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KAULFUSSIA 



KENTIA 



the plants are to grow; or they may be started indoors 

 and the plants transplanted to the open. The genus 

 Kaulfussia was founded by Nees in 1820. In 1817, how- 



1208. Charie 



Kaul- 



ever, the plant was described by Cassini as ChArieis 

 heterophylla, and this name should stand. S. Africa. 



L. H. B. 

 KENILWORTH IVY. Linaria CumhalarUi. 



KENNfiDYA (Kennedy, of the nursery firm of Ken- 

 nedy & Lee, important English nurserymen of the lat- 

 ter part of last century). Lei/umindsw. Australian 

 woody trailers or twiners of about a dozen species, 

 making excellent plants for the intermediate house or 

 conservatory. Fls. red to almost black, pea-like: Its. 

 mostly pinnately 3-foliolate: standard orbicular or obo- 

 Tate, narrowed to a claw, and bearing minute auricles; 

 wings falcate, joined to the keel; stamens diadelphous, 

 — 9 and 1: pod linear, flattened or cylindrical, 2- 

 valved, with pithy divisions between the seeds. Ken- 

 nedyas are easily grown from cuttings of nearly ripe 

 wood; also from seeds. They are mostly spring and 

 summer bloomers, and should rest in winter. Give 

 plenty of water during summer. They should be given 

 support: they grow from 3-10 feet high, making stifl', 

 woody stems. They may be trimmed back freely when 

 at rest. The taller kinds, like K. ruhicnnda and A'. 

 cocrhiea, are excellent for rafters. Well-rooted plants 

 may be planted permanently in the greenhouse border. 



A. Fls. nearly black. 



nlgrricans, Lindl. Twining, robust, somewhat pubes- 

 cent: Ifts. (sometimes reduced to 1) broad-ovate or 

 rhomboid, entire, obtuse or emarginate; fls. slender, 

 1 in. or more long, in short one-sided axillary racemes, 

 deep violet-purple or almost black: pod flattened. B.R. 

 20:171.'i. B.M. 3652. -AT. aernlea. Hort., with blue fls., 

 is perhaps this species. 



AA. Fls. red or scarlet. 

 B. Standard narrow-obovate. 



rubiofinda, Vent. Pubescent: ltts..'i-t in. long, ovate 

 to orbicular or ovate-lanceolate, entire: fls. dull red, 

 drooping in racemes, usually not exceeding the Ivs.; 

 standard narrow-obovate, reflexed; wings narrow and 

 erect : pod flat or nearly so. L. B.C. 10:954. B.M. 2(J8 

 (as Glycine rubicunda). B.R. 13:1101 (as Amphodiis 

 orafits). 



BB. Standard broad-ovate or orbicular. 



prostrflta, B. Br. Prostate or twining, pubescent : 

 Ifts. broad-obovate or orbicular, less than 1 in. long, 

 often wavy: stipules leafy, cordate: fls. 2-4 on each 

 peduncle (which usually exceeds the Ivs.), scarlet, % 

 in. long; standard obovate; keel incurved and obtuse; 

 wings narrow and short: podnearly cylindrical, pubes- 

 cent. B.M. 270 (as Glycine coccinea). 



Var. mijor, DC. (K. Ma:rryatt(e, Lindl. K. Marnjat- 

 tiUna, Hort.). Larger and more hairy: Ifts. larger, 

 strongly undulate: stipules sometimes 1 in. across: 

 fls. large, deep scarlet. B.R. 21:1790. Gn. 28:501. A.P. 

 3:547. — A very handsome winter-Howering twiner. 



coccinea. Vent. Densely pubescent: Ifts. .T or 5, ovate 

 or oblong, very obtuse, often 3-lobed : stipules very 



small: fls. ^ in. long, scarlet, in long-peduhcled clus- 

 ters of 15-20; standard orbicular; keel very obtuse: 

 pod flattened. B.M. 20ti4. L. B.C. 12:1126. -Known un- 

 der several names, as A', inophylla, Lindl., B.R. 17:1421 ; 

 A", dihitata. Cunn., B.R. 18:1526; Zichya tricolor, 

 Lindl., B.R. 25:52; Z. villdsa, Lindl., B.R. 28:68, and 

 others. Handsome slender twiner or trailer. L. jj g. 



KENKICK, WILLIAM, was born in 1795, and was the 

 oldest sou of .loliu Kenrick, one of the pioneer American 

 nurserymen. His father comujeuced his nursery in the 

 year 1790 on Nonantum Hill, near the line of the towns 

 of Newton and Brighton, Mass., and on the very ground 

 where the apostle Eliot began his labors for the Indians, 

 under Waban, their chief. The raising of peach seed- 

 lings was the commencement of Mr. Kenrick's work. 

