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WHEELBARROW. 



Water Reed. — Arundo Dbnax. 

 — See Aru'xdo. 



Water Starwort. — Callitriche 

 aqudtica. 



AVater Soldier. — Stratidtes 

 aloules. — This cm-ious British 

 plant, when rooted in the mud at 

 the bottom of ponds or other pieces 

 of still water, sends out long run- 

 ners, which rise to the surface, and 

 there protrude roots. Then de- 

 taching themselves from the parent 

 plant, they float about till they 

 have blossomed and perfected their 

 seeds ; after which they sink down ! 

 to the bottom, where, fixing them- : 

 selves in the mud, they ripen their j 

 seeds, which sow themselves, and i 

 thus give birth to new plants, ! 

 which send out fresh runners, to 

 rise to the surface the following ' 

 summer. "When this plant is to be 

 grown in pleasure-grounds or cis- 

 terns, it is only necessary to throw 

 some plants of it into the water to ' 

 which they are to be transferred, at 

 the time they are floating about in 

 their detached state ; and at the 

 proper season they will sink and 

 take root in the mud at the bot- ! 

 torn. These plants are worth 

 growing, on account of the curious 

 manner in which they illustrate the 

 beautiful economy of nature. 



Water Violet. — Hottbnia fja- 

 lusfris. — See Hotto'nia. 



Water Yam. — See Ouvira'ndra. 

 Watso'nia. — Iridece. — Bulbous 

 plants, very nearly allied to Gla- 

 diolus ; and which require exactly 



I the same culture as plants of that : 



! genus. — See Gladi'olus. 



i Wax Tree. — Ligustrum liici- 

 dum. — See Ligu'strum. 



Wayfaring Tree. — See Yi- 

 bu'rnttm. 



Weige'la. — CaprifoliacecE. — 

 Very beautiful shrubs, natives of 

 China, introduced in 1845, allied 

 to the Fly Honeysuckle, but much 



more ornamental. W. rosea is a 

 half-hardy shrub, with a profusion 

 of beautiful rose- coloured flowers. 



Weinma'nnia. — Cunoniacece. 

 — Stove shrubs, which should be 

 gro"v\'n in peat and loam, and which 

 are propagated by cuttings of the 

 young wood. The flowers are 

 whitish, and something like those 

 of the Melaleuca. 



WELLI^'GTo^•IA. — Coniferce. — 

 A great interest has been excited 

 respecting this tree, on account of 

 the specimen exhibited in London 

 in 1856 and 1857, of a portion of 

 its bark, formed into a room. The 

 tree in its native country, California, 

 is about three hundred feet high, 

 and thirty-two feet in circumference 

 at four feet from the ground. The 

 cones are very small ; and the 

 whole tree has not at all the ap- 

 pearance of the ordinary pines and 

 firs, the foliage (which is something 

 like Thuja) spreads less in the 

 lower branches than at the head of 

 the tree. 



WENDLA'^'DIA. — MenispermdL- 

 cece. — A climbing shrub, nearly 

 allied to Menispermum, formerly 

 called Cocculus carolinus. It re- 

 quires a little protection during 

 winter. 



WHEELBAiftiow. — A wheclbar- 

 row is a necessary appendage to 

 every garden ; and one intended 

 for the use of a lady ought to be 

 made as light as possible, and the 

 handles curved so as to require very 

 little stooping. The wheel also 

 ought to be made broad, to j)revent 

 it from injuring the walk. In ad- 

 dition to the wheelbarrow, there 

 may be a hand-barrow, consisting 

 of a square basket with two long 

 poles, so as to be carried between 

 two persons ; the use of this being 

 to hold the haulm of Sweet Peas, 

 the long stalks of perennial plants, 

 clippings of box, dead flowers, &c. 



