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VIC/CS FL ORAL C UIDE . 
NEMESIA. 
N YCTERINI A. 
Pretty, free-blooming, half-hardy annuals, about eight 
inches in height, of compact habit. The curious and 
delicate flowers are so abundant as almost to hide the 
leaves. Looks best in masses. Plants five inches apart. 
Nemesia floribunda, white and yellow, . * 5 
versicolor, various colors,. 5 
NIEREMBERGIA. 
The Nicrembcrgias have whitish flowers, tinted with 
lilac, with a deep purplish lilac blotch in the center. 
Tender perennials, suitable for house culture, or may be 
treated as tender annuals. For baskets, vases, etc., we 
cannot recommend it too highly. Plants slender, 
with abundance of flowers, and almost perpetually in 
bloom. 
Nierembergia gracilis, plant very branching, 
spreading; fine for pots, or the border, .... 10 
frutescens, taller, and of more erect habit than 
preceding, with flowers larger and more open, . 10 
NOLANA. 
Nolanas arc trailing, hardy annuals. Prefer a light 
sojl. Seed may be sown in the border where the flowers 
arc desired, or in a seed-bed to be transplanted as needed. 
Excellent for rock-work, baskets, etc. Treatment like the 
Poriulaca, which it resembles in many respects. Flow¬ 
ers cup-formed, something like those of the Morning 
Glory, 
Nolana- mixed varieties, .... . 5 
Small, half-hardy annuals, about eight inches in 
height, with sweet-scented, star-shaped flowers. Very 
good for edgings of small beds or rock-work. This is a 
favorite with a good many, and for this reason we return 
it to our Catalogue after some years of exclusion. Like 
a great many flowers that are not large and showy, it 
has its place, and one it seems to exactly fill. 
Nycterinia selaginoides, pink with yellow center, 5 
capensis, white, very stoeet scented,. 10 
OBELI SCARIA. 
The Obeliscarias are coarse plants with showy flow¬ 
ers. The ray floiets are of a rich, velvety crimson,, 
edged with yellow. The central cone, or disk, is brown 
until the florets expand, and then are bright yellow. 
Flowers on long stems, plants eighteen inches in height. 
It is a good deal like the wild flower of our meadows,. 
Rudbeckia hirta, or Cone Flower, and belongs to the 
same family. 
Obeliscaria pulcherrima, . 5 - 
CENOTHERA. 
CEnotheras are very fine half hardy annui-ls, opening 
their flowers suddenly in the latter part of the day. Some 
of the large varieties attract much attention. The low 
white variety, acaulis alba , is a marvel of beauty, pure 
white, and one or more flowers appearing each evening. 
Most of the other varieties are yellow. No plant in. 
the garden is more interesting to the children, who watch 
the opening flowers with the greatest pleasure. 
CEnothera Veitchii, flowers yellow, with a red 
spot at the base of each petal; 1 foot, . 5 
acaulis alba, a very dwarf or rather stcmless 
plant, the leaves lying close to the ground, . . io- 
Lamarckiana grandiflora, flowers yellow, 4 
inches in diameter; plant grows 4 feet in height, 5^ 
