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WITHERINGIA 



WILD WILLIAMS. Ly'chnis Flo s-cu'culi. 



WILLDENO WIA. (Commemorative of Carl Lud. 

 Willdenow, Professor of Botany at Berlin. Nat. ord. 

 Restiaceae.) 



A greenhouse perennial herb, with jointed stems like 

 Equisetum. Divisions. Loam, peat, and sand. 

 W. te'res (round) of Thunberg. 2-3. Brown. S. Africa. 



1790. 



te'res (round) of gardens. See RESTIO SUBVERTI- 

 CILLATUS. 



WILLEME'TIA. (Commemorative of P. R. Willemet, 

 a botanical writer. Nat. ord. Rhamnaceae. Now re- 

 ferred to Noltea.) 

 W. afrita'na (African). See NOLTEA AFRICANA. 



WILLOW. Sa'lix. 



WILLOW, AMERICAN WATER. Dianthe'ra ameri- 

 ca'na. 



WILLOW, FRENCH, HERB, or PERSIAN. Epilo'bium 

 angustifo'lium. 



WILLOW GRASS. Potygonum amp hi'bium. 

 WILLOW TTFRB Epilo'bium. 



WILLOW, KILMARNOCK WEEPING. Sa'lix ca'prea 

 pe'ndula. 



WILLOW, WEEPING. Sa'lix babylo'nica. 



WDLLUGHBETA. (Commemorative of Francis Wil- 

 lughby, an English naturalist. Nat. ord. Apocynaceae. 

 Allied to Allamanda.) 



Tall, evergreen climbing shrubs. Cuttings of side- 

 shoots in sand, in a close frame, with bottom-heat. 

 Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 



W. edu'lis (edible). 20-40. Pale pink. July. Hima- 

 laya; Burma; Malaya. 1818. 

 fi'rma (firm). Malaya. 



WIND FLOWER. Anemone and Gentia'na Pneumon- 

 a'ntha. 



WINDOW-BEARING ORCfflD. Cryptophora'nthus. 



WIND-ROOT. Ascle'pias tubero'sa. 



WIND ROSE. Raeme'ria hybrida. 



W1NEBERRY. Vacci'nium Myrti'llus. 



WINEBERR7, JAPANESE. Ru'bus phcenicola'sius. 



WINE PALM. Caryo'ta u'rens and Phce'nix sylve'stris. 



WINGED PEA. Tetragono'lobus purpu'reus. 



WI'NTERA. (Commemorative of Captain W. Winter. 

 Nat. ord. Magnoliaceae. Now referred to Drimys.) 

 W. aroma' tica. (aromatic). See DRIMYS AROMATICA. 

 ,, granatSnsis (Granadan). See DRIMYS WINTERI. 



WINTER ACONITE. Era'nthis hyema'lis. 



WINTERBERRY. I'lex, especially the section Pri'nos. 



WINTER BLOOM. Hamame'lis virgi'nica. 



WINTER CHERRY. Phy'salis Alkeke'ngi. 



WINTER CLOVER. Miche'lla refpens. 



WINTER CRESS. Barbare'a. 



WINTER DAFFODIL. Sternbe'rgia lu'tea. 



WINTER GARDEN. This name is usually applied to a 

 large glass building or greenhouse from which frost is 

 just excluded. It is generally large enough to allow the 

 interior to be laid off in walks, with large beds which 

 can be planted with Himalayan and other half-hardy 

 Rhododendrons, Araucarias, Acacias, Camellias, Palms, 

 Cobaa. scandens, Climbing Tea, and other tender Roses. 

 Plants in large pots are sometimes stood on the beds, 

 such as trained specimens of Indian Azaleas, Camellias, 

 Oranges, Bamboos, and other greenhouse plants. 

 Benches round the sides and near the glass are occupied 

 with a host of smaller plants coming from slightly wanner 

 countries than ours, such as South Africa, Australia, the 

 Himalayas, China, Japan, the Canary Islands, and 

 Mexico. Many bulbs can be grown in pots or in the 

 beds, such as Agapanihus umbellatus, Vallota, Lilitni: 

 sulphureum, L. neilgherrense, L. nepalense, L. wallichi- 

 anum, L. auratum, L. speciosum, L. Henryi, and their 



varieties. The larger Tree Ferns from cool countries 

 make very stately objects, whether in pots or planted 

 out. 



