KffiM 



KEN 



K.e'lega-ns (elegant). 1. Purple. Pegu. 18-28. 



Gala'nga (Galanga). 1. White, purple. 



July. East Indies. 1728. 



margina'ta (bordered). 1. Blue. July. 



East Indies. 182-2. 



ocalifo'lia (oval-leaved). 1. Blue. June. 



Malacca. 1822. 



rotu'nda (round- rooted}. \. Red, white. 



July. East Indies. 1764. 



KAGEXK'CKIA. (Named after Count 

 KfujfHcck, a patron of botany. Nat. 

 ord., Roneicorfs [Eosacete]. Linn., l'-2- 

 Icosrtn dria '2-Pentagyn ia. ) 



Half-hardy evergreen trees, from Chili, with 

 white flowers. Cuttings of rather ripe shoots, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass ; probably also by 

 grafting on some rosaceous plant, as the Haw- 

 thorn ; loam, with a little sandy peat. Winter 

 temp., 35 to 45. Crateegoides has stood for 

 years against a conservative wall in the Chis- 

 wick Gardens, and produced fruit there in 1837. 

 The male flowers are in clusters ; the female 

 flowers are solitary. 

 A', cratagoi'des (Hawthorn-like). 6rt. 1831. 



oblo'nga (oblong-teaeerf). 30. June. 1830. 



KAT.AXKO'K. (From the Chinese 

 name of one of the species. Nat, ord., 

 [Crassulacea 1 ]. Linn., S- 



ia - Allied to 



Stove succulent evergreens. Cuttings dried 

 at their base soon root in sandy loam, in a 

 little heat ; sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 

 to 8(, and abundance of water when growing 

 apd flowering. Winter temp., 45 to 55, and 

 almost dry. 



A', nrutiflo'ra (acute-flowered). 2. White. 

 August. East Indies. 1806. 



JKgypti'ucu (Egyptian). 2. Yellow. July. 



Egypt. 1820. 



ceratophff'lta (horn-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. China. 1820. 



n-ena'tti (scolloped). 2. Yellow. August. 



Sierra Leone. 1 793. 



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



East Indies. 1781. 



rotnndifo'Iia (round -leaved). 2. White. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



spatnlii'bi (spatulate). 2. Yellow. July. 



China. 1820. 



va'rians (variable). Yellow. July. East 



Indies. 



and gradually inured to the open air ; sandy 

 peat soil is best, though they often thrive well 

 in sandy loam avid leaf mould ; good for forcing. 

 A*, ttitgiisfiffi'lin (narrow-leaved). 3. June. 



173(3. 



-- fo'liis variega'tis (variegated- 

 leaved). 2. June. 



mi'nimu (least). 2. June. 



nii'na (dwarf). 2. June. 



ova'ta (egg-/tm<ed). 2. June. 



pu'mila (dwarf). 2. June. 



ro'sca (rosy). 3. June. 



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



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



June. 1820. 



glau'cal milky-green). 2. Purple. April. 



1/67. 



-- rosmarintfo'Ka (Rosemary-leaved). 2. 

 April. 1812. 



Jiirsu'ta (hairy). lj. August. 1/80. 



lutifo'liu (broad-leaved). 8. June. 1734. 



KAI.OSA'NTHES. A synonyme of Ro- 

 che n, and now erroneously applied to 

 Crasiwla coccinca and its varieties. See 

 Rochea. 



KAXOUIUJ A'INE. Ci'ssns (mto'rcticu*. 



KAiiKu'iMA. (Derivation not ex- 

 plained. Nat. ord., Civmposilcs [Aste- 

 racere]. Linn., Ii)-Syn<jcnesia 2- Super - 



/.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Divisions of the plant, in 

 the spring; common garden soil. 

 A". Ca'spia (Caspian). Purple. August. Caspia. 



KAIT i r'ssiA. (Named after/''. Kaiil- 

 /'H.S-.S, M.D. Nat. ord., Corftposites [As- 

 teruccn 1 ,]. Linn., iy-&>/iin<.'iu'xia 2-Sn- 



KAT.K. See 



KA'LUIA. (Named after Peter Knlm, 

 a Swedisli botanist. Nut. ord., Ilailh- 

 worfs [Ericacea']. Liun., l()-l)i'camlria 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to A/alea.) 



Hardy evergreens, all frorn North America, 

 and all red-flowered, except where specified. 

 Ky nuttings of young shoots, in sandy peat, in 

 a shady place, under hand-lights ; by layers } 

 made at the end of summer ; by seeds sown in I 

 shallow pans filled with sandy peat, and kept I 

 close in a frame until the seedlings are up, r 

 pricked ott when fingerable, kept close again, : 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in the flower-border, 

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

 transplanted afterwards. The last method is 

 the best. 

 K.eesculifo'lin. (Chesnut - leaved). Brown, 



yellow. June. Isle of Leytc. 

 amelloi'des (Ainellus-like;. 1. Blue. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1819. 



Kr,i, i' is the ash remaining after sea 

 Aveed is burnt, and has heeu vised with 

 great advantage as a manure to potatoes, 

 hroooli, and other species of cabbage 

 worts. It 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. 



KKNN r/i >YA. ( N anic,d after Mr. Keu- 

 n<-<lt/,ui' the 1'mn of I -CM- and Kennedy, 

 imrseryinc-n. Xat. ord., L^mniiious 

 Plants [Fabaceoj]. Linn., ll-IHadtl- 

 j>hla ^.-Decnndi'ia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen twiners from New 

 Holland. Cuttings of short side shoots getting 

 firm, in April and May, in sand, over sandy 



