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WATER LILY. See Nympilea. 



WATER PLANTAIN. See Alisma. 



WATER REED. See Arundo. 



WATSONIA. [Iridaceae.] Stout- growing greenhouse 

 bulbs of ornamental character. They should be treated like 

 the stronger-growing half-hardy Gladioli. Peat and loam. 

 Offsets. 



WEIGELA. [Caprifoliacese.] Very handsome hardy 

 deciduous shrubs, adapted for planting against ornamental 

 walls. They are free-growing, striking readily from cuttings 

 or from layers, and grow yigorously in good garden soil. The 

 blossoms, at first white, but changing to rose pink, are pro- 

 duced, generally in great profusion, in spring upon the par- 

 tially bare branches, the development of the flowers being 

 coeval with the first growth of the leaf-buds. W. amaUlis and 

 W. rosea flower pink. W. lutea blooms yellow. 



WELLINGTONIA. [Coniferse.] A magnificent hardy 

 evergreen tree. Loam. Seeds. W. giqantea is the only one. 



WHITLAVIA. [Hydrophyllace^.f Hardy annuals of 

 ornamental character. Rich light soil. Seeds. The one to 

 grow is W. qrancUfiora. 



WHITLOW GRASS. See Draba. 



WHORTLEBERRY. See Vaccinium. 



WILLOW. See Salix. 



WINDFLOWER. See Anemone. 



WINTER ACONITE. See Eranthts. 



WINTER CHERRY. See Physalis. 



WISTARIA. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae.] Hardy 

 vigorous-growing deciduous climbers, of which two species 

 are frequent in gardens. The most beautiful of the two is 

 W. Sinensis, formerly named Glycine Sinensis, a perfectly hardy 

 climbing shrub, bearing long racemes of purplish-lilac flowers 

 before the foliage is produced. They grow very freely in rich 

 loamy soil. Young plants, when newly planted, are often of 

 slow growth ; but as soon as they get established they grow 

 very rapidly, the annual shoots often extending twenty feet 

 in length. The flowers are, however, produced on spurs of 

 the old wood. It is generally grown on a south wall, and 

 early in the spring makes a show that eclipses most other 

 things near it. Horizontal training is the best fur this plant ; 