WINTERGREEN. Py'rola. 



WINTERGREEN, CHICKWEED. Trienta'liseuropa'a. 

 WINTERGREEN, CREEPING. Gaulthe'riaprocu'mbens- 

 WINTER MOTH. Cheimato'bia bruma'ta. 



WINTER SWEET. Aco'kanthe'ra specta'bilis, and 

 Ori'ganum heracleo'ticum. 



WINTER WOLF'S BANE, 'Era'nthis hyema'lis. 



WIRE-WORMS are the larvae of various species of 

 Elater, Click Beetle, or Skip- Jack. To remove the wire- 

 worm from a soil, no mode is known but frequently 

 digging it and picking them out, as their yellow colour 

 renders them easily detected. To prevent their attack 

 upon a crop, mix a little spirit of tar, or a larger quantity 

 of gas-lime, with the soil. It has been stated that grow- 

 ing white mustard drives them away, and it is certainly 

 worth the trial. To entrap them, and tempt them away 

 from a crop they have attacked, bury potatoes in the 

 soil near the crop ; and if each potato has a stick thrust 

 through it, this serves as a handle by which it may be 

 taken up, and the wire-worms which have penetrated it 

 be destroyed. To decoy them from beds of Anemones, 

 Ranuncxiluses, &c., it is said to be a successful plan to 

 grow round the beds an edging of daisies, for the roots 

 of which they have a decided preference. 



WISTA'RIA. (Named after C. Wistar, an American 

 professor. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Leguminosae]. 

 Linn. ij-Diadelphia, ^-Decandria.) 



Hardy deciduous, mauve, blue, or purplish-flowered 

 climbers. Seeds when obtainable; cuttings of the 

 strong roots ; by cuttings of the young shoots, getting 

 firm, under a hand-light, in sandy soil, but more generally 

 by layers of long-ripened young shoots, as then almost 

 every bud will form a plant. Sandy loam and peat. 

 W. brachybotrys (short-bunched). 3-5. Violet-purple. 



April. Japan. 



chine 1 'nsis (Chinese). 20-40. May and June, and 

 sometimes again in August. China. 1816. 

 " Chinese Kidney-bean Tree." 



a'lba (white). 20. White. May. China. 1846. 

 ,, flo're ple'no (double-flowered). Flowers double. 



life. 

 fo'liis variega'tis (variegated-leaved). Leaves 



variegated with creamy- white. 1886. 

 macro'botrys (large-bunched). White, lavender- 

 purple. Japan. 1870. 

 consequa'na (following). 



floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). See W. CHINENSIS. 

 ,, frute'scens (shrubby). 10. July. N. Amer. 1724. 



American Kidney-bean Tree. 

 ,, flo're a'lbo (white-flowered). 

 ,, magni*fica (magnificent). 

 involu' ta (rolled-inwards). 30-45. Pale purple. New 



South Wales. 1904. 



japo'nica (Japanese). White. July, August. Japan. 

 multi'juga (many-paired). Lilac; wings purple. 



Summer. Japan. 1874. 

 flo're a'lbo (white-flowered). White. 

 ro'sea (rosy). Rose. 1903. 

 ,, russellia'na (Russelian). Dark blue-purple. 1903. 

 sine' nsis (Chinese). See W. CHINENSIS. 

 ,, a'lba (white). See W. CHINENSIS ALBA. 



WISTARIA, TUBEROUS-ROOTED. A' pios tubero'sa. 



WITCH ELM. U'lmus monta'na. 



WITCHES' THIMBLE. Sile'ne mari'tima. 



WITCH HAZEL. Hamame'lis. 



WITHA'NIA. (Probably commemorative. Nat. ord. 

 Solanaceae.) 



Stove and greenhouse, evergreen,, hoary shrubs. 

 Cuttings in sand in a close frame. Loam, peat, and sand. 

 W. coa'gulans (coagulating). India. " Cheese Maker." 

 somni'fera (sleep-bearing). India ; S. Africa. 



WITHERI'NGIA. (Named after Dr. Withering, a 

 British botanist. Nat. ord. Nightshades [Solanaceae]. 

 Linn. 5-Pentandria, i-Motwgynia. Now referred to 

 several genera.) 



