ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
ler Fern, and its varieties, Europe (Britain), and N. America; rigidum (Syn. 
Lastrea rigidum), N. Temperate Zone; spinulosum (Syn. Lastrea dilatum), Prickly 
Shield Fern, N. Temperate Zone (Britain); Thelypteris (Syn. Lastrea Thelypteris), 
Female Buckler Fern, N. Temperate Zone (Britain). 
Nephrolepis (Ladder Fern).—Ord. Filices. Stove evergreen 
ferns. First introduced 1793. Fronds, linear, narrow, once divided, 
plain or crested. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf-mould & sand, two parts 
lumpy peat. Position, in baskets suspended from roof, or in well- 
drained pots or beds in shady part of stove. Pot or plant, Feb. or 
March. Water moderately, Oct. to March; freely afterwards. Temp., 
Sept. to March 55° to 60°; March to Sept. 65° to 75°. Propagate by 
spores sown on surface of pans of sandy peat under bell-glass, & placed 
in temp. 75° to 85°, any time; division of plants, Feb., March, or 
April; pegging down creeping stems bearing young plants & removing 
when rooted. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: N. Bausei, 12 to 18 in., Garden origin; cordifolia, 1 to 
2 ft., Tropics; davallioides, 1 ft., Java; Duffii, 1 ft., Australia; exaltata (Ladder 
Fern), 2 to 3 ft., Tropics; Fluma, 1 ft., Madagascar; rufescens, 2 to 3 ft., Tropics; 
tripinnatifida, 2 to 3 ft., Solomon Islands. Severa] varieties. 
Nerine (Guernsey Lily; Scarlet Guernsey Lily).—Ord. Ama- 
ryllidacew. Greenhouse bulbous plants. Deciduous. First introduced 
1680. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part well-decayed 
cow manure or leaf-mould, one part coarse sand. Pot, Aug. to Nov., 
placing one bulb half its depth in a 44-in. pot, or three in a 6-in. pot; 
good drainage essential. osition, light cool greenhouse, Sept. to 
May; cold frame or sunny spot outdoors, May to Sept. Water mode- 
rately, Sept. to May, or as soon as flower spikes show; keep quite dry, 
May to Sept. Apply stimulants occasionally during growth. Top- 
dress annually with equal parts sandy loam, decayed cow manure & 
sand in Aug. Repotting only necessary every three or four years. 
Season of growth, Sept. to May; season of rest, May to Sept. 
CULTURE OUTDOORS: Soil, light sandy, enriched with decayed 
cow manure. Position, sunny well-drained borders at base of S. wall. 
Plant, Aug. to Nov., 2 to 3in. deep. Protect, Nov. to April, with 
covering of dry litter. Top-dress annually in Aug. with leaf-mould or 
decayed cow manure. Lift & replant every four or five years. Pro- 
pagate by offsets removed when repotting & treated as old bulbs. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: N. appendiculata, pink, autumn, 1 ft., Natal; curvi- 
folia, scarlet, autumn, 1 ft., S. Africa; curvifolia Fothergillii, deep scarlet; fili- 
folia, red, autumn, 1 ft., S. Africa; flexuosa, pink, Sept., 2 ft., S. Africa; 
flexuosa angustifolia, pink, Sept., 2 ft.; flexuosa pulchella, pink and red, Sept., 
2 ft.; sarniensis (Guernsey Lily), salmon, autumn, 2 ft., S. Africa; sarniensis 
corusca, orange scarlet; sarniensis Plantii, crimson; sarniensis rosea, rose; 
sarniensis venusta, scarlet; pudica, white and pink, autumn, 18 in., 8. Africa; 
Moorei, scarlet, autumn, 1 ft., 8S. Africa; undulata, pink, May, 1 ft., S. Africa. 
Numerous hybrids. 
Nerium (Oleander; Rose-Bay).—Ord. Apocynacez. Greenhouse 
evergreen flowering shrubs. First introduced 1596. Flowers, fra- 
rant. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part well-decom- 
posed manure, one part leaf-mould & one part sand. Position, pots, 
tubs or well-drained beds in light sunny greenhouse or window; place 
pot or tub plants outdoors, June to Sept. Pot or plant, Feb. or March. 
Prune immediately after flowering, or in Oct., shortening shoots of 
previous year’s growth to within 3 or 4in. of their base. Temp.. 
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