Kennedya

Fifteen species. Green-house evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Kerria

Kerria japonica. Hardy deciduous shrub. Young cuttings. Common soil. More commonly called Cor-chorus japonicus.

Kirganelia

Kirganelia elegans. Stove evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.

Kitaibelia

Kitaibelia vitifolia. Hardy herbaceous. Seed. Common soil.

Kleinhovia

Kleinhovia hospita. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Knife

Of this the gardener requires several kinds. 1. Garden Knife,' with a curved blade, for common rough purposes. 2. Pruning Knife, with a straight blade, and fine edge. 3. Grafting Knife, also straight-bladed, but with a thinner and narrower blade. 4. Budding Knife, is like the grafting knife, but should have a double-edged sharp point, like an oyster-knife, and the handle of ivory, is wedge-shaped, for raising the bark from the wood. There is a variety of superior excellence, called Curtis's Budding Knife. 5. Asparagus Knife, has either a strong straight blade, with a sharp chisel-shaped point, or a slightly curved blade, with a saw-edge on the inner side of the curve.

Knightia

Knightia excelsa. Green - house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Knoxia

Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs, except K. loevis, which is annual. The former are increased by cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Kolreuteria

Kolreuteria paniculata. Hardy deciduous tree. Layers and root-cuttings. Sheltered common soil.

Koniga

Koniga maritima, var. variegata. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Common soil.

Krameria

Krameria pauciflora. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Krigia

Two species. Hardy annuals. Seed. Sandy loam.

Kuhnia

Four species. Two hardy, and two green-house herbaceous. Division. Sandy loam and peat.

Kydia

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Label

That which combines durability with facility of reference and cheapness, is a small piece of deal, planed smooth, painted white, and written upon with a lead pencil.

Fig. 96.

When required for a seed-bed, a small stake is to be driven into the ground, and from it the label to be suspended.

Labichea

Two species. Greenhouse shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Lablavia

Six species, besides varieties. Stove and green-house twiners. Four annuals, the rest deciduous. Annuals sow in pots in stove, seedlings plant out at end of May. Deciduous by cuttings. Common soil.

Labyrinth

Labyrinth is an arrangement of walks, inclosed by hedges or shrubberies, so intricate as to be very difficult to escape from. From the twelfth century to the end of the seventeenth, they were a very favourite portion of English pleasure grounds, but they are now more judiciously banished.

Lachenalia

Thirty-five species. Green-house bulbs, except L. glauca, which is hardy. Seed and offsets. Sandy peat.