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compartments of the garden, acting as ; 

 a kind of underdrainers, by their bur- 

 rowings. To keep them from coming 

 near the surface of lawns, it may be | 

 sprinkled with salt at the rate of live ' 

 bushels per acre, three times a year, in i 



ed and thinned to six inches asunder ; 

 and those taken away pricked at a like 

 distance ; water being given if the wea- 

 ther is at all dry. The slips and cut- 

 tings are planted in a shady border, 

 about eight inches apart, and water 



spring, summer, and autumn. The ! given regularly every evening until they 

 most speedy destruction is brought upon j have taken root. 



them by dissolving two ounces of corro- The only cultivation required is to 

 sive sublimate in every forty gallons of, clear away the decayed stalks in au- 

 water, and applying this profusely on I tumn, and to keep them constantly clear 

 the grass infested. The worms come j of weeds by frequent hoeings. To 

 to the surface and may be destroyed by i obtain seed no further care is required 

 thousands. The sublimate is a virulent : than to gather the stems as they ripen 

 poison. Lime-water always must be an ! in autumn. The Roman seldom per- 



uncertain application, because even if 

 the lime be fresh from the kiln, there is 

 never any certainty of its being per- 

 fectly calcined, and every particle 

 which remains combined with carbonic 

 acid, is still chalk, and insoluble. The 

 strength of lime water is consequently 

 never uniform. 



Worms should not be allowed to re- 

 main in garden pots, for they puddle 

 the soil in so confined a space. 



WORMIA dentata. Stove evergreen 

 tree. Ripe cuttings, with the leaves on. 

 Light loam, or loam and peat. 



WORMWOODS. Artemisia. These 

 are perennial rooted bitter aromatics, 

 and cultivated solely for medicinal pur- 

 poses. Common wormwood {Artemisia 

 absinthium) ; Sea-wormwood (A. mari- 

 tima) ; Roman wormwood {A. Fontica) ; 

 Santonicum, or Tartarian wormwood 

 {A. Santonica). 



Soil. — The soil best suited to them is 



fects its seed. 



WOUNDWORT. Anthyllis vulnera- 

 ria. 



WOUNDS. See Extravasafed Sap. 



WRIGHTIA. Four species. Stove 

 evergreen trees and shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



WULFENIA carinthiaca. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Division or 

 seeds. Light rich soil. 



WURMBEA. Four species. Green- 

 house and half-hardy bulbous peren- 

 nials. Offsets. Sandy peat and loam. 



WYCH ELM. Ultnus montana. 



XANTHORIZA apiifolia. Hardy 

 evergreen shrub. Suckers. Common 

 soil. 



XANTHORRH^A. Six species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs, or herb- 

 aceous perennials. Offsets. Loam and 

 peat. 



XANTHOSIA rotundifolia. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings or 



one that is dry, light, and poor, other- I seeds. Loam, peat, and sand. 



wise they grow luxuriantly, and are de- j XANTHOXYLUM. Fourteen spe- 



fective in their medicinal qualities, as j cies. Stove and green-house evergreen 



well as in their power to withstand the : and hardy deciduous trees and shrubs. 



rigour of the winter. Any situation will i Ripe cuttings. Common soil. 



suit the common and sea wormwoods, ! XERANTHEMUM. Three species. 



that is open and unconfined, but the Hardy annuals. Seeds. Light rich soil. 



exotic species require to be sheltered i XEROPHYLLUM. Four species. 



from the severe aspects. In a severe Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division 



winter, the Tartarian can only be pre- j or seeds. Peaty soil. 



served under a frame. The sea worm- XIMENESIA. Five species. Hardy 



wood seldom flourishes, from the want [ annuals and biennials, and green-house 



of a genial soil ; the application of salt j herbaceous perennials. Seeds. Corn- 



would undoubtedly be beneficial. mon soil. 



Propagation. — They are all propa- \ XIMENIA. 

 gated by seed, as well as slips and cut- evergreen trees 

 tings, the first of which may be sown in I peat. 

 March or April ; and the latter planted [ XIPHIDIUM. Two species. Stove 

 during June, July, and beginning of ; herbaceous perennials. Division. Loam, 



Two species. Stove 

 Cuttings. Loam and 



August. The seed is sown thinly broad- 

 cast ; and when the plants arrive at a 

 height of two or three inches, are weed- 



peat, and sand. 



XIPHOPTERIS. Two species. One 

 a stove, the other a green-house peren- 



