THE 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
April, 1845. 
OF THE GENERA KENNEDYA AND DILLWYNIA. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
The relative value of newly imported plants or seeds is fre¬ 
quently a matter of much anxious conjecture to those who 
happen to have the care of them, and often years of fruitless 
attention are bestowed upon forms the most ephemeral and 
worthless ; but on the other hand there are plants, which, though 
subject to the most unfortunate treatment, preserve to them¬ 
selves, despite every untoward accident, a place of no mean ac¬ 
count in nearly all collections, and, when seen under favourable 
circumstances, present a perfect flood of beauty: of this latter 
class, are the plants now portrayed, which, though they have 
no particular claims on the score of novelty, and are frequently 
seen suffering the effects of unpropitious treatment, yet are 
capable of being made to form most ornamental objects. 
In the management of Kennedyas, the most important con¬ 
sideration devolves upon the due supply and maintenance of a 
genial atmosphere; it is true they are natives of a country 
whence plants of a far hardier character have been obtained, 
and this has probably led to an error in their management, for 
instead of being found in arid or exposed situations, as much of 
the flora of that country is, the Kennedya almost invariably 
occurs in spots remarkable for the salubrity of the air and alluvial 
nature of the soil: in sheltered glades near the course of waters, 
VOL. VI. NO. IV. h 
