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NECTARINE. Persica lavis. j vated in the Philadelphia Nurseries,
Varieties.—The following are culti-i and are among the better kinds :
Explanation of Abbreviations.— Co/or—y yellow; r red ; o orange; g
green; w white. Size— l large ; m medium.
Downton .....
EIruge ......
*Golden
Peterborough .....
*Red Roman . . '. .
*White Roman
"White Early ....
Those marked * are clingstones.
For Culture, see. Peacft, which applies.
NECTAROSOCORDUM sirulum.
Honey Garlic. Hardy bulb. Oil-
sets. Common soil.
NEGRO-FLY. See Athalia.
NEGUNDO fraxinifoUum. Two varieties.
Hardy deciduous trees. Seed
and layers. Light loam.
NELITRIS jambosella. Stove evergreen
shrub. Cuttings and layers. Loam
and peat.
NELUMBIUM. Five species. Stove
aquatics. Seed and division. Rich loam
in water. Mr. A. Scolt, gardener to
Sir G. Staunton, Bart., gives the following
directions for cultivating iV. specto-
sum
:
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" Let it be kept dry during the winter,
in a cool part of the plant stove,
at about 50° Fahrenheit. In February,
the roots to be divided and potted separately
in turfy loam; the pots set in
pans of water; the temperature of air
from 65° to 90=; temperature of the
water in the cisterns being about 753.
In May plant out in a water-tight box,
three and a half feet long, one and a
half foot wide, and sixteen inches deep,
filled with loamy soil, having a little
gravel on the top to give it solidity, and
allowing room for about two inches
of water over the surface of the soil.
Plunge the box into the bark bed ; the
temperature of the soil and water in
the box 80*^. This bottom heat maintain
during the summer, the tempera-
ture of the house varying from 65'^ to
90