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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
LACHENALIA, 
to twine to the supports, or become en- 
tangled with each other they are difficult 
afterwards to regulate without injury. 
They should be kept through the autumn 
and winter in a temperature of from 35° 
to 40° in the night, and 10° or so warmer 
in the day, but not so high as to excite 
any growth, or they will suffer when the 
roots are disturbed in planting out, which 
should be before growth begins early in 
the spring ; the border in which they are 
to be planted may be from 1 to 2 feet in 
width, according to the space to be covered. 
It should have 4 inches of drainage in 
the bottom, consisting of crocks, broken 
bricks, pebbles, or anything of a similar 
nature, on which place an inch or two of 
fibrous material, over this put 10 or 12 
inches of the soil, which should have a 
good quantity of sand mixed with it, and 
a sprinkling of crocks or charcoal will be 
an additional assistance in keeping it sweet. 
In planting disentangle the roots so far as 
can be done without injuring them, spread 
them out and make the soil tolerably firm. 
Do not give water until it is required, 
which, if the soil at the time of planting is 
in right condition as to moisture, will not 
be nearly so soon as ina pot. Train the 
shoots in their places. Nothing has been 
said about stopping—the necessity or other- 
wise for this will depend upon the number 
of shoots the plants have and the require- 
ments of the situation. <A single shoot to 
each wire will, in most cases, be preferable 
to more. They will require little further 
attention except water at the roots as 
needed, keeping the shoots from getting 
entangled, and a sufficient use of the 
syringe during the growing season to keep 
down aphides and red spider. When they 
have filled their allotted space the shoots 
must be reduced from time to time during 
summer and in the autumn, cutting in as 
far as requisite. When the soil gets at all 
exhausted, an inch or two each spring may 
be removed and replaced with fresh, and 
manure-water during the growing season 
will also be a great assistance to them. 
The undermentioned kinds are deserving 
of a place :— 
K. Fredwoodii. 
a good grower, and free bloomer. 
red. 
K. inophylla. This is a fine scarlet kind. 
A New Holland species. 
K. Makoyana. A Swan River plant, 
with scarlet flowers. A free grower. 
K. Marryutte. A handsome scarlet- 
flowered species from Australia. 
K. monophylla. A strong-growing sort 
from New South Wales with purple flowers 
freely produced. 
An Australian plant, 
Flowers 
K. nigricans. Flowers purple and green, 
Itis from New Holland. 
K. ovata purpurea. Is from New Hol- 
land. It has purple flowers. 
K. rubicunda, A strong-growing kind 
from New South Wales. Flowers deep red. 
Insects.—If they ever get affected with 
scale, the best method of dealing with 
them is to partially head them down in the 
winter, when at rest, cutting into the strong 
wood, untwining this from the wires, and 
steeping the whole down as near as can be 
got to the collar in insecticide ; repeat the 
operation two or three times in the course 
of a few weeks, before they have begun to 
break, and brush it well in about the collar 
of the plants. After cutting back thus 
severely they must not be over-watered at 
the roots, and much less must be given 
until they have made progress. 
KENTIA. 
This beautiful genus of Palms was at 
one time included in Areca, but has been 
separated from it. Several of the kinds 
stand at the head of the list of cultivated 
Palms, not alone for their beautiful form, 
but also because they succeed well with no. 
more warmth than an ordinary greenhouse 
affords. 
For propagation and cultivation, see 
Palms, general details of culture. 
K. australis. A handsome species, with 
thin, yet well-proportioned stem; the 
leaves are pinnate, and attain a moderate 
length as the plant acquires age. From 
Lord Howe’s Island. 
K. Belmoreana. A grand species, with 
a markedly distinct habit. The stem is 
of medium strength, the leaves are pinnate, 
the long pinnz prettily curved, in addi- 
tion to which the upper portion of the 
leaves is so beautifully arched as to give 
a vase-like appearance to the plant. It 
comes from Lord Howe’s Island. 
K. Canteryburyana. A strong-growing 
kind, with long pinnate leaves. Lord 
Howe’s Island. 
K. Fosteriana. <A large, strong-growing, 
handsome species, with long pinnate leaves 
that spread horizontally. From Lord 
Howe’s Island. 
K. Wendlandiana.—A very handsome 
species recently introduced ; the leaves are 
pinnate, the segments somewhat unequal 
in length. It attains a large size. From. 
Queensland. 
LACHENALIA. 
These are bulbous plants of small growth, 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
