KNIPHOFIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



KOCHIA. 



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K. TRIANGULARIS. Reminds one of 

 K. Macowani, especially as regards the 

 flower-spike, which is about the same size 

 and of a similar tint. The foliage, how- 

 ever, is broader and longer, and in this 

 respect it resembles K. Uvaria. It is 

 desirable because it is earlier in flower than 

 most varieties, and also because it is a 

 free grower. 



K. TYSONI. A handsome new variety, 

 with persistent strong foliage of a soft 

 glaucous shade, each leaf measuring 3 feet 

 or more in length and 3^ inches wide at 



Kniphofia Obelisk. 



base, tapering to a fine point ; the edges 

 of leaf finely serrated. Through June the 

 strong Yucca-like growths bear bold 

 spikes of orange-scarlet and primrose- 

 yellow flowers, the upper portion of the 

 inflorescence being red, the lower primrose. 

 In the bud stage the whole is orange-red, 

 but as the lower flowers expand they 

 change to soft primrose, the flowers open- 

 ing from the bottom upwards. 



K. TUCKI. Has large, glaucous, Yucca- 

 like foliage, growing 4 to 5 feet high, with 



massive heads of bright red flowers, 

 changing to yellow, and borne early in 

 June. 



Other species not noticed in detail are 

 K. pumila, pallidiflora, pauciflora, nata- 

 lensis, Kirki, Tysoni, modesta, Granti. 



HYBRIDS AND VARIETIES. We are 

 indebted to Mr Max Leichtlin for quite 

 a group of them. Others have given 

 us beautiful forms, such as the varieties 

 John Waterer, Otto Mann, Max Leicht- 

 lin, and John Benary, but all these owe 

 their origin to red-flowered species, 

 and do not much depart from the 

 typical forms. Since the introduction, 

 however, of yellow-flowered species, a 

 new field was opened to the hybridiser. 

 The predominating colour in these new 

 hybrids is yellow, in all shades varying 

 through orange to a crimson - scarlet. 

 In habit the plants vary quite as much 

 as in the colour and form of the flower- 

 spikes. Of some, whose parentage to 

 K. Leichtlini must be very near, the 

 foliage is narrow and deciduous, and 

 the spikes not more than 3 feet high. 

 Other varieties have massive foliage 

 some 3 inches or 4 inches broad, the 

 spikes attaining a height of 7 feet. 

 The variety Obelisk is robust, with 

 broad leafage and spikes some 5 feet 

 in height. The colour of the spikes is 

 a pure golden - yellow, and strong 

 spikes often produce two or three 

 additional spikelets. 



Other beautiful forms are Triumph, 

 a very fine hybrid ; Star of Baden- 

 Baden, straw-yellow, the spikes more 

 than 7 feet high ; Ophir, orange- 

 yellow, very free-flowering ; Lachesis, 

 very hardy and rapid in growth, the 

 flower deep yellow, turning to straw 

 colour. Turning from the yellow 

 varieties we have Leda, a beautiful 

 and early-flowering form, about 4 feet 

 high, the flowers coral-red with an 

 orange tinge. Matador seems to have 

 nobilis for one of its parents ; the 

 spikes are large, broad, and the colour 

 a deep red. All the hardy kinds grow 

 well in deep well-drained loam, and are 

 readily increased by division or by 

 seeds, which some varieties bear freely 

 in mild localities. 



KOCHIA ( Belvedere) . K. trico- 

 phylla is an interesting summer Cypress 

 of the Goosefoot family, forming a 

 neat pointed bush from 3 to 5 feet high, 

 the flowers insignificant. The graceful 

 habit of the plant makes it valuable, 

 placed either singly or in groups, 

 especially from July to September, 

 the time of its full development. In 



