma variegata also makes 
a pretty basket plant for a cool greenhouse or window; or for draping 
staging in greenhouse. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep where 
ae are required to grow, March to May; division of roots, Oct. to 
arch. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: N. Glechoma variegata (Variegated Ground Ivy), Syn. 
Glechoma hederacea, leaves silvery, trailing, Europe (Britain); Mussinii, blue, 
summer, 2 ft., Caucasia. 
Nephrodium (Buckler Fern).—Ord. Filices. Stove, greenhouse, 
& hardy ferns. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts 
loam, leaf-mould, peat & sand. Position, well-drained pots, borders or 
rockeries, in shade. Pot or plant, Feb., March, or April. Water 
moderately, Oct. to Feb.; freely afterwards. Temp., Oct. to March, 
40° to 50°; March to Oct. 55° to 65°. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf- 
mould, peat & sand. Position, well-drained pots in shady part of 
stove. Pot, March. Water moderately, Oct. to March, freely after- 
wards. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 60°; March to Sept. 65° to 75°. 
_CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary light rich.  Posi- 
tion, shady borders or rockeries. Plant, April. Water freely in dry 
weather, May to Sept. Top-dress annually with leaf-mould or well- 
decayed manure. Protect in severe weather with bracken or litter. 
Do not remove dead fronds until April. Propagate stove and green- 
house species by spores sown on surface of fine sandy peat, under bell- 
glass, in temp. 75° to 85°, any time; division of plants at potting or 
planting time; hardy species by spores sown on surface of sandy soil in 
shady cold frame; division in April: 
STOVE SPECIES: N. albo-punctatum, Mascarene Islands; dissectum, Tropics. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: N. cuspidatum, Ceylon; decompositum (Syn. Lasterea 
decomposita), Australia, etc.; erythrosum (Syn. Lastrea erythrosa), Japan; hispi- 
dum, New Zealand; lepidum, Polynesia; molle, and its varieties corymbiform 
and grandiceps, Tropics; Otaria (Syn. Lastrea aristata), Japan; patens (Spread- 
ing Wood gen Tropics; Richardsii multifidum, New Caledonia; Sieboldii (Syn. 
Lastrea Sieboldii), and its variegated form, Japan. 
HARDY SPECIES: N. emulum (Syn. Lastrea recurva), Hay-scented Buckler 
Fern, Britain; cristatum (Syn. Aspidum cristatum and Lastrea cristata), Orested 
Bucker Fern, Britain, and N. America; Filix-mas (Syn. Lastrea Filix-mas), Male 
Fern, and its numerous varieties, Britain and the Temperate Zone; fragrans 
(Fragrant Wood Fern), N. America; goldieanum, N. America; hirtipes (Syn. 
Lastrea atrata), Trop. Asia; montanum (Syn, Lastrea Oreopteris), Mountain Buck- 
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