WEEPING LABURNUM 



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WESTRINGIA 



WEEPING LABURNUM. Labu'rnum vulga're pe'n- 

 Hulum. 



WEEPING MOUNTAIN ASH. Py'rus Aucupa'ria pe'n- 

 dula. 



WEEPING OAK. Que'rcus peduncula'ta pe'ndula. 



WEEPING POPLAR. Po'pulus grandidenta' ta pe'ndula, 

 and Po'pulus tre'mula pe'ndula. 



WEEPING RED CEDAR. Juni'perus Virginia' na pe'n- 

 dula. 



WEEPING WILLOW. Sa'lix babylo'nica. 



WEEPING WILLOW, AMERICAN. Sa'lix purpu'rea 

 pe'ndula,. 



WEEPING WILLOW, KILMARNOCK. Sa'lix ca'prea 

 pe'ndula. 



WEEVIL. See ANTHO'NOMUS. 



WEIGELA. (Commemorative of C. E. Weigel, a 

 writer on botanical subjects. It is often spelt Weigelia. j 

 Nat. ord. Caprifoliaceae. See DIERVILLA.) 

 W. ama'bilis (lovely) of Gardens. See DIERVILLA 



FLORIDA. 



ama'bilis (lovely) of Carriere. See DIERVILLA GRANDI- 



FLORA. 



ca'ndida (white). See DIERVILLA FLORIDA CANDIDA. 

 procu'mbens (lying-down). Rose, spotted with white. 



1879. Trailing. 



ro'sea (rosy). See DIERVILLA FLORIDA. 

 monstro'sa (monstrous). See DIERVILLA FLORIDA 



MONSTROSA. 



WEINMA'NNIA. (Named after /. W. Weinmann, a 

 German botanist. Nat. ord. Saxifrages [Saxifragaceae]. 

 Linn. 8-Octandria, 2 Digynia.) 



White-flowered, evergreen shrub;. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in April. The 

 stove ones in bottom-heat, the others in a close, cool pit 

 or frame ; sandy loam and leaf-mould, with a little old, 

 dried cow-dung. 



STOVE. 



W. elli'ptica (aval-leaved). 4. May. S. Amer. 1824. 

 gla'bra (smooth). See W. PINNATA. 

 hi'rta (hairy). 6. May. Jamaica. 1820. 

 ova'ta (egg-leaved). 6. May. Peru. 1824. 

 pinna'ta (pinnate). 6. May. Trop. Amer. 1815. 



GREENHOUSE. 



W. auslra / lis( Australian). See ACROPHYLLUM VENOSUM. 

 panicula'ta (panicled). See CALDCLUVIA PANICULATA. 

 pubefscens (downy). See W. RETICULATA. 

 reticula'ta (netted). Peru. 1847. 

 trichospe'rma (hairy-seeded). 4. May. Peru ; Chili. 

 trifolia'ta (three-leaved). See PLATYLOPHUS TRI- 



FOLIATUS. 

 veno'sa (veiny). See ACROPHYLLUM VENOSUM. 



WELDE'NIA. (A commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Commelinaceae.) 



A greenhouse, tuberous-rooted herb. Seeds ; offsets. 

 Loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 



W. ca'ndida (white), i. White. Mexico; Guatemala. 

 1894. 



WEXFIA. (Complimentary to the royal family 

 Guelph of Hanover. Nat. ord. Palmaceae. Allied to 

 Geonoma.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds. Loam, peat, and sand. 

 W. re'gia (royal). 40-60. Leaves bronzy when young. 

 Colombia. 1869. 



WEUJNGTO'NIA. (In honour of the great Duke of 

 Wellington. Nat. ord. Conifers [Coniferae]. Linn. 22- 

 Monacia, lo-Monadelphia. Now referred to Sequoia.) 

 W. gigante'a (gigantic). See SEQUOIA GIGA.VTEA. 

 pyramida'ta compa'cta (pyramidal, compact). See 

 SEQUOIA GIGA.VTEA PYRAMIDATA COMPACTA. 



WELSH NUT. Ju'glans re'gia. 

 WELSH ONION. See CIBOUL. 



POPPY. Mecono'psis ca'mbrica. 



