KALMIA. [Ericaceae.] Beautiful evergreen shrubs, 

 readily forced into early blossom by the stimulus of 

 artificial heat. The proper soil for them is sandy peat 

 earth. It is, in fact, the usual and the best practice to 

 plant Kalmias, together with Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and 

 other plants of like nature, in separate beds or patches, 

 prepared with peat-soil. They are usually increased by 

 layers made at the end of summer, but may also be raised 

 from seeds, in which case the seeds require to be sown in 

 shallow pans of sandy peat, and kept close in a frame : the 

 seedlings are transplanted to other pans as soon as large 

 enough to be handled, and again kept close for a time until 

 established, when they are gradually inured to exposure. 



K. angustifolia (narrow-leaved) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; 2 

 feet; flowers red, in June ; North America ; 1736. K. glauca 

 (glaucous) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in 

 May; North America; 1767. K. Jiirsutai^\2ix\)\ hardy ever- 

 green shrub ; 18 inches ; flowers red, in August ; North Amer- 

 ica ; 1786. K. latifolia (broad-leaved); hardy evergreen shrub ; 

 6 feet ; flowers pink, in June ; North America ; 1734. 



There are many garden varieties of ajigustifolia. K. ros- 

 viarinifoUa is a variety of K. glauca^ and K. myrtifolia of 

 K. latifolia. 



Kaulfussia. [Composite.] A pretty dwarf hardy an- 

 nual. Sow the seeds in May on finely pulverized soil, or in 

 a frame in April, and transplant. If late-flowering plants 

 are required, the seed may be sown during the summer. 



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