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sowings of a size proportionate to the 

 consumption, will, in almost every in- 

 stance, be sufficient. 



They are inserted in drills, either 

 singly, three feet apart, or in pairs ten or 

 twelve inches asunder, and each pair four 

 feet distant from its neighbour. The seed 

 is buried two inches deep, and four apart 

 in the rows, the plants being thinned to 

 twice that distance. 



If grown in single rows, a row of poles 

 must be set on the south side of each ; 

 .being fixed firmly in the ground, they 

 may be kept together by having a light 

 pole tied horizontally along their tops, 

 or a post being fixed at each end of a 

 row, united by a cross bar at their tops : 

 a string may be passed from this to each 

 of the plants. If the rows are in pairs, a 

 row of poles must be placed on each side, 

 so fixed in the ground that their sum- 

 mits cross, and are tied together. 



If the runners are nipped off as fast as 

 they appear, the plants become bushy, 

 and are nearly as prolific as if allowed to 

 climb. 



To obtain Seed. Forty or fifty plants 

 of the dwarf kinds, or thirty of the run- 

 ners, will be sufficient for a moderate- 

 sized family. They must be raised pur- 

 posely in May, or a like number from the 

 crop in that month left ungathered from ; 

 for the first pods always produce the 

 finest seeds, and ripen perfectly. In au- 

 tumn, as soon as the plants decay, they 

 must be pulled up, thoroughly dried, and 

 stored in the pods. 



KIELME'YEKA. (Named after a German 

 patron of botany. Nat.ord., Theads [Tern- 

 stromiacese] . Linn., 13-Polyandria 1-Mo- 

 nogynia.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of young shoots 

 getting firm, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 heat; fibry, sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 75 ; winter, 45 to 55. 

 K. exce'lsa (tall). 60. White. July. Brazil. 1833. 



KIRGANE'UA. (Derived from the Ma- 

 labar name. Nat. ord., Spurgeworts [Eu- 

 phorbiacese]. Linn., 21-Monoecia lO-Jfo- 

 nadelphia. ) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of ripe shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in a strong, moist 

 tottom-heat ; fibry loam and sandy peat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 85; winter, 55 to 60. 

 K. e'legans (elegant). 6. July. Mauritius. 1820. 



KITCHEN-GARDEN. 



Situation. A gentle declination to- 

 wards the south, with a point to the east, 

 is the most favourable aspect; to the 

 north-es.st the least so : in short, any 



point to the south is to be preferred to 

 one verging towards the north. A high 

 wall should inclose it to the north and 

 east, gradually lowering to the south and 

 west. If, however, a plantation or build- 

 ing on the east side, at some distance, 

 shelter it from the piercing winds which 

 blow from that quarter, and yet are at 

 such a distance as not to intercept the 

 rays of the rising sun, it is 'much to be 

 preferred to heightening the wall. It is a 

 still greater desideratum to have a si- 

 milar shelter, or that of a hill on the 

 south-west and north-west points. The 

 garden is best situated at a moderate 

 elevation; the summit of a hill or the 

 bottom of a valley is equally to be avoided. 

 It is a fact not very difficult of explana- 

 tion, that low-lying ones are the most 

 liable to suffer from blights and severe 

 frosts ; those much above the level of the 

 sea are obviously most exposed to incle- 

 ment winds. 



Size. To determine the appropriate 

 size of a kitchen-garden is impossible. 

 It ought to be proportionate to the size 

 of the family, their partiality for vege- 

 tables, and the fertility of the soil. 



It may serve as some criterion to state, 

 that the management of a kitchen -gar den 

 occupying the space of an acre affords 

 ample employment for a gardener, who 

 will also require an assistant at the bu- 

 siest periods of the year. In general, a 

 family of four persons, exclusive of ser- 

 vants, requires a full rood of open kitchen- 

 garden. 



KLEINHO'VIA. (Named after Mr. Klein - 

 hoff, a Dutch botanist. Nat.ord., Byttne- 

 riads [Byttneriacese]. Linn., 16-Monadcl- 

 phia 7 -JDodecandria. Allied to Theobroma.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe young 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to Q0; winter, 

 50 to 60. 



K. ho'spita (stranger). 20. Pink. Constant. Mo- 

 luccas. 1800. 



KNI'GHTIA. (Named a.fterJ.A.Knighh 

 late president of the London Horticul- 

 tural Society. Nat. ord., Proteads [Prote- 

 aceee]. Linn., 4^-Tetrandria 1-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Grevillea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe 

 shoots, with all the leaves on, except a few at the 

 base of the cutting, in sandy soil, under a bell- 

 glass, and removed in a few weeks into a mild 

 bottom-heat ; peat, with a little sandy loam, and 

 a few broken potsherds. Winter temp., 35 to 4.6. 

 In summer the pots should be shaded. 

 K. exce'lsa (lofty). 10. Flesh. New Zealand. 18*1, 



KNIGHT'S STAR. Hippea'strum. 



