856 KAULPUSSIA 



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

 and the plants transplanted to the open. The gei 

 Kaulfussia was founded by Nees in 18:i0. lu 1«17, hi 



ever, the plant was described by Cassini as Chirieis 

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

 L. H. B. 

 KENILWOETH IVY. Linaria CijmbalarUi. 



KENN£STA (Kennedy, of the nursery firm of Ken- 

 nedy & Lee, important English nurserymen of the lat- 

 ter part of last century). Legumindsce. 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 : Ivs. 

 mostly pinnately 3-foliolate: standard orbicular or obo- 

 vate, 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 stiff, 

 woody stems. They may be trimmed back freely when 

 at rest. The taller kinds, like K. ruhicmula and K. 

 cocrinea, are excellent for rafters. Well-rooted plants 

 may be planted permanently in the greenhouse border. 

 A. Fls. nearly black. 



nigricans, 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. 

 20:171,1. B.M. 3652.-A'. (•(pni/i'rt, Hort., with blue fls., 

 is perhaps this species. 



AA. Fts. red or scarlet. 

 B. Standard narrow-obovate. 



rubictoda, Vent. Pubescent: Ifts. 3-4 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. 268 

 (as Glycine rubicuHda). B.R. 13:1101 (as Amphodus 

 ovattis). 



BB. Standard broad-ovate or orbicular. 



prostrita, R. 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: pod nearly cylindrical, pubes- 

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



Var. mijor, DC. (K. Mclrryattce, Lindl. K. Marryat- 

 tictna, 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-flowering twiner. 



coccinea, Vent. Densely pubescent: Ifts. 3 or 5, ovate 

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



KENTIA 



small: fls. J^ in. long, scarlet, in loug-peduucled clus- 

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

 pod flattened. B.M. 2664. L.B.C. 12 :112G.-Known un- 

 der several names, as if. iuopft.!/ Ha, Lindl., B.R. 17:1421; 

 A", diliitala, Cunn., B.R. 18: l.'>26; Zlchya tricolor, 

 Lindl., B.R. 25:52; Z. rilldsa, Lindl., B.R. 28:08, and 

 others. Handsome slender twiner or trailer. L. H. B. 



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

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

 nurserymen. His father commenced 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- 

 liii;;-i was the commencement of Mr. Kenrick's work. 



Ik- sn.iii acquired the 

 iiuiiii'd varieties for sal 

 liam became a partner 

 first advertisement <.| 

 of the"NewEngl;ni.l i 

 varieties of finest l.n-i i 

 cents each; lOvarini^ 

 can: Isabella, Catawb: 

 rants, horse-chestnut. 



Df budding. 



id thus offered 

 23 his son Wil- 

 irsery, and we find the 

 II I lie October number 

 . hai year. It named 30 

 i I.. 8 feet high at33^^ 

 I" an grapes; 4 Ameri- 

 iiiid Scuppernong; cur- 

 mountain 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 1825 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 theilfonis 

 miilticaiili.i about the year 1835, and his advocacyof silk 

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

 able ventui-e to himself than to his patrons. But it 

 should be said that, however sanguine and confident 

 were his opinions, they were honestly held and with no 

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

 lished"The American Silk Growers' Guide," 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. Robert Manning, of Salem, who pub- 

 lished his "Book of Fruits" in 1838. Mr. Kenrick died 

 in February, 1872. ^\-j,. C. Strong. 



KfiNTIA (after William Kent, horticulturist. compan- 

 ion of Reinwardt in journeys through the Indian archi- 

 pelago). PalmAcece. Spineless palms with pinnate Ivs., 

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

 nerves scaly beneath, and rachis angled above; petiole 

 channeled above, rounded on the back. It differs from 

 Areca in thesharply 4-angledbranchletsof thespadices; 

 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. proeera. Blume, 

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

 none of the Kentias known to the Americati trade be- 

 long properly in this genus. 



K. oiMfmiis, Hort., from Lnnl Howeslslaml. is probably one 

 of fhefoiirfollowing7iahii«; «hi.-h, .ai-corilim; to Mai.l.-ii in Proc. 



, sli.-irptip; petl- 



