ALE. See Borecole and 

 Cottager's Kale. 



Kal'mia (naf. ord. 



Erica'cese). 

 This pretty, hardy, 



evergreen shrub, known 

 also by the name of the American 

 Laurel, is a native of North America, and 

 should be treated as rhododendrons, &c., 

 with bog earth or soil well mixed with 

 peat. The plants should be placed in a 

 moist situation. Kalmias are quite hardy. 

 They may be propagated by seed sown in 

 pans, in peat and sand, and placed in a 

 cold frame, by layers, or by cuttings of 

 young shoots, taken after the plants have 

 bloomed, and set in peat and sand in a 



Kalmia's blooms are fair to see, 

 Prankt in ruddy livery, 

 Embowered in glossy greenery 



In clustered bosses, brilliant, round and broad. 

 In habit aye compact and neat, 

 And though bereft of odour sweet, 

 For shelt'ring greenhouse full as meet, 



As for the bed enclaspt in verdant sward. 



ANON. 



shady position under a handglass. With 

 care the plants thus obtained may be 

 transplanted at almost any season. There 

 are five or six species, but the best known 

 is Kalmia latifolia, also called the Calico 

 Bush, with rose-coloured and white 

 flowers. 



Kalosanthes (nat. ord. Crassula'cese). 

 A plant allied to the house-leek, bearing 

 a flower like the common white jessamine 

 white at first, but assuming a reddish 

 tint as the flower fades. The plant under 

 consideration is properly called Crassula 

 jasminea, or the jasmime-flowered Cras- 

 sula, but it is also known as Rochea 

 jasminea and Kalosanthes jasminea. The 

 reason is to be found in the fact that the 



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