KAULFUSSIA. 



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KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Kalosanthes was first transferred to the 

 genus Rochea, which afterwards became 

 merged in that of Crassula. It flowers 

 in April and May. It is propagated by 

 cuttings, which, like the Echeveria, should 

 be laid aside for two or three days before 



KAULFUSSIA AMELLOIDES. 



planting, in order to dry, in which state 

 they are better capable of sending out 

 rootlets. They should be struck in a 

 mixture of brick rubbish and sandy loam, 

 in which well-established plants should 

 also be grown. 



Kaulfus'sia (/. ord. compos 'itse). 



This little free-flowering annual, of good 

 compact growth, are, when well grown, 

 exceedingly effective in beds or mixed 

 borders. They grow freely in any good 

 garden soil, but seed should not be sown 

 earlier than the third week in April. The 

 proper name of this annual is Charilis 

 heterophylla, but it is also known as 

 Kaulfussia amelloides. It bears a flower 

 with blue petals on florets set round a 

 disc, which is either blue or yellow. The 

 Kaulfussia, properly so called, is a curious 

 stool fern, with large fronds resembling 

 chestnut leaves in shape. 



Kenne'dya (not. ord. Legumino'sse). 



There are many species of this beautiful 

 plant, and all of them natives of Australia. 

 In habit they ire climbers, or trailers, and 



in our climate must be grown under glass. 

 They require a sandy loam or peat, and 

 admit of easy propagation by cuttings 

 taken in spring or summer, and set in 

 peaty soil in a close, warm frame, or by 

 seeds sown at the same time. The plants 

 bear flowers red or nearly black in colour. 

 They should be freely watered in spring 

 and summer. 



Kidney Bean. See Bean, French, or 

 Kidney. 



Kerria (nat. ord. Rosa'cese). 



A hardy deciduous shrub throwing up 

 long and slender branches, sending out 

 short twigs furnished with pretty light green 

 serrated lanceolale leaves, and bearing 

 orange-yellow flowers of a ball-like form. 

 Kerria japonica is the only species culti- 

 vated in gardens, and this is generally 

 called Corchorus japonica. It is easily 

 propagated by cuttings, layers, or divisions 

 of the plants. It grows from 3 to 4 feet in 

 height, but in the extreme southern parts of 

 England it will attain a height of 6 feet. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Form. No better form can be devised 

 for a kitchen garden than a square, sub- 



FIG. I. SQUARE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



divided by two centre walks, as in Fig. I, 

 or a long parallelogram, as Fig. 2. Some- 



