KTR 



[ -VJ* ] KNO 



KIROANE'LTA. (Deriveil from the 

 Malabar name. Xat. ord., 

 [Kuphorbiacerc]. Linn., '-M 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of ripe 

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

 moist bottom-heat ; fibry loam and sandy peat. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to b'0. 

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

 1820. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Situation. A gentle declination to- 

 wards the south, with a point to the j 

 east, is the most favourable aspect ; to ! 

 the north-east 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 

 building on the east side, at some dis- 

 tance, shelter it from the piercing winds 

 which blow from that quarter ; and yet 

 are at such a distance as not to inter- 

 cept the rays of the rising sun, it is 

 much to be preferred to heightening the 

 Avail. It is a still greater desideratum 

 to have a similar 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 explanation, 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 inclement winds. 



iy'izr. To determine tho appropriate 

 sixe of a kitchen garden is impossible. 

 It ought to be proportionate to the si/e 

 of the family, their partiality for vege- 

 tables and the fertility of the soil. 



It may serve as some criterion to 

 state, that themanagement of a kitchen 

 garden occupying the space of an acre, 

 atfords ample employment for a gar- 

 dener, who will also require an assistant 

 at the, busiest periods of the year. In 

 general, a family of four persons, ex- 

 clusive of servants, requires a full rood 

 of open kitchen garden. 



KLEINHO'VIA. (Named after Mr. 

 Klt:inlt<>J)\ u I.Mitch botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Ili/tlncrinils [ Uyttneriaceie.";. Linn., 

 W-Mvnq'dclpiuQ '" r '-' '"'" illi ~ 1 ' 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe young 

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

 peat and loam. Summer temp., uU to 90; 

 winter, 50 to tiO. 



A', ho'spita (stranger). 20. Pink. Constant. 

 Moluccas. 1800. 



KNI'GHTIA. (Named after J. A. 

 KtiiijhJ, late President of the London 

 Horticultural Society. Xat. ord., Pro- 

 leads [Proteacea?}. IA.m\.,-Tftran<lria 

 l-3foiioyi/>tia. 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 buttoni-heat ; peat, with a little sandy 

 loam, and a few broken potsherds. Winter 

 temp., 35 to 45. In summer the pots should 

 be shaded. 



K. exce'lsit (lofty). 10. Flesh. New Zealand. 

 1824. 



KNIGHT'S STAR. Hlppe' cat-rum. 



KNOL-KOHL, or KOHL-HUBI (Brassica 

 caulo-rapa), the Turnip-stemmed Cab- 

 bage. It is sometimes called, also, the 

 Cape Cabbage. The stem is thick, rises 

 about eight inches out of the ground, is 

 swollen into a globular form, very like 

 a large Swedish turnip growing above, 

 ground, and is crowned with leaves, 

 slightly scolloped on the edges, undu- 

 lated, and milky green, like those of 

 the turnip we have mentioned. There 

 are several varieties of it, but the green- 

 stemmed and the purple-stemmed (es- 

 pecially the latter) are to be preferred. 



It is sweeter, more nutritious, and 

 more solid than either the Cabbage or 

 White turnip ; will produce a greater 

 weight per acre thau the turnip, and 

 prefers a heavier soil than that root; 

 is hardier and keeps better than any 

 other bulb; and imparts very little of 

 that flavour, either to milk or butter, 

 known as turnlpy. So .much relished 

 is it both by cows and sheep, that they 

 will leave either turnips or cabbages to 

 partake of it. Hares and rabbits are 

 so fond of it, that where they abound 

 Knol-kohlcan scarcely be grown. It is 

 excellent when boiled lor table. Sow 

 in tho first week of March, and plant 

 out in .lime in rows four feet apart, if 

 the soil is fertile, but only three fret if 

 the soil is less productive, and three 

 feet from plant to plant in the rows. 

 The plants must have the chief part 

 of thfir stems left 'uncovered by '!,< 



