ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
Sept. to March 45° to 55°; March to June 55° to 65°. Water 
copiously, March to Sept.; moderately, Sept. to Nov.; keep nearly 
dry, Nov. to March. Apply stimulants once or twice weekly, May to 
Sept. Remove young shoots that issue from base of flower trusses 
as soon as they appear. No shade required. Syringe twice daily, 
March to June. Propagate by cuttings of firm youug shoots, 3 to Gin. 
long, inserted in bottles of rain water, suspended in sunny window or 
greenhouse in summer; or singly in 2-in. pots in a compost of equal 
parts peat, loam, leaf-mould & sand, placed under bell-glass in temp. 
60° to 70, spring or summer. 
SPEOIES LTIVATED: N. Oleander (Oleander or Rose Bay), red, summer, 
6 to 12 ft., Orient; and its varieties, album plenum (double white); Henri Mares 
(double rosy pink); Madonna grandiflorum (double cream); and splendens (double 
red); variegatum ((leaves variegated). 
Nertera (Fruiting Duckweed)—Ord. Rubiaceex. Greenhouse & 
half-hardy creeping Pe herb. Orn. fruiting. First introduced 
1868. Berries round, bright orange red or crimson. 
INDOOR CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf- 
mould & sand. Position, small well-drained pots or pans in shady 
part of greenhouse. Pot, Feb. or March. Water freely, March to 
Sept.; moderately afterwards. Temp., March to Oct. 50° to 60°; 
Oct. to March 40° to 50°. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary light rich. Position, moist 
sheltered ledges of shady rockery. Plant, March or April. Water 
in dry weather. Protect in severe weather with bell or hand-glass. 
Propagate by seeds sown 1-16in. deep in light sandy soil in temp. 55° 
to 65° March or April; division of plants in March or April. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: N. depressa, 1 to 2 in., flowers green, Australasia. 
Net Fern.—See Gleichenia, 
estes fowered Toad-flax (Linaria reticulata). — See 
inaria. 
Nettle Geranium (Coleus fruticosus).—See Coleus. 
Nettle-leaved Bell-flower (Campanula Trachelium).—See 
Campanula. 
Nettle Tree (Celtis australis).—See Celtis. 
Nevada Lily (Lilium washingtonianum).—See Lilium. 
Neviusa (Alabama Snow Wreath).—Ord. Rosacew. Hardy deci- 
duous flowering shrub. 
CULTURE: Soil, good ordinary. Position, sunny sheltered shrub- 
bery. Plant in autumn. Propagate by cuttings of half-ripened shoots 
inserted in sandy soil in cold frame in summer; also by layering in 
autumn. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: N. alabamiensis, white, May, 6 ft., N. America. 
New Caledonia Pine-tree (Araucaria Cookii & A. Ruleii). 
—See Araucaria. 
New England Mayflower (Epigza repens).—See Epigeza. 
New England Star-wort (Aster Novw-Angliz).—See Aster. 
New Jersey Tea-plant (Ceanothus americanus).—See Ceano- 
thus, 
Newman’s Cone-flower (Rudbeckia speciosa).—See Rud- 
beckia. 
New Zealand Broad-leaf (Grisellina macrophylla).—See 
Grisellina, 
New Zealand Bur (Aczna microphylla).—See Acena. 
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