KAL 



KEN 



Joum, with a little sandy peat. Winter temp., 35 

 to 45. Cratacgoi des has stood for years against a 

 conservative wall in the Chiswick Gardens, and 

 produced fruit there in 183/. The male flowers 

 are in clusters ; the female flowers are solitary. 

 K. cratcegoi'des (hawthorn-like). 60. 1831. 



oblo'nga (oblong-leaved). 30. June, 1830. 



KALANKO'E. (From the Chinese name 

 of one of the species. Nat. ord., House- 

 leeks [Crassulacese]. Linn., S-Octandria 

 ^-Tetragyma. Allied to Kochea.) 



Stove succulent evergreens. Cuttings dried at 

 their base soon root in sandy loam, in a little heat ; 

 sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80, and 

 abundance of water when growing and flowering. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 55, and almost dry. 

 K. acutiflu'ra (pointed-flowered). 2. White. Au- 

 gust. E. Ind. 1806. 



Mgypti'aca. (Egyptian). 2.Yellow. July. Egypt. 



1820. 



'Ceratophy'lla (horn-leaved'). 2. Yellow. July. 

 China. 'l820. 



crena'ta (scolloped). 2. Yellow. August. 



Sierra Leone. 1793. 



lacinia'ta (cut-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. E. 



Ind. 1781. 



rotundifu'lia (round-leaved). 2. White. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



,9paWwfa7a(spatulate). 2. Yellow. July. China. 

 1820. 



va'rians (variable). Yellow. July. E.Ind. 

 KALE. See BORECOLE. 



KA'LMIA. (Named after Peter Kalm, 

 a Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., Heath- 

 worts [Ericaceae]. Linn., 10-Decandna 

 1-Monoggnia. Allied to Azalea.) 



Hardy evergreens, all from North America, and 

 all red-flosvered, except where specified. By cut- 

 tings of young shoots in sandy peat, in a shady 

 place, under hand-lights ; by layers made at the 

 end of summer; by seeds sown ; n shallow pans 

 filled with sandy peat, and kept close in a frame 

 until the seedlings are up, pricked off when fin- 

 gerable, kept close again, and gradually inured 

 to the open air ; sandy peat-soil is best, though 

 the.7 often thrive well in sandy loam and leaf- 

 mould ; good for forcing. 

 K. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. June. 1736. 



fo'liis variega'tis (variegated-leaved). 2. 



June. 



mi'nima (least). 2. June. 



na'na (dwarf). 2. June. 



ova' ta (egg-leaved). 2. June. 



pu'mila (dwarf). 2. June. 



ro'sea (rosy). 3. June. 



ru'bra (red-flowered). 3. June. 



cunea'ta (wedge-leaved). 2. White,red. June. 



1820. 



glau'ca (milky- green). 2. Purple. April. 1767. 

 rosmarinifo'lia (rosemary - leaved). 2. 



April. 1812. 



fttrsu'ia (hairy). J. August. 1786, 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 8. June. 1734. 



KALOSA'NTHES. Asynonymeof Kochea, 

 and now erroneously applied to Cra'ssula 

 tocci'nca and its varieties. See KO'CHEA. 



KANGURU VINE. Ci'ssus anta'rclicus. 



KABELI'NIA. (Derivation not explained. 

 .Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracea?] . Linn., 

 IQ.Syngenesia 



Hardy herbaceous. Divisions of the plant ia tie 

 spring ; common garden-soil. 

 K. Ca'spia (Caspian). Purple. August. Caspia. 



KAULFU'SSIA. .(Named after F. Kaul- 

 fuss, M.D. Nat. ord., Composites [Aster- 

 acese]. Linn., 19-Syngenesia2-Superflua.} 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in the flower-border, in 

 April, or in a slight hotbed, in March, and trans- 

 planted afterwards. The last method is the best. 

 K. aesculifo'lia (chestnut-leaved). Brown, yellow. 

 June. Isle of Leyte. 



amelloi'des (amellus-like). 1. Blue. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1819- 



KELP is the ash remaining after sea- 

 weed is burnt, and has been used with 

 great advantage as a manure to potatoes, 

 brocoli, and other species of cabbage- 

 worts. Jt is composed of carbonate of 

 soda, and iodide and bromide of potas- 

 sium, carbon, sulphates of lime and 

 magnesia, and other matters of trivial 

 importance. See GREEN MANURE. 



KENNE'DYA. (Named after Mr. Ken- 

 nedy, of the firm of Lee and Kennedy, 

 nurserymen. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Unn^n-Diadclphia 

 '3-Decandria. 



Greenhouse evergreen twiners, from New Hol- 

 land. Cuttings of short side-shoots getting firm, 

 in April and May, in sand, over sandy peat, under 

 a bell-glass, kept close for a fortnight, and then 

 put into a little extra heat ; peat and sandy loam. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48, and most of them like 

 a little shade in summer. All the species, also, 

 may be easily propagated by seeds, which, after 

 being soaked in warm water for a few hours, may 

 be sown in sandy soil, and placed in a hotbed. 

 K. cocci'nea (scarlet). 10. Scarlet. June. 1803. 



Comptonia'na (Compton's). 12. Blue. April. 



1803. 



heterophy'lla (variable-leaved), 4. 1824. 



inophy'lla (nerve-leaved). 4. Scarlet. June. 1824. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 15. Purple. 1835. 



Marrya'ttcc (Mrs. Marryatt's). 4. Scarlet. 



April. 1834. 



monophy'lla (simple-leaved). 10. Purple. May. 



1790. 



longiracemo'sa (long-racemed). 3. Pink. 



1828. 



ni'gricans (d&rk-corollaed). 3. Purple, green. 



March. 1832. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved). 6. Purple, June. 1816. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 4. 1824. 



prostra'tu (prostrate). 4. Scarlet. April. 1790. 

 mi'nor (smaller). Red. June. 1836. 



rubicu'nda (red). 10. Dark red. June. Brazil. 



1788. 



seri'cea (silky). 4. Scarlet. May. 1824. 



SterWngii (Stirling's). 3. Scarlet. May. 1834. 



KENTROPHY'LLUM. (From kentron, a 

 spine, and phyllon, a leaf; literally, spine- 

 leaved. Nat. ord., Composites [Asteraceoe]. 

 Linn., l9-8yngenesia 3-Frustranea.) 



Hardy annuals, except arbore'scens, which ifc 

 a half-hardy evergreen shrub. Seed in April, but 

 better still in a hotbed, in March, and trans- 

 planted in May. Cuttings of the young shoots of 



