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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 f:?enus 

 Kaulfussia was founded by Nets in 1^20. In 1817, how- 



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1208. Charieis heterophylla. commonly known as Kaul- 

 fussia amelloides. 



ever, the plant was described by Cassini as Charieis 

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



L. H. B. 

 KENILWOETH IVY. Liuarla CuuihaJ'tria . 



KENNEDYA (Kennedy, of the nursery firm of Ken- 

 nedy & Lee, important English nurserymen of the lat- 

 ter part of last century). Legnminosa;. 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-folioiate: 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. rublciciida and A". 

 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.-SG52.-K. nen, lea, Hovt., with blue Hs., 

 is perhaps this species. 



AA. Fls. red or scat-let. 

 B. Standard narrow-ohovate. 



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 an<l 

 erect; pod flat or nearly so. L.B.C. 10:954. B.I\I. 2(18 

 (as Ghjciiie rubiciDida). B.R. 13:1101 (i\.^ Ampliodas 

 ovatus). 



BB. Standard broad-ovate or orbicHlar. 



prostrkta, R. Br. Prostate or twining, pubescent : 

 Ifts. broad-obovate or orbicular, less than 1 in. lung, 

 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: podnearly cylindrical, pubes- 

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



Var. mS-Jor, DO. {fC. Md-rryafta^, Lindl. K. Marryat- 

 tid.ua, Hort.j. Larger and more hairy: Ifts. larger, 

 strongly undulate: stipules sometimes 1 in. across; 

 fls. large, deep scarlet. B.R. 21:1790. Gn.28:r)01. 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. ^2 in. long, scarlet, in long-pedubcled clus- 

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

 pod flattened. B.iM. 2(104. L.B.C. 12 ;1126.-Known un- 

 der several names, as A'. Inophylla, Lindl., B.R, 17; 1421; 

 K. dilatdta, Cunn., B.R. 18:1526; Zichya tricolor, 

 Lindl., B.R. 25;52; Z. villosa, Lindl., B.R. 28;G8, and 

 others. Handsome slender twiner or trailer. L H B 



KENRICK, WILLIAM, was born in 1795, and was the 

 oldest son of John Kenrick, one of the pioneer American 

 nurserymen. His father commenced his nur.sery in the 

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

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

 where the apostle Eliot began his labors for the Indians, 

 under Waban, their chief. The raising of peach seed- 

 lings was the commencement of Mr. Kenrick's work. 

 He soon acquired the art of budding, and thus offered 

 named varieties for sale. In the year 1823 his son Wil- 

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

 first advertisement of the stock in the October number 

 of the "New England Farmer" of that year. It named 30 

 varieties of finest budded peaches 5 to 8 feet high at 33/':, 

 cents each; 10 varieties of European grapes; 4 Ameri- 

 can: Isabella, Catawba, Bland and Scuppernong; cur- 

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

 rose sand a few other ornamental trees. It was stated that 

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

 William, appears to have assumed early control, having 

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

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

 to 3,000 gallons in 1825 and to 3,000 in 182(i. Mr. Ken- 

 rick was an enthusiast in whatever he did, his extensive 

 cultivation and introduction of the Lombardy poplar 

 being an illustration of his sanguine temperament. A 

 still more marked instance was iaisculture of the jl/onrs- 

 mnlticaidis about the year 1835, and his advocacy of silk 

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

 able venture to himself than to his patrons. But it 

 should be said that, however sanguine and confident 

 were his opinions, they were honestly held and with no 

 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 "New 

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

 full description of the fruits of that date. The author 

 acknowledges hislarge indebtedness to other cultivators, 

 especially to Mr. Robert Manning, of Salem, who pub- 

 lished his "Book of Fruits" in 1838. Mr. Kenrick died 

 in February, 1872. ^^r^^ q, Strong. 



K]£NTIA (after William Kent, horticulturist, compan- 

 ion of Reinwardt in journeys through the Indian archi- 

 pelago). Palmdccip. Spineless palms with pinnate Ivs., 

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

 nerves scaly beneath, and rachis angled above; petiole 

 channeled above, rounded on the back. It differs from 

 Areca in the sharply 4-angled branchletsof the spadices; 

 and from Hedyscepe and Kentiopsis in having only G sta- 

 mens. Species at most G or 7, from the Moluccas to 

 northern Australia. The type is K. procera, Blurae, 

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

 none of the Kentias known to the American trade be- 

 long properly in this genus. 



K. ai(strali.'i,IioTi.,fvora Lord Howe's Island, is probably one 

 of the four folio will tj palms which, according toMaideu in Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1808, are the only paims on that island: 

 Cliiinstigma IMooreanum, Howea Bebnoreana and Korsterinna, 

 aiid Hedysi-epe Oanterburyana. K. australis was int. 187.3 and ad- 

 vertised 181i;{ by .Tolin vSaul.— jft. Bclnwredna, C. Moore=Howea 

 Belaioreanii. — /T. Jiaueri, Seem. = Rliopalostylis Baneri.— A', 

 B'-hnirreana, F. Muell. = Howea Belmoreana. — it. Bn'mmii. 

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

 K. Mucarthuri. Lvs, pinnate, arching; Ifts. truncate and pre- 

 mnrso. Very graceful. A.G. l.'?::2t>(i and20:'223. This is, perhaits, 

 Neiiga or Hyilriastele.— 7v". GaiitcrJiiirydna, F. Maell.=Hedy- 

 scepe Canterbiiryaiia. — K. dlraricdta, Planch. = Kentiopsi^ 

 divaricata. — A'. T>iim,niiiAna. Hort. Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & 

 Manda. F.R. l-.'MU.— K. el egans, Bronsn. & Gris.=Cyphophoe- 

 nix elei^ans. — /C. e.rnrrhlza, H. Wendl. = Exorrbiza Wendlandi- 

 ana.— /C. Fortitcridna, F. MuGll.=Howea Forsteriana.— TT. fr)/- 

 ((',sc('/is, Hort. Cult, by Slebrecht & Son.— K. fulnta, Brong.=^- 

 Cyphnphoenix fulcita. — it. grdcil'iH, Ht)vt.^Mi'U*okentia grac- 

 ilis. —AT. Kirstcnidna, Hort. Lvs. very slondor, dark green, 

 archins^, as(^cntlins:. widely pinnated ; Ifts. broadly cnnefite, 

 shapoil Iik(^ a shark's fin, the tninfate apex curiously erose, 

 ragtted, the upper margin extending into along, sharp tip; peti- 



