Nerine - Green-House
Description
This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
Nerine - Green-House
Nerine
Twelve species. Greenhouse bulbs. Seed and offsets. Rich light loam.
Nerium
Oleander. Four species and more varieties. Green-house and stove evergreens. Cuttings. Rich light loam.
Nesaea
Nesaea triflora. Stove herbaceous. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
Nettle Tree
Neuroloma
Neuroloma arabidiflorum. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Common soil.
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus Americanus.
New Zealand Tea
Leptosper-mum scoparia.
Nicker Tree
Nicotiana
Thirty-one species, ineluding N. tabacum, the well-known Tobacco. This and nearly all the others are hardy annuals. Seed. Rich light loam.
Nierembergia
Four species. Green-house herbaceous, except the hardy annual N. aristata. Seed or cuttings. Light loam.
Nigella
Fennel flower. Eleven species. Hardy annuals and biennials, except the herbaceous N. coarctata. Seed. Common soil.
Nightshade
Night-Soil
See Dung.
Niphobolus
Eight species. Stove ferns. Seed and division. Sandy loam and peat.
Nissolia
Seven species. Stove evergreen climbers and shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Nitrates
See Saline Manures.
Nitta Tree
Parkin.
Nivea
Seven species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Sandy peat and loam.
Nocca
Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs. N. latifolia is half-hardy. Cuttings. Common soil.
Noisettia
Noisettia longifolia. Stove evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. Light rich soil.
Nolana
Five species. Hardy annual trailers. Seed. Common soil.
Nolina
Nolina georgiana. Hardy herbaceous. Offsets. Sandy peat.
Nonatelia
Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Norantea
Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Normandy Cress
See American Cress.
Norway Spruce
Pinus canadensis.
Notelaea
Five species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Peat and loam.
Nothochlaena
Nine species. Green-house and stove ferns. Seed and division. Sandy peat.
Notylia
Five species. Stove epiphvtes. Offsets. Wood and moss.
November
November is a month chiefly of routine neatness and preparation for winter.
Hot-House
Air, admit as freely as the season allows. - Bark Beds, renew, if not done last month. - Dress the borders, by forking, etc. - Fire Heat, by whatever means it may be distributed, must now be daily employed. - Manure borders, etc, in which forcing trees are planted. - Leaves, clean with sponge, &c; remove those decayed. - Pines will require the day temperature to be kept between 60° and 65°. - Peaches, prune; wash with diluted ammonia water from the gas works, before training; day temperature 50.° - Potted flowering plants, introduce. - Steam, ad mi tin to the house, where that mode of heating is used. - Strawberries, begin to force. - Tobacco fumigations employ to destroy insects. - Trees, in forcing, treat like the Peach. - Water (tepid), apply with the syringe to the leaves; give to their roots, occasionally; keep in pans about the house.
Green-House
Air, admit freely, when mild. - Chrysanthemums require abundant watering. - Damp stagnant air is more to be dreaded than cold. - Decayed parts, remove, as they appear. - Earth, in pots stir frequently. - Fires must be lighted, if frost severe, or heavy cold fogs occur. - Leaves, clean with sponge, etc. - Temperature, keep at about 45°, but not higher. - Water moderately.
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