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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Nasturtium, Dwarf, Spotted King, yellow, spotted 

 chocolate 5 



" D"warf, Empress of India. Dark tinted foliage, 

 color brilliant crimson 5 



** Dwarf, mixed 5 



NELUMBIUM-CAmerican Lotus). 



This is one of the most beautiful and valuable of all the 

 water lilies. The dark green leaves, 12 to 15 inches in diam- 

 eter, surmounted by the enormously large double flowers 

 resembling a monster double tulip, form a beautiful contrast 

 and are a worthy ornament to any garden or lawn. Easily 

 grown in tanks or ponds. Full cultural directions on each 

 packet. 



Nelumbium Luteum. 

 Nelumbium luteum, yellow, fragrant 25 



NICOTIANA. 



A handsome genus of garden plants of the tobacco family 

 which are noted for the freedom and fragrance of their 

 bloom. Half-hardy annuals; three feet high. 

 Nicotiana affinis, flowers white, salver shaped, having 



long tubular corollas, and are of exquisite fragrance. 



Deserving a place in every garden 10 



NEMOPHILA.— (See Love Grove.) 



NIEREMBERGIA. * 



Charming little plants, well adapted for edgings, baskets, 

 etc. One-half hardy annual. 



Nierembergia gracilis, a fine bedding plant,; wiiite with 

 purple eye; slender and graceful One foot 10 



NIGELLA.— (See Love-in-a-Mist.) 



NOLANA. 



Beautiful, trailing plants, with prostrate stems, much 

 branched; almost equal to the Portulaca for growing in 

 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, and of various colors. Hardy, trailing 

 annual; six inches high. 

 Xolaua, xoixed 5 



NYCTEKINIA. 



Charming little plants well adapted for rockeries and bas- 

 kets. The flowers are borne on large heads, are of various 

 colors, star shaped, and during the evening are very fragrant. 

 Half-hardy annual; six inches high. 

 Nycterinia capensis, white 10 



" mixed 10 



NYMPH^A— (Water Lily.) 



Hardy aquatic plants, bearing exceedingly beautiful, fra- 

 grant, white blossoms, which appear as if floating on the 

 water. Are increased by sowing the seed or by dividing the 

 roots or tubers. They grow readily in ponds or streams of 

 shallow water having muddy bottoms, and can be grovim in 

 aquariums, tubs or tanks, in the house. 



Cultivation in Tubs.— 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 meadow mud, if handy; plant the seed 

 in this mixture, covering them one inch deep, add water 

 gently so as not to disturb the seed, until the tub is full. 

 Always keep the tub full of water. This is all the care 

 needed. Set this on a brick or board platform in any place 

 you desire. The tubs, with their contents, should be placed 

 m a cellar during the winter, kept from frost, and not allowed 

 to entirely dry up. 



For Aquariums.— Put in five inches of fine, ^ack loam, 

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

 sand to entirely cover the loam. 



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IMviv.PH>EA Odorata. 



Nymphaea odorata, white: fragrant 



CENOTHERA (See Primrose). 



OLEANDER— (Nerium). 



This well known shrub, originally a native of India, is of 

 easy culture, and fiowers freely the greater part of the year. 

 In warm, moist climates, it requires no protection, and 

 attains the proportions of a good sized tree. The flowers 

 have a salver shaped corolla, with a crown of torn appen- 

 dages in the center, and are a beautiful shade of pinkish red. 

 Nerium oleander 10 



OXAEIS. 



Very pretty herbaceous plants with rich, rose colored blos- 

 soms. They thrive well in a mixture of loam and sand. 

 Desirable for green-house decoration, rock work or baskets 

 out of doors. Half-hardy perennial. 

 Oxalis, rosea, rose colored 10 



" floribunda alba, white 10 



P^ONY. 



New varieties of these justly popular flowers are obtained 

 from seed, and are sure to repay the little care required. 

 Paeony berbacea (Chinensis), from a splendid collection 

 of finest double sorts of all colors 25 



PALM — (Chamaerops). 



The palm is perhaps one of the most ornamental plants in 

 the green-house, and those varieties that are hardy enough 

 to bear planting out in the lawn during warm weather are 

 siure to command attention. 



Cbamaerops hum ills (Dwarf Fan Palm), the most 

 hardy and dwarf of its species, seldom attaining 



over eight or ten feet in height 15 



Cbamaerops excelsa (Hempen Palm of China), is a 

 green-house variety in our climate. As a lawn 

 plant in our Southern States, nothing could be more 

 conspicuously attractive. A well grown specimen 

 will attain the height of twenty-five or thirty feet. .25 



PAMPAS GRASS-(Gynerium). 



Magnificent, ornamental grass, producing numerous flower 

 stems surmounted by plumes of silvery inflorescence. Half- 

 hardy perennial, from South America; ten feet high. 



Pampas Grass. 

 Gynerium argenteum 



