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is a one-leafed perianthium, five-parted, con- 

 cave : divisions lanceolate, concave : the corol- 

 la has live lanceolate petals, concave, rather 

 longer than the calyx, and forming with it a 

 pitcher-shaped figure : nectary, glandules ob- 

 tusely tbree-lobed ; middle lohe largest, depres- 

 sed, coloured, each growing to the claw of each 

 petal : the stamina have ten filaments, very 

 small : anthers oblong, shorter than the calvx, 

 gaping at the tips with two holes: female, the 

 calyx as in the male: the corolla as in the male : 

 thepistillum is a roundish germ : styles five, sim- 

 ple : stigmas obtuse : the pericarpiutn is a lea- 

 thery, globose capsule, rough, one-celled, five- 

 valved : the seeds about eight, roundish, corner- 

 ed on one side, covered by a proper coat. 



The species cultivated is K. Africana, Afri- 

 can Kiggelaria. 



It is a tree exceeding the height of a man, 

 with the trunk and branches gray : the leaves 

 are alternate, lanceolate, petioled, smooth, stiff, 

 and straight, sharply serrate, acute, spreading : 

 the petioles roundish, without stipules, one 

 eighth of the length of the leaves : at the back 

 of the leaf, where the larger lateral vessels come 

 out, in the sinus or axil, there is a slight pubes- 

 cence with a cavity, which forms a prominence 

 on the upper surface of the leaf. On the male 

 plant, one or two branched peduncles bear se- 

 veral flowers, nodding, in a panicle j the petals 

 are white, and the nectaries yellow. The female 

 produces a single flower on a simple peduncle : 

 the fruit is a globular, rugged, one-celled, ber- 

 ried capsule, with a thick coriaceous rind, pu- 

 bescent on the outside, and rugged, with gra- 

 nular atoms. It grows naturally at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, where it rises to be a tree of mid- 

 dling stature; but it does not grow to a great 

 magnitude in this climate. 



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Culture. — The plants may be increased by 

 seeds, layers, and cuttings ; but the first is the 

 best method, as they root sparingly by layers 

 and cuttings. 



The seeds should be sown in the early au- 

 tumn, in pots filled with fresh loamy earth, 

 plunging them in a hot-bed. When they ln\e 

 a few inches growth, they should be removed 

 into separate small pots, replungincr ihem 

 in the hot-bed ; and when well rooted they 

 should be gradually hardened to the open 

 air. 



The layers should be made from the young 

 shoots of the same year, laying them down in 

 the summer. 



The cuttings of the young shoots should he 

 planted in the spring, immediately before the 

 plants begin to shoot, in pots filled with soft 

 loamy earth, being plunged in a very moderate 

 hot-bed, and covered with glasses, to exclude ihe 

 air ; due shade being afforded, and little water 

 given after the first planting. Such as strike 

 root may be removed into separate small pots 

 of loamy earth, and be exposed to the air in a 

 warm sheltered situation, till the autumn, when 

 they should be placed under the protection of 

 the green-house, and managed in the same way 

 as trees of the Orange kind^ 



They afford variety among potted plants of 

 the creen-house kind. 



KING'S SPEAR. See Asphodelus. 



KITCHEN-GARDEN, that sort of Garden 

 which is principally destined to the growth of 

 different sorts of culinary vegetables and roots. 



The land designed for this sort of garden 

 should be sufficiently spacious, of a good depth 

 and quality of mould, dry, and at the same 

 time well situated for warmth, and the influence 

 of the sun. See Garden. 



KITCHEN- GARDEN PLANTS, all such plants as are cultivated, for the purpose of food 



Names and Sorts. 



Agaricus campestris, thcfield agaric or mush- 

 room. ' 



Album, garliek, onion, lick, &c. Of the 

 first kind, large white garliek — red garliek. 



In the second, or rocambole. 



In the third or onion, common oval Stras- 

 burgh onion — great ova! Portugal onion — Bat 

 white Spanish onion — flat red Spanish onion — 

 silver-skinned onion — bulbless-rooted Welch 

 onion. 



In the fourth, chives, or cives. 



In the filth, cscalot, or shallot." 

 In the sixth, or Canada tree-onion. 



In the seventh, or the leek, broad-leaved 

 Lor.don leek — narrow-leaved leek. 



Modes of Culture. 

 By the spawn of i he root, or invisible seed, run- 

 ning in lumps of earth or dung, in the autumn. 

 By the cloves of the root. 



By the root and bulbs from the stalk. 

 By seed annually, which should be sown at 

 different times in the early spring months. 



By dividing the roots, and planting them out 

 in spring. 



By offsets of the root, planted out in sprinc 



By offset bulbs of the root, and the bulbs at 

 top of the stalk, planted out in <prino-. 



By seed annually, which should be sown in 

 the early spring. 