 He soon acquired the art of budding, and thus offered 

 named varieties for sale. In the year 1823 his son Wil- 

 liam became a partner in the nursery, and we find the 

 first advertisement of the stock in the October number 

 of the "New England Parmer " of that year. It named 30 

 varieties of finest budded peaches 5 to8 feethigh atSSVa 

 cents each; 10 varieties of European grapes; 4 Ameri- 

 can: Isabella, Catawba, Bland and Scuppernong; cur- 

 rants, horse-chestnut, catalpa, mouutain ash, lilacs, 

 roses and a few other ornamental trees. It was stated that 

 the trees would be packed with clay and mats. The son, 

 William, appears to have assumed early control, having 

 planted in 1823 two acres in currants alone. In 1824 they 

 made 1 . 700 gallons of currant wine, increasing the amount 

 to 3,000 gallons in 182.') and to 3,600 in 1826. Mr. Ken- 

 rick was an enthusiast in whatever he did, his extensive 

 cultivation and introduction of the Lombardy poplar 

 being an illustration of his sanguine temperament. A 

 still more marked instance was his culture of the Morns 

 multieaiilis about the year 1835, and his advocacyof silk 

 culture. For a time he found this to be a more profit- 

 able venture to himself than to his patrons. But it 

 should be said that, however sanguine and confident 

 were his opinions, they were honesti}' held and with no 

 intent to mislead. In the year 1835 Mr. Kenrick pub- 

 lished "The American Silk Growers' Gui<le," a small trea- 

 tise on mulberry culture. In 1833 appeared the "New 

 American Orchardist." This is a larger work, and is a 

 full description of the fruits of that date. The author 

 acknowledges his large indebtedness to other cultivators, 

 especially to Mr. Roljert Manning, of Salem, who pub- 

 lished his "Book of Fruits" in 1838. Mr. Keni-ick died 

 in February, 1872. wm. C. Strong. 



K£NTIA (after William Kent, horticulturist, compan- 

 ion of Reinwardt in journeys through the Indian archi- 

 pelago). Palm(lce(F. Spineless palms with pinnate Ivs., 

 sharp-pointed or 2-toothed, linear-lanceolate Ifts., raid- 

 nerves scaly beneath, and rachis angled above; petiole 

 channeled above, rounded on the back. It differs from 

 Areca in the sharply 4-angled branchlets of the spadices; 

 and from Hedyscepe and Kentiopsis in having only 6 sta- 

 mens. Species at most 6 or 7, from the Moluccas to 

 northern Australia. The type is K. procera. Blume, 

 from New Guinea, which is not cult. It is probable that 

 none of the Kentias known to the American trade be- 

 long properly in this genus. 



K. austrAlis, Hort., from Lord Howe's Island, is probably one 

 of the four following palms which, according to Maiden in Proc. 

 Linn. Soe. N. S. W. 1898, are the only palms on that island: 

 Clinostigma Mooreanum, Howea Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 

 and Hedyscepe Canterburyana. K. australis was int. 1873 and a(^ 

 vertised 1893 by John Saul.— £^. Belmoreana, C. Moore=Howea 

 Belmoreana. — fi". Baueri, Seem. = Rhopalostylis Baueri.— ^. 

 Belmoreana, P. Muell. = Howea Belmoreana. — £. Br6wnii, 

 Hort. Dedicated to D. S. Brown, of St. Louis, Mo. Resembles 

 K. Macarthuri. Lvs. pinniite. arching: Ifts. truncate and pre- 

 morse. Very graeefid. A. G. 15:266 and20:223. This is, perhaps, 

 Nenga or Hydriastele.— fi". Canterhurydna, P. Muell. =Hedy- 

 scepe Canterburyana. — ^. du'an'cdfo, Planch. = Kentiopsis 

 divaricata. — IT. Dum,oniAna, Hort. Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & 

 Manda. P.B. 1:379.-5". elegans, Brongn. & Gris.=CyphophoB- 

 nix elegans,— ir. exorrhiza, H. Wendl.=Exorrhiza Wendlandi- 

 ana.— ^- Forsteridna. F. Muell. ^Howea Forsteriana.— ff. ^rw- 

 tescens. Hort. Ciilt. by Siebrecht & Son.— ii. tuMta. Brong.= 

 Cyphophoeuix fulcita. — K. grdcilis. Hort.— Microkentla grac- 

 ilis. -fi". Kirstenidna, Hort. Lvs. very slender, dark green, 

 arching, ascending, widely pinnated ; Ifts. broadly euneate 

 shaped like a sh.ark's fin, the truncate apex curiously erose, 

 ragged, the upper m.argin extending into a long, sharp tip: peti- 



