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Index 



Wahoo, Evonymous, 359, 367 



Wahoo, Ulmus, 321 



Walking-stick, Mantidae, 131, 151 



Walnut, Juglans, 16, 102, 154, 171, 

 210, 259, 261; Black, 257; English, 

 260; White, 257 



Warblers, 130 



Water, taken up by rootlets, 17, ig, 

 21, 28; even supply favorable, 

 24; use of in transplanting, 174 



^^'ater-sprouts, 53, 59, 100 



Water-supply, deficiency cause of 

 death, 30, 31; reduced by pave- 

 ments, T,T,; and winter-killing, 66; 

 surplus at root, 58, 59; various 

 demands upon, 60; necessary to 

 growth, 77, 78; regulation by 

 drainage, 79; excluded by grading, 

 80; in old age, 121, 123; also 

 S3. 57, 62, 64, 169, 198, 199, 201, 

 206 



Water-works, mechanism of tree 

 compared with system of, 18 



Wattle, Acacia; Black, 249; Hairy, 

 249 



Wax, covering a wound, 95; formula 

 for, 113 note; used in bridging, 

 115; also 167 



Wax Myrtle, Myrica, 328, 362, 369- 



373 



Waxberry, Symphoricarpus, 329, 

 339, 366, 368-370, 372 



Weather, affecting disease, 53, 57, 

 64; a consideration in transplant- 

 ing, 176 



Weevils, 48, 152, 284; see also 

 Insect pests 



WeigeUa, see Diervilla 



Whale-oil soap, see Soap solution 



White Alder, Clethra, 327, 332, 366, 



370, 372 

 White Beam, Sorhns, 264 

 White Pine pest from Germany, 37 

 White Pine scale, 151 

 White Pine weevil, 153 

 Whitewash, sec Lime wash 

 Whitewood. Liriodcndron, 212, 288, 



370 

 Wild Service Tree, Sorbus, 264 

 Willow, Salix, 16, 25, 58, 65, 68, 



154-156, 158, i6r, 163, 171, 213, 



365; Kilmarnock, 315; Laurel 



leaf, 316, 365, 371; Weeping, 315; 



White, 315 

 Willow-rosette, 48; see also Galls 

 Wind, damage from, 31 

 Wireworms, 148, 155 

 Witch's broom, 38 

 Wood-borers, 49, 152-154, 158, 275 

 Wood Honeysuckle, Azalea, 330 

 Wood- wasps, 49; see also Insect 



pests 

 Wounds, dressing of, 89; healing, 



91-94; treatment for fresh, 113 

 Wrens, 130 



Xolisma, Privet Andromeda, 335 



Yarrow, 324 



Yellow-wood, Cladrastis, 210, 253, 



365 

 Yew, Ccphalotaxus, 209, 246,* 247; 

 Podocarpus, 210, 247; Taxus, 192, 

 210, 245,* 370, 372; Torreya, 210, 

 247; EngHsh, Taxus, 210, 245,* 

 246; Japanese, Taxus, 210, 246 



Zenobia, 335, 372 



