122 A GARDEN FLORA 
NERINE. Amaryllidacese. 
N. Bowdenii. Cape of Good Hope. 
Has grown for four years in the border for bulbous 
plants. It flowers in November, and the bulbs 
increase in number each year. 
|N. curvilolia, var. Fothergillii major. S. Africa. 
NERIUM. Apocynacese. 
|N. Oleander. Common Oleander. Orient. 
NESA2A. Lythracese. 
N. salicifolia. Tropical America. 
Syn. Heimia salicifolia. 
NEVIUSA. Rosacese. 
N. alabamensis. Alabama Snow-wreath. Alabama. 
An attractive shrub, with clusters of flowers, or 
rather stamens, at the tips of the branches. The 
stamens are white, unless spoilt by rain. In the 
Wall Garden. 
NIEREMBERGIA . Solanaceee. 
N. rivularis. Argentina. 
NOTHOFAGUS. Cupuliferse. 
N. antarctica. Antarctic Beech. Tierra del Fuego north- 
wards to Chilian. 
Height 10 feet. Hardy in an open position in 
the Top Garden. 
*N. cliff ortioiaes. Mountain Beech. New Zealand. 
Height 26 feet. A tree with evergreen leaves on 
spreading, wiry branches, which has grown for some 
years in the Wall Garden, and, so far, proved hardy. 
*N. Cunninghami. Cunningham’s Beech. Tasmania. 
Less hardy than N. cliffortioides, but grown in 
the open for two years, with protection in winter. 
*N. fusca. New Zealand. 
Height 18 feet. A slender tree, so far hardy in a 
sheltered border of the Wall Garden. It sometimes 
makes a growth of 12 inches in a season. The leaves 
turn red before they fall. 
