ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat & loam, little silver sand. 
Position, pots, with shoots trained to trellis, or planted out in beds, 
& shoots trained up rafters. Pot or plant, Feb. or May. Water freely 
March to Sept-, moderately at other times. Prune straggling plants 
into shape in Feb. Apply weak stimulants occasionally to healthy 
plants in flower. Temp., March to Sept. 55° to 65°; Sept. to March 
40° to 50°. Propagate by seeds sown 3 in, deep in well-drained pots 
of light sandy soil in temp. of 55° to 65° in March or April; cuttings 
of firm young shoots, 2 to 3 in. long, inserted in well-drained pots of 
sandy pee under bell-glass in temp. 55° to 65°, March to July. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: K. coccinea, scarlet, summer, 10 to 15 ft.; prostrata, 
scarlet, spring, 3 ft. See also the genus Hardenbergia. 
Kentia (Umbrella Palm).—Ord. Palmacee. Stove palms. Leaves, 
feather-shaped, graceful. 
__ CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & peat, little silver sand. 
Position, well-drained pota in stove. Pot, Feb. or March. Temp. 70° 
to 85° March to Sept.; 60° to 65° Sept. to March. Water moderately 
Oct. to Feb., freely afterwards. Apply weak liquid manure to healthy 
as once a week, May to Sept. Synaes plants daily. Propagate 
y seeds sown 1 in. deep in light soil in temp. 80°, Feb. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: K. australis, 6 to 10 ft., Lord Howe's Island. See 
also the genera Howea and Hedyscepe. 
Kentucky Coffee-tree (Gymnocladus canadensis). — See 
Gymnocladus. 
Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera).—See Quercus. 
Kerria (Jew’s Mallow).—Ord. Rosacew. Hardy deciduous flower- 
ing shrub. Nat. Japan. First introduced 1700. 
CULTURE: Soil, good ordinary. Position, against S. or W. walls or 
fences, or in mixed shrubberies. Plant, Oct. to March. Prune in May 
or June, cutting off old or weak shoots only. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, one part leaf-mould & 
sand. Pot, Oct. Place in cold greenhouse & water moderately. After 
flowering, place plants in sunny position outdoors till Oct. Forcing: 
place plants in temp- 55° to 65° in Jan. Water moderately. Transfer 
plants to sunny position outdoors after flowering. Propagate by cut- 
tings of young shoots 2 to 3 in. long, inserted in sandy soil under bell- 
glass or hand-light or in cold frame in summer ; layering shoots in Oct. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: K. japonica (Syn. Cochorus japonica), yellow, May, 
6 to 10 ft., China, and its varieties flore-pleno (double), foliis argenteis variegatis 
(silver-leaved) and foliis aureis variegatis (golden-leaved). 
Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).—See Phaseolus. 
Kidney-bean-tree (Wistaria sinensis)—See Wistaria. 
Kidney Fern (Trichomanes reniforme).—See Trichomanes. 
Kidney Vetch.—See Anthyllis. 
Killarney Fern (Trichomanes radicans).—_See Trichomanes. 
Kilmarnock Willow (Salix Caprea pendula).—See Salix. 
King Fern (Osmunda regalis)—See Osmunda. 
King-plant.—See Anactoch ilus. 
King’s Flower (Eucomis regia).—See Eucomis. 
King’s Spear (Asphodelus lutea & A. ramosa).—See Asphodelus. 
Kitaibelia.—Ord. Malvacez. Hardy perennial herb. Flower- 
ing & orn. foliage. First introduced 1801. Foliage, vine-like. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open, large border or shrub- 
bery. Plant, Oct. or April. Propagate by division of roots in Oct- 
or April; seeds sown outdoors in April. 
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