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LAB 



this should be a walk five feet 



width, likewise extendin 



area. 



Fig. 95. 



round the green shrubs 

 I and peat 



KYDIA. Two species. Stove ever- 

 Cuttings. Sandy loam 



LABEL. That which combines du- 

 rability with facility of reference and 

 cheapness, is a small piece of deal, 

 planed smooth, painted white, and 

 written upon with a lead pencil. 



Respecting the inclosure of the kitch- 

 en garden, see Hedges and Walls. 



KLEINHOVIA Iwspita. Stove ever- ; When required for a seed-bed, a small 

 green tree. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



KNIFE. Of this the gardener re- 

 quires several kinds. I. Garden Knife, 

 with a curved blade, for common rough 

 purposes. 2. Pruning Knife, with a 

 straight blade, and fine edge. 3. Graft 



stake is to be driven into the ground, 

 and from it the label to be suspended. 



LABICHEA. Two species. Green- 

 house shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



LABLAVIA. Six species, besides 



ing knife, also straight-bladed, but with i varieties. Stove and green-house twin- 

 a thinner and narrower blade. 4. Bud- ers. Four annuals, the rest deciduous. 

 ding Knife, is like the grafting knife,' Annuals sow in pots in stove, seedlings 

 but should have a double-edged sharp plant out at end of May. Deciduous by 



point, like an oyster- knife, and the 

 handle of ivory, is wedge-shaped, for 

 raising the bark from the wood. There 

 is a variety of superior excellence, call- 

 ed Curtis's Budding Knife. 5. Aspara 



cuttings. Common soil. 



LABURNUM. Cytisus Laburnum. 



Varieties. — Common Broad-leafed 

 Laburnum ; Narrow-leafed long-spiked 

 Laburnum ; Short-spiked Laburnum ; 



gus Knife, has cither a strong straight Variegated-leafed Laburnum, and Mid- 

 blade, with a sharp chisel-shaped point, die-sized Laburnum (C. L. interme- 

 or a slightly curved blade, with a saw- j dium). The first two of which varieties 

 edge on the inner side of the curve. ' are tolerably permanent from seed, but 



KNIGHTIA excejsa. Green - house the other two must be continued by 

 evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam, peat, cuttings. 

 and sand. I Propagation. — By Seed. — The seed 



KNOXIA. Four species. Stove ever- ! grows freely in the open ground, and 

 green shrubs, except JiT. teiv's, which is 

 annual. The former are increased by 

 cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 



KOLREUTERIA paniculata. Hardy 

 deciduous tree. Layers and root-cut- 

 tings. Sheltered common soil. 



should be sown in March, in four-feet 

 beds, drilling it in half an inch deep; 

 they will come up in six or seven weeks. 

 Keep them weeded during summer; 

 and in spring following the seedlings in 

 general, if they stand very close, may 

 KONIGA maritima, var. variegata. ' be transplanted into the nursery in rows. 



Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. 

 Common soil. 



KRAMERLV pauciflora. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



KRIGIA. Two species. Hardy an- 

 nuals. Seed. Sandy loam 



two feet distance, allowing them more 

 room as they advance in growth; and 

 here they may remain two, three, or 

 four years, till large enough for the 

 shrubbery. 



By Cuttings. — October or Novem- 

 ber is the best time for planting them. 



KUHNIA. Four species. Two hardy, I Choose young shoots eight, ten, or 

 and two green-house herbaceous. Divi- | twelve inches long ; plant them in rows, 

 sion. Sandy loam and peat. I a foot apart, and five or six inches in 



