WITHE ROD 



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WORMS 



W. crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). See SOLANUM CRASSI- 



FOLIUM. 



monia'na (mountain). See SOLANUM MONTANUM. 

 purpu'rea (purple). . Pale purple. July. Chili. 



1829. Tuberous. 

 stramonifo'lia (Stramonium- leaved). See BRACHISTUS 



STRAMONIFOLIUS. 



WITHE ROD, AMERICAN. Vibu'rnum nu'dum. 



WITHY. Sa'lix fra'gilis. 



WITLOOF. Garden variety