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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. Charieis heterophylla, commonly known as Kaul- 

 fussia amelloides. 



ever, the plant was described by Cassini as Charieis 

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



L. H. B. 

 KENILWOBTH IVY. Linaria Cymbalaria. 



KENNED YA (Kennedy, of the nursery firm of Ken- 

 nedy & Lee, important English nurserymen of the lat- 

 ter part of last century). Leguminbsce. 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. rubicunda and K. 

 coccinea, 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. 

 20:1715. B.M. 3652. -K. ccerulea, Hort., with blue fls., 

 is perhaps this species. 



AA. Fls. red or scarlet. 

 B. Standard narrow -obovate. 



rubicunda, 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 Gly cine rubicunda). B.R. 13:1101 (as Amphodus 

 ovatus). 



BB. Standard broad-ovate or orbicular. 



prostrata, B. Br. Prostate or twining, piibescent : 

 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- 

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



Var. major, DC. (K. Marry attce, Lindl. K. Marryat- 

 tiana, 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.F. 

 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 



small: fls. Y z in. long, scarlet, in long-peduncled clu 

 ters of 15-20; standard orbicular; keel very obtu 

 pod flattened. B.M. 2664. L.B.C. 12 :1126. Known ui 

 der several names, as .K". inophylla, Lindl., B.R. 17:142; 

 K. dilatata, Cunn., B.R. 18:1526; Zichya tricot 

 Lindl., B.R. 25:52; Z. villosa, Lindl., B.R. 28:68, au 

 others. Handsome slender twiner or trailer. L H B 



KENRICK, WILLIAM, was born in 1795, and wastl 

 oldest son of John Kenrick, one of the pioneer America 

 nurserymen. His father commenced his nursery in tfc 

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

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

 where the apostle Eliot began his labors for the Indian; 

 under Waban, their chief. The raising of peach seec 

 lings was the commencement of Mr. Kenrick's worl 

 He soon acquired the art of budding, and thus offere 

 named varieties for sale. In the year 1823 his son Wi 

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

 first advertisement of the stock in the October numlx 

 of the "New England Farmer " of that year. It named i 

 varieties of finest budded peaches 5 to 8 feet high at33j 

 cents each; 10 varieties of European grapes; 4Ai 

 can: Isabella, Catawba, Bland and Scuppernong; 

 rants, horse-chestnut, catalpa, mountain ash, li 

 roses and a few other ornamental trees. It was stated 

 the trees would be packed with clay and mats. The sor 

 William, appears to have assumed early control, havin 

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

 made 1 ,700 gallons of currant wine, increasing the amouc 

 to 3,000 gallons in 1825 and to 3,600 in 1826. Mr. Ker 

 rick was an enthusiast in whatever he did, his extensiv 

 cultivation and introduction of the Lombardy popla 

 being an illustration of his sanguine temperament, i 

 still more marked instance was his culture of the Morn 

 multicaulis about the year 1835, and his advocacy of sil 

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

 able venture to himself than to his patrons. But i 

 should be said that, however sanguine and confiden 

 were his opinions, they were honestly held and withn 

 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"Ne\ 

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

 full description of the fruits of that date. The autho 

 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 diet 

 in February, 1872. WM a STRONG . 



KENTIA (after William Kent, horticulturist, compan 

 ion of Reinwardt in journeys through the Indian archi 

 pelago). PalmacecK. Spineless palms'with pinnate Ivs. 

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

 nerves scaly beneath, and rachis angled above; petioli 

 channeled above, rounded on the back. It differs fron 

 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 t( 

 northern Australia. The type is K. procera. Blume 

 from New Guinea, which is not cult, it is probable thai 

 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 on< 

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

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

 Clinostigma Mooreanum, Howea Belmoreana and Forsteriana 

 and Hedyscepe Oanterburyana. K. australis was int.1873 and ad 

 vertised 1893 by John Saul. K. Belmoreana, C. Moore=Howe 

 Belmoreana. K. Baueri, Seem. = Rhopalostylis Baueri. j 

 Belmoreana, F. Muell. = Howea Belmoreana.^. Brnwnn 

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

 K. Macarthuri. Lvs. pinnate, arching; Ifts. truncate and pre 

 morse. Very graceful. A.Gr. 15: 266 and 20: 223. This is, perhaps 

 Nenga or Hydriastele. K. Canterbury ana, F. Muell. =Hedy 

 scepe Canterburyana. K. divaricdta, Planch. = Kentiopsu 

 divaricata. K. Dumonidna, Hort. Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & 

 Manda. F.R. 1:379. K. eleaans, Brongn. & Gris.=Cyphophoe 

 nix elegans. K. exorrhlza, H. Wendl.=Exorrhiza Wendlai 

 ana. K. Forsteriana, F. Muell.=Howea Forsteriana. K. 

 tescens, Hort. Cult, by Siebrecht & Son. K. fulclta, Brot 

 Cyphophcenix fulcita. K. grdcilis, Hort.=Microkentia i 

 ills. K. Kirstenidna, Hort. Lvs. very slender, dark green 

 arching, ascending, widely pinnated ; Ifts. broadly cuneate 

 shaped like a shark's fin, the truncate apex curiously er 

 ragged, the upper margin extending into a long, sharp tip; 



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