K N A 



K N A 



Names and Sorts. 



Solani/m, night-sliadc, furnisirmg the pofatoe 

 and toniatoe — tubcnuis-rootcd sol.muni, or pota- 

 <oe — the common round red potatoe — early round 

 red — oblong red — deep red — pale red — rough 

 jed — white kidney- shaped — large red-ended 

 kidney — white round — white cluster — prolific 

 American. 



Tomatoe, or love-apple; varieties. 



Spbtacia, spinach — round, thick-leaved, or 

 smooth-seeded — triangular-leaved, or prickly- 

 seeded; the former for spring and summer 

 crops, the latter to stand the winter. 



Tanacetum vulgare, common tansey. 



Thymus vulgaris, common thyme — the varie- 

 ties with broad leaves — with narrow leaves — 

 with striped leaves. 



Tragopogon porrl folium, salsafy. 



Tropceolum, Indian Cress, or nasturtium — 

 nasturtium minus — nasturtium majus; their 

 flowers for garnish and sallads, and their seeds 

 to pickle. 



Valeriana Loaista, corn-sallad, or lamb's- 

 lettuce. 



Vicia Faha, the bean — early Mazagan — early 

 Lisbon — long-pod — Turkey long-pod — toker 

 bean — Sandwich bean — Windsor bean — white- 

 blossomed — red-blossomed — Spanish bean — 

 nonpareil bean — dwarf fan bean, very low. 



See the different Geneka. 



KNAUTIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the herbaceous, annual, and biennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Tetrandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 jiggregat<e. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a com- 

 mon perianthium, containing the floscules dis- 

 posed in a simple orb, simple, cylindric, oblong, 

 upright : divisions awl-shaped, approximated, 

 of the number of the floscules : perianthium 

 proper, very small, crowning the germ, quite 

 entire, coriaceous, pervious at top : the corolla 

 is universal, equal : proper one-petalled, un- 

 equal : tube the length of the calyx : border un- 

 equal, four-cleft; the exterior segment larger 

 and ovate : the stamina have four filaments, 

 longer than the tube of the corolla, inserted into 

 the receptacle : anthers oblong, incumbent : the 

 pistillum is an inferior germ : style filiform, 

 length of the stamens : stigma thickish, two- 

 cleft : there is no pcricarpium : the seeds soli- 

 tary, four-sided, crowned with the down, and 

 covered with the proper involucre of the flowei- ; 



Modes of Culture. 

 By planting pieces of the roots, or the roofs 

 whole, in spring; also by sowing seed occasiou- 

 allv to obtain new varieties. 



By Sowing the seed annually, on a hot-bed, 

 in the spring. 



By sowing seed annually, in spring, summer, 

 and autumn, for use most part of the year. 



By parting the roots, and planting in spring or 

 autumn. 



By sowing seeds in March and April; also by 

 planting slips of the root and branches, and bv 

 cuttings ; but seed is the only way to raise a 

 quantity of the common sort ; and the other 

 methods to continue the varieties, or for a gene- 

 ral supply. 



An esculent root, by seeds annually in spring. 



Raised annually from seeds, sown at diiferent 

 limes in spring. 



By seed sown in spring and autumn. 



By seed sown annually, at different times fron» 

 October until June, but principally in the early 

 spring months. 



the receptacle common, scarcely remarkable, 

 flat, naked. 



The species cultivated arc: 1. K. OrientuUs, 

 Oriental Knautia ; 2. K. Propon/ica, Levant 

 Knautia. 



The first rises with an upright branching 

 stalk four feet high : the branches terminated 

 by single peduncles, each supporting one flower, 

 with the florets of a briglu-red colour: the 

 leaves on the middle of the stem are pinnatifid ; 

 the rest only serrate : the flowers radiate, with 

 five florets (four). It is annual, and a native 

 of the Levant, flowering from June to September. 



The second has the stem biennial, the thick- 

 ness Of a finger, two feet high, villose: the leaves 

 somewhat hairy, rugged, and serrate, except the 

 upper ones, which are quite entire, and a span 

 long: thecalyxesoblong, cylindrical, consistingof 

 eight or ten lanceolate leaflets, awl-shaped at 

 the tip : corollas not longer than the calyx, 

 four-cleft ; the marginal ones larger, with the 

 outer segment larger, purple : middle corollets 

 often four, smaller, less irregular : anthers pur- 

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