WELWTTSCHIA. (Commemorative of Dr. Frederic 

 Welwitsch, the famous botanical traveller, who first made 

 the plant known in Europe. Nat. ord. Gnetaceae.) 



This is one of the most remarkable curiosities in the 

 vegetable kingdom. It belongs to an order most fre- 

 quently represented by Ephedra in this country, but has 

 no external resemblance to the latter. It bears scarlet 

 cones not unlike those of a Spruce in shape. An old 

 plant has a flat, table-like top, somewhat two-lobed, and 

 2-4^ ft. in diameter, rough and brown like the crust of 

 a loaf, and has an obconical trunk, i to 2 feet high. 

 From the edge of the top it produces two long, flat, linear 

 leaves, that get torn into strips as they lie on the ground 

 or get blown about by the wind on the arid sands of 

 tropical and South-western Africa, where rain seldom 

 falls. The trunk that bears them rises only a few inches 

 from the sand. For some time these leaves were con- 

 sidered to be the seed leaves, but plants germinated at 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, carried their cotyledons for 

 some time, after which the true leaves appeared. The 

 plant grows very slowly in this country and also in its 

 native home, and is supposed to live for one hundred 

 years. Dew falls more frequently than rain in its native 

 country, but probably it derives its moisture by capillary 

 attraction from the subsoil, and has a great faculty in 

 retaining the small quantity it requires to sustain life. 

 W. mira'bilis (wonderful). Cones scarlet. Leaves 3-6 ft. 

 long. Trop. Africa and Damara Land. 1862 and 

 1878. 



WENDLA'NDIA. (Named after /. C. Wendland, 

 curator of the Botanic Garden, Hanover. Nat. ord. 

 Rubiads [Rubiaceae], Linn. 6-Hcxandria, 4-Polygynia. 

 Allied to Hindsia.) 



Stove, white-flowered evergreens. Cuttings of the 

 points of young shoots, or small young side-shoots, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, in May ; sandy loam, fibrous 

 peat, and a little charcoal. Winter temp., 45 to 55 ; 

 summer, 60 to 80. 



W. panicula'ta (panicled). July. India, Malaya. 1820. 

 populifo'lia (poplar-leaved). See COCCULUS CARO- 



LINUS. 



tincto'ria (dyer's). July. Himalaya ; Burma. 1825. 



WERNITRIA. (Named after A. G. Werner, the cele- 

 brated mineralogist. Nat. ord. Composites [Composite] . 

 Linn. ig-Syngenesia, 2-Superflua. Allied to Doronicum.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous. Division of the plant in 

 spring ; sandy loam, well drained ; requires a cool green- 

 house or a cold pit in winter, or may be treated as an 

 alpine plant, protected from severe frost and wet in 

 winter. 

 W. ri'gida (stiff). $. February. Ecuador. 1828. 



WESTERN YEW. Ta'xusbrevifo'lia. 



WEST INDIAN COCKSPUR. Piso'nia aculea'ta. 



WEST INDIAN MUGWORT. PartMnium Hystero'- 

 phorus. 



WESTO'NIA HUMIFU'SA. See RO'THIA TRIFOLIA'TA. 



WESTRTNGIA. (Named after /.P. Westring, physician 

 to the King of Sweden. Nat. ord. Lipworts [Labiatae]. 

 Linn. 14-Didynamia, i-Gymnospermia. Allied to Pros- 

 tranthera.) 



Greenhouse, blue-flowered evergreens, from Australia. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in May, in sand, under a 

 bell or hand-glass ; sandy loam and leaf-mould. Winter 

 temp., 35 to 45. 



W. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). SeeW. RIGIDA. 

 cine'rea (grey). See W. RIGIDA. 

 Dampie'ri (Dampier's). White. August. 1803. 

 eremi'cola (dessert-loving). 2-3. Light blue. June. 



1823. 



grandifo'lia (large-leaved). 2-3. July. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved) of R. Brown. Lilac. June to 



August. 1878. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved) of Lindley. See W. EREMI- 



COLA. 



ri'gida (rigid). 2-3. White. 1823. 

 rosmarinifo'rmis (rosemary-formed). 2. Light blue. 



July. 1791. 

 rubuefo'lia (Rubia-leaved). 3. June. Tasmania 



1820. 

 triphy'lla (three-leaved). September. 1823. 



