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celsa, J. rigida, and J. thurifera were bought from the same firm 
a few years ago. J. procera was introduced by Prof. G. Schwein- 
furth, from Abyssinia, and received through the Berlin Botanical 
Garden in February, 1893. At present the plants have attained 
a height of 5 m. 
J. Oxycedrus is the common Juniper along this coast. We 
have specimens in the wood 10 m. high, with a circumference 
of 1:20 m. 
There is a Juniper tree, 5 m. high, in the lower part of the 
garden, with drooping branchlets and very glaucous, less pungent 
leaves. It is apparently spontaneous and agrees with another 
plant, which Lord Walsingham found in the spring, 1911, near 
Roccabruna. This latter, no doubt a wild specimen, is a tree over 
10 m. (40 feet) high with a stem about 1:60 m. (4 feet 8 inches) 
in circumference. Dr. A. Henry, of Cambridge, who has seen 
the Mortola specimen, is convinced that the Juniper in question 
is J. Cedrus, so far only known as a native of the Canaries. 
Another specimen at La Mortola, not far from the first one, seems 
to be a hybrid between J. Cedrus and J. Oxycedrus. 
The plant grown as J. macrocarpa is still too young to be 
identified. 
KALANCHOE. 
Succulent herbs or perennials with pretty flowers, more or less 
hardy, according to their native habitat. 
KENTIA. 
These elegant palms have been tried repeatedly at La Mortola, 
as they do quite well, and produce flowers and seeds in some 
gardens at Garavan. 
The genus differs from Howea in the branched spadix, and in 
having only 6-12 stamens in the male flower, &c. K. Canter- 
buryana (“Umbrella Palm’”’) is a tall species much resembling the 
two species of Howea. In K. Bauert and K. sapida the petioles, 
rachis, and nerves of the leaflets are covered with a brown 
tomentum. The former is a stouter plant with broader leaflets ; 
in the second the leaflets are very narrow and long acuminate. 
KETELEERIA FORTUNEIL. 
So far we have not been successful in growing this fine 
Chinese tree. There are large specimens on the Lago Maggiore. 
KIGELIA MTHIOPICA. 
Has been tried in several sheltered places, but perished in winter. 
KLEINIA. 
This genus hardly differs from Senecio except in habit, but 
for horticultural purposes it may well be kept distinct.* All are 
excellent plants for sunny and arid rockeries, though their flowers 
* For a complete synopsis of the species known in cultivation see my 
handbook Stapelieen und Kleinien, 
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