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Nierembergia. No 



■and remain in bloom the whole season. Tender peren- 

 nial , six inches high. 



Nycterinia, capensis, white, yellow center lo 



" selaginoides, pink, yellow center lo 



" " alba, pure white lo 



*' mixed lo 



NYMPHiEA-CWater Lily). 



Hardy, aquatic plants, bearing exceedingly beautiful, 

 fragrant, white blossoms, which appear as if floating on 

 the water. They are very much admired, and becom- 

 ing more and more popular every day. Are increased 

 by sowing the seed, or by dividmg the roots or tubers. 

 They grow readily in ponds or streams of shallow water 

 having muddy bottoms, and can be grown in aquariums, 

 tubs or tanks, in the house, if there be sufficient mud at 

 the bottom, and the seeds or roots be kept continually 

 covered with water. 



CUlLTIVATION — In Tubs.— For a tub, take a 

 strong barrel, free from tar, oil or salt, saw it in two, fill 

 this one-third full with fine, black, garden soil, or mead 

 ow mud, if handy ; plant the seed in this mixture, cov- 

 ering them one inch deep, add water gently so as not to 

 disturb the seed, until the tub is full. This is all the care 

 needed ; always keep the tub full of water. Set this on 

 a brick or board platform in anj?^ place you desire. The 

 tubs, with their contents, should be placed in a cellar 

 ■during the winter, kept from frost, and not allowed to 

 €ntirely dry up. 



For Aquariums.— Pjt in five inches of fine, black 

 loam, cover the seed one inch deep in this, and sift on 

 •enough fine sand to entirely cover the loam. 

 Nymphsea, odorata, 7L'/iiie : fragrant 20 



CENOTHERA-fSee Primrose). 



OLEANDER-fNerium). 



This well known shrub, originally a native of India, 

 is of easy culture, and flowers freely the greater part of 

 the year. In warm, moist climates, it requires no pro- 

 tection, and attains the proportions of a good sized tree. 

 The flowers have a salver shaped corolla, with a crown 

 of torn appendages in the center are of a beautiful 

 shade of pinkish-red. They can be produced success- 

 fully in the house if the atmosphere is kept moist and 

 warm. Sow seeds in gentle heat in February or March, 

 in light, rich soil, which must be kept moist. When 

 young plants are three or four inches high, repot in rich 

 soil. The temperature in which plants are grown should 

 not fall below 35° The young shoots made one season 

 should bloom the next. 

 Neriura, Oleander . , 10 



na. NycterinicL 



OXAIiIS. 



Very pretty, herbaceous plants with rich, rose colored 

 blossoms. They thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 sand . they should not be watered after they have done 

 flowering until they begin to grow afresh. They are 

 desirable for green-house decoration, rock work or 

 baskets out of doors. The plants can be wintered suc- 

 cessfully in cold trame if they are kept dry and the frost 

 excluded. Sow seeds in gentle heat early in spring, and 

 when well started, transplant where they are wished f 

 flower. Half-hardy perennial. 

 Oxalis, rosea. , i© 



PALM-CChaniEerops). 

 The {Palm is perhaps onv of the most ornamental 

 plants in the green-house, and those varieties that are 



Chamaerops, Excelsa, 



hardy enough to bear planting out in the lawn during 

 warm weather, are sure to command attention. The 

 seeds are imported, and must of course have the aid of 

 green-house or conservatory to make them germinate. 

 Seeds are frequently four months in germinating. 

 Chamaerops, humilis (Dwarf Fan Palm), the 

 most hardy sort, and in Scotland has stood out 

 several winters with but slight protection. It 

 is also the most dwarf of its species, seldom 



attaining over eight or ten feet in height 15 



" excelsa (Hempen Palm of China), is a green- 

 house variety in our climate. In our Southern 

 States, would do well as a lawn plant, than 

 which nothing could be more conspicuously 

 attractive. A well grown specimen will at- 

 tain the height of twenty-five or thirty feet... 25 



PAMPAS GRASS-(Gynermm). 



Magnificent, ornamental grass, producing numerous 

 flower stems, surmounted by plumes of silver-y inflore^ 



