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flowers; tlieir own stateliness is then lost 
and an effect imparted quite foreign to 
what should surround such places. 
Junipers prefer light well-drained soil, 
and do not require any great depth, 
growing as well or better on a strata 
lying on gravel or rock as upon the 
richest loam. They are raised from 
seed, some of the kinds requiring heat to 
start them, and some nursing while 
young, and some may be propagated by 
cuttings. 
KALMIA. (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Ericaceae. All the species of this genus 
are most beautiful evergreen shrubs, 
ranking among the best we possess; 
K. latifolia is well known among Ameri¬ 
can plants, where its lovely, deep, rose- 
coloured, waxy flowers render it con¬ 
spicuous ; K. augustifolia , though smaller, 
is not less lovely. There are several 
varieties of this species, the best of 
which are vdriegata, with striped leaves, 
nana, rosea , and rubra, whose flowers 
vary in intensity, as the names imply. 
K. glauca and its variety, rosmarinifolia, 
are extremely pretty, little under shrubs, 
not rising above two feet, and in spring 
completely covered with their beautiful 
blossoms. All of them delight in sandy 
peat, and require the management of 
hardy plants of the class. They are raised 
from layers and seed; the latter requires 
to be sown on heat, and the young 
plants should be nursed in frames through 
the first year or two of their existence. 
KERRIA Japonica, (Decanpolle.) 
Nat. Ord. Rosaceae. An old and favorite 
plant, better known as Cor chorusjaponica, 
esteemed for covering arbours and walls, 
where its bright yellow or orange-coloured 
flowers have a lively appearance. It may 
also be grown as a shrub, and is equally 
effective in that way; it succeeds in any 
common soil and in almost all situations, 
growing fast, and offering ready means of 
increase by offsets, which rise in consi¬ 
derable numbers from the roots of esta¬ 
blished plants. 
KOLREUTERIA Paniculata (Linn.) 
Nat. Ord. Sapindacece. When planted 
at the foot of a south wall, this plant 
forms a handsome, spreading, tall shrub, 
with singular toothed pinnate leaves, and 
numerous panicles of white flowers; it 
will not bear a full exposure, as the young 
shoots are liable to injury from frost; 
common soil suits it, and propagation is 
effected by layers or root-cuttings. The 
only species is a native of China. 
LAGONYCHIUM (Bieberstein.) 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosce. The only species, 
L. Steplianianum , like the preceding, re¬ 
quires some protection from severe frost, 
a similar situation, and the covering of a 
mat in winter, is, however, sufficient to 
keep it in health, and cause the produc¬ 
tion of its handsome spikes of yellow 
flowers. In habit, it is a low tree, re¬ 
sembling an acacia, succeeding in common 
soil, and increased by seeds, layers, or 
cuttings struck under a frame. 
LARIX, Larch (Decandolle.) Nat. 
Ord. Coniferce . The larch, though possess¬ 
ing less variety than most other common 
genera of coniferce, is yet among the most 
ornamental, and, as a timber tree, fully 
equal to the best; the number of species 
has been reduced to two or three, and they 
can scarce be called definite; there are, 
however, several varieties, especially of 
L. Europea, the common larch, among 
which those called pendula, liorizontalis, 
Kellermanniana, and jiore rubro, are most 
remarkable. Larix Americana is itself a 
very handsome tree, and the variety re¬ 
ferred to it, called pendula, is particularly 
noticeable. They are deciduous, and re¬ 
garded as ornamental objects, are well 
suited for large plantations, where, in 
spring, the tender green of the growing 
leaves and shoots, and bright, deep, rose- 
coloured tints of the flowers, are most 
pleasing. They thrive in the poorest soil, 
and may be planted more thickly than 
most other trees, a circumstance worth 
considering, where shelter or a blind is 
required quickly. Grown for timber, the 
larch must be stationed in the most ex¬ 
posed places, and on the poorest and 
driest soil; on better land their early pro¬ 
gress is more rapid, but the wood in a few 
years becomes unsound. In favorable 
places, the return of measurable timber 
is found to exceed that of the pine, in 
nearly double the quantity, and trees of 
