ENOCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
beries or lawns for erect species, rockeries or banks for dwarf species. 
Plant, Sept., Oct., or Nov. 
HEDGE CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, trenched two spits deep & 3 ft. 
wide, Plant, Sept. to Nov., 18in. apart. Ht.1to3 ft. Junipers form 
excellent screen trees- Propagate by seeds sown } in, deep in beds of 
light soil in cold frame in April, transplanting seedlings singly into 
small pots when 2 in. high & planting outdoors a year afterwards; cut- 
tings of young branches inserted in sandy soil in cold frame or under 
hand-light in Sept. or Oct. 
SPECIKS CULTIVATED: J. bermudiana (Bermuda Cedar), 20 ft., Bermuda; 
sinensis, 12 ft., China and Japan; sinensis aurea, leaves golden; communis 
(Common Juniper), 5 ft., Europe; communis fastigiata Irish Juniper), 5 ft.; excelsa, 
20 to 30 ft., Asia Minor; excelaa stricta (upright growing); occidentalis, 12 ft., 
N. America; macrocarpa, 12 ft., Orient; oxycedrus, 15 ft., S. Europe; sabina 
(Savin), 4 ft., Europe and N. America; virginiana (Red Cedar), 30 ft., N. America; 
and its varieties, argontea, aureo-variegata, glauca, pendula, and viridis. 
Jupiter’s-flower (Lychnis Flos-Jovis).—See Lychnis. 
eeeticles — Ord. Acanthaces. Stove flowering & orn. foliage 
ants. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould & sand. 
Position, well-drained pots in light stove Sept. to June, sunny frame 
June to Sept. Pot, March or April. Water moderately Sept. to March, 
freely other times. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 65°; March to June, 
65° to 75°. Prune shoots to 1 in. of base after flowering. Nip off points 
of young shoots occasionally May to Aug. to induce bushy growth. 
Apply liquid or artificial manure twice a week to plants in flower. Pro- 
pagate by cuttings of young shoots inserted Bingly in small pots of 
sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 75° March to July. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: J. calycotricha (Syn. flavicoma), yellow, winter, 2 ft., 
Brazil. See also the genus Jacobinia. 
Kadsura.—Ord. Magnoliacew.  Half-hardy trailing, flowering 
shrubs. Evergreen. First introduced 1846. Flowers succeeded by 
scarlet berries. 
CULTURE: Soil, peaty. Position, well-drained borders against 8. 
or W. walls. Plant, Sept. Oct., or April, Prune straggling shoots 
moderately in April. Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots 2 to 3 in. 
long, inserted in silver sand under bell-glass in cold greenhouse or 
frame, July to Oct. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: K. chinensis, white, summer, 6 ft., Japan; chinensis 
variegata, leaves variegated. 
Kzempferia.—oOrd. Scitaminacee. Stove herbaceous peren- 
nials. Orn. foliage. First introduced 1728. Flowers fragrant. 
Leaves, egg or lance-shaped, green bordered or flaked with white above 
and purple beneath. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts fibrous loam & peat with little 
silver sand and charcoal. Position, well-drained pots in light part of 
stove during growing period ; on their sides under staging in dry part of 
house during resting period. Pot, Feb. or March. Water freely, 
March to Sept., keep almost dry afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 
65° to 75°; Sept. to March 55° to 60°. Growing period, Feb. to Oct. 
Resting period, Oct. to Feb. Propagate by division of root stocks in 
eee OULTIVATED: K. Gilbertii, leaves variegated white’and green, 1 ft., 
Burma ; oa rosy purple, Aug., 6 in., Zanzibar; rotunda, white and violet, Aug., 
1 ft., India. ; 
Keempfer’s Iris (Iris levigata).—Sce Iris. 
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