PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 29 



NEKESIA, Nat. Orel. Hydrophyllacece. Per pit. 



Exceedingly pretty, compact growing plants, blooming so freel y as to entirely 

 bide tbe foliage. Half-hardy annuals. 



Nemesia Floribunda. White and yellow, fragrant 5 



Versicolor. Various colors 5 



NIGELLA (Lcve-in-a-Hist), Nat. Ord. Ranunculacece. 



Curious and interesting free-flowering plants, of the easiest culture, growing 

 in any garden soil. Hardy annuals. 



Nigella Damascena Nana. Double, blue and white, | ft 5 



Atropurpurea. Clear, rich purple, 1^ ft 5 



NOLANA, Nat. Ord. Nolanacew. 



Very pretty trailing plants, with Convolvulus-like flowers; excellent for 

 rustic-work or hanging baskets. Hardy annuals. 



Nolana Lanceolata. Sky-blue, with white throat 5 



Atriplicifolia. Blue, violet, white, and yellow 5 



NYCTERINIA, Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



Neat, compact, sweet-scented little plants, with large heads of star-shaped 

 flowers, well suited for rock-work or edgings ; succeeds in light rich soil. Half- 

 hardy perennials. 



Nycterinia Capensis. White, with yellow centre, ^ ft 10 



Selaginoides. Pink, with yellow centre, i ft 10 



OBELISGAMA, Nat. Ord. Compositw. 



Bold, showy plants, with novel and rich colored flowers, having curious 

 acorn-like centres; succeeds iu common garden soil. Half-hardy perennial. 



Obeliscaria Pulcherrima. Rich velvety-crimson, edged and tipped with yellow, 



2 ft 10 



OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose), Nat. Ord. Onagracem. 



A very beautiful, free-flowering, and useful class of plants, flowering generally 

 in long spikes. CE. Lamarckiana has a superb spike of bloom, and is one of the 

 showiest yellow flowers grown. CE. bistorta Veitchii is a pretty edging plant, and 

 may be grown in rockeries. CE. Drummondii and CE. Drummondii nana are 

 wonderfully free-blooming varieties, flowering for months continuously. 



(Enothera Bistorta Veitchii. Yellow, with crimson spots. Half-hardy annual, 1ft. 10 



Drummondii. Yellow. Half-hardy annual, 2 ft 10 



Nana. Bright yellow. Half-hardy annual, 1ft 10 



Lamarckiana. Bright yellow flowers, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and pro- 



duced in great profusion ; a splendid ornamental plant. Half-hardy 

 perennial, 3 ft , .' 10 



Fine Mixed Varieties 10 



OXYUEA, Nat. Ord. Composite. 



A very showy, hardy annual, producing its beautiful fringed flowers in great 

 abundance. 

 Oxyura Chrysanthemoides. Golden yellow, edged with pure white, \\ ft 5 



OXALIS, Nat. Ord. Oxalidacea. 



Very attractive and beautiful plants, with richly-colored flowers, suitable for 

 green-house decoration, or for rock-work, rustic baskets, and out of doors. Half- 

 hardy perennials. 



Cxalis Rosea. A neat, erect-growing plant, with bright, rose colored-flowers, 



' i ft 10 



Tropaeoloides. Deep yellow, brown leaves, £. ft 10 



Valdiviana. A new, very showy, and compact-growing variety, flowers 



of a bright yellow, sweet-scented, and produced in bunches of large 

 size, which are thrown well above the foliage 15 



