. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. KIDNEY BEAN KIDNEY BEAN. Common name in Englaiui for the common beans in distinction from the Liima bean, the former being Phaseolun vulgaris, the latter P. lunatus. KIDNEY VETCH. See AntJiyllis. KINGNUT. stile
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. KIDNEY BEAN KIDNEY BEAN. Common name in Englaiui for the common beans in distinction from the Liima bean, the former being Phaseolun vulgaris, the latter P. lunatus. KIDNEY VETCH. See AntJiyllis. KINGNUT. stileatu. KIN-KAN. See Kumquat. KINNIKINNICK. Dry bark of Amnmum. smoked by western Indians. KITCHEN GARDEN. See VegelabU Gardenimj, rotessor at Erfurt). LiliAcew. This genus in- cludes the Red-hot Poker Plant (Fig. 12U), which is unique in its appearance and one of the most striking plants in common cultivation. No one who has ever seen its pyramidal spike of blazing red lis. borne in au- tumn is likely to forget when and where he "discovered" this plant. It is herbaceous and nearly hardy N., has sword-shaped ft. long, and several scapes i or 5 ft. high surmounted by a spike 4-8 in. long composed of perhaps 100 tubular, drooping fls., each 1 in. or more long, and fiery, untamed red. A sky-rocket is not more startling. By far the commonest species is K. aloides, which has perhaps a dozen varieties with Latin names and twice as many with personal names. All the other species have much the same general effect, and are of interest chiefly to collectors and fanciers. Poker Plants are hardy south of Philadelphia when well covered in winter, but in the North it is generally safer to dig up the plants in November, place them in boxes with dry earth, and store them in a cellar in winter. In spring place them in a warm, sheltered, well-drained spot, preferably with a background of shrubbery to set off the flowers. The genus is confined to Africa and Madagascar, an
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