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&c., which are not heavj', but 

 ■which take up a great deal of room. 

 These waste articles should be 

 carried to the reserve ground, where 

 they should be laid in a heap to rot 

 for manure. A great part of the 

 bep.uty of a flower-garden depends 

 on removing withered flowers and 

 all unsightly objects as soon as is 

 possible without injuring the plants 

 to which they belong. 



White Beam Tkee. — Pyriis 

 udVia.— See Py'rus. 



White Cedar. — Cupressus thy- 

 oldes. 



■• WhitloVia. — HydrophyllacecB. 

 — A very pretty and quite hardy 

 annual from California, with purple 

 tube-shaped flowers. 



Whitlow-grass. — See Dra'ba. 



Whortle-berry. — See Vacci'- 



NIUM. 



Wild Bugloss. • — Lycopsis. — 

 British and American annual plants, 

 some of which are pretty, and which 

 will grow in any common soil. 



Wild Liquorice. — A'brus pre- 

 catorius. — A climbing leguminous 

 plant, with pale-pui-ple flowers, 

 and very beautiful red and black 

 seeds ; a native of the West Indies. 

 The root tastes like liquorice. In 

 England the plant should be grown 

 in sandy peat, and it requires a 

 stove. The seeds are used for 

 making necklaces. 



Wild Olive. —Several plants are 

 known by this name ; but the one 

 most commonly so called is the 

 Elaaagnus. Three other plants, 

 called the Wild Olive, are the Eh us 

 Cotinus, the common Daphne, and 

 Kyssa sylvatica, or the Tupelo Tree. 

 Noteke a is also sometimes known 

 by the same name. 



Wild Service. — Pi/rus tormina- 

 lis. — See Py'rus. 



Wild Thyme.— TA^mMs Serpijl- 

 lum. 



Willow.— See Sa'lix. — Besides 



the botanical divisions of the genus 

 Salix, which are very numerous, 

 Willows are divided into three or 

 four distinct kinds ; viz., the Wil- 

 lows which include all the trees, 

 and generally all that have smooth 

 shining leaves ; the Osiers, which 

 are the shrubby species with long 

 pliant shoots ; and the Sallows, 

 which have thick, shaggy leaves. 

 The wood of the tree kinds is white, 

 and, being very soft and elastic, it 

 is u.sed for making bats for cricket- 

 players, wooden mallets, and other 

 purposes, where wood is required 

 that will bear a heavy blow without 

 splitting ; the Osiers are used for 

 basket-work ; and the Withies, 

 which are a diminutive kind of 

 Osier, for tying up bundles. All 

 the Willows grow best in moist 

 marshy laud ; and they are all pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, which strike 

 Avith the greatest facility. 



Willow-herb.— See Epilo'bium. 



Willow-oak. — QuerciisPhellos. 

 — An American Oak, with very nar- 

 row Willow-like leaves. 



WraDow - PLANT. — See Ouvi- 

 ra'ndra. 



Winged Pea. — Ldthyrus aldtus. 

 — See Lathy^rus. 



Winter Aconite. — See Era'n- 



THIS. 



Winter Berry. — See Pri'nos. 

 Winter Cherry. — See Phy'sa- 



LIS. 



Winter Cress. — Barharea vul- 

 garis. — A cruciferous plant, with 

 handsome yellow flowers. A dou- 

 ble-flowered variety of the common 

 Winter Cress is called the Yellow 

 Rocket. 



Winter Green. — See Py'rola. 



Wireworm. — The ver hlanc of 

 the French. 



Wista'ria. Ler/uminosce. 



Climbing shrubs, with drooping 

 racemes of beautiful purple or lilac 

 fragrant flowers, which in shape 



