DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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• Nasturtium^ tall. N 



Convolvulus Major, purple. 5 



mixed . 5 



(Sec also Conzclvxilus?) 



MOURNING BRIDE-(Scabioiis). 



Handsome flowers in hemispherical heads on long 

 ste.Tis ; of exceeding sweetness, and sometimes called 

 Sweet Scabious. The colors are deep and light purple, 

 scarlet, white, and dark mulberry red , some of the dark 

 shades are tipped with white. With proper protection 

 • f the roots, they will bloom two or three years. Very 

 useful for bouquets, as their long stems work easily, and 

 their striking colors, as well as fragrance, are desirable. 

 Plant in hot-bed, and transplant one and a half feet 

 apart. Tender perennial . one to two feet high. 



Scabiosa, atropurpurea, deep purple 5 



" candidissima, pure white. lo 



" coccinea, scarlet 5 



" mixed . . . 5 



MYOSOTIS— (See Forget-Me-Not). 



NASTURTIUM, TALL-(Trop8eolum 

 Lobbianum). 

 The Lobbianum differs materially from the common 

 running Nasturtium, and la admirably adapted for green- 

 house or conservatory decoration in winter. It is a \ery 

 rapid grower, and strikes freely from cuttings, but seeds 

 sparingly. The colors are very brilliant, and of many 

 shades, from scarlet to black. Fine for covering arbors, 

 trellis, and rustic work. Hardy annual ; ten to twenty 

 feet high. 

 Tropaeolum Lobbianum, Coleur de Bismarck, 



brown. . ... • 15 



" Lobbianum, Geant des Batailles, carmine.. 15 



" " Roi des Noirs, black . .. 15 



*' " Von Moltke, bright, bluish-rose. 15 



" " mixed.. .10 



" mixed tall, the i.o;nmon tall varieties .... 5 



NASTURTIUM, DWARF— <,Trop8eolum 



Minor). 

 Very useful for bedding, massing, or ribboning. A bed 

 of dwarf Nasturtiums in the yard is very brilliant and 

 attractive, and they are in bloom all the season. The 

 flowers are more brilliant if the soil be not over ricn. 

 Give each plant a foot of room. Hardy annual ; one 

 foot high. . 



Nasturtium, Dwarf, Crystal Palace Gem, sul- 

 phur, spotted maroon ... 10 



" Dwarf, scarlet. 10 



" " King Theodore, very dark 10 



•* " Beauty, orange and vermilion 10 



dwarf. Nemesia. 



Nasturtium, Dwarf, yellow 5 



" Dwarf, Pearl, white 10 



" '• rose 10 



" " King of Tom Thumbs 10 



" Golden King of Tom Thumbs/«^7t/.- 



brjlliatit gold c olor 10 



'* " Spotted King, introduced by Messrs. 



Carter, of London •, new ; yellow, 



spotted chocolate. 10 



" " mixed 5 



NEMESIA. 

 A charming and useful, dv.arf growing plant of com- 

 pact habit, well adapted for beds, edgings, rock work or 

 pot culture. The blossoms are curious and pretty, yel- 

 low and white, and so numerous as to almost hide the 

 foliage. Sow in hot -bed or green-house, early in spring, 

 and transplant in May six inches apart. Tender annu- 

 al ; nine inches high. 

 Nemesia, versicolor la 



NEIvIO?HILA-(See Love Grove). 

 NIEREMBERGIA. 

 Charming little plants, well adapted for edgings, 

 baskets, &c. The seed should be sown in green-house» 

 or in pans m the house, and set out m open ground,, 

 after danger of frost is over. 

 Nierembergia, gracilis, a fine bedding plant ; white 



with purple eye ; slender and graceful 10 



NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist). 



NOLANA, 



Beautiful, trailing plants, with prostrate stems, much 

 branched ; almost equal to the portulaca for growing ia 

 masses, and unsurpassed for rock work, pots, baskets, 

 or vases, as the branches hang pendulous over the edge 

 of vase or basket. The blossoms are convolvulus shaped^ 

 brilliant, freely produced, of various colors. Sow in 

 open ground, in light, sandy soil, early in spring ; plent)- 

 of sun, and a drj' situation are cs.sential. Hardy trail- 

 ing annual ; six inches high. 

 Nolana, atriplicifolia, blue, white and yellow ... 5 



" prostrata, blue, streaked with black 5 



" mixed 5 



NYCTERINIA. 



Charming little plants, well adapted for rockeries and 

 baskets. The flowers are borne on large heads, are of 

 various colors, star shaped, and during the evening, are 

 very fragrant. Produces richer, larger, and more blosi 

 soms in light soil. Start in hot-bed, and transplant six 

 inches apart. They will blossom very early in spring, 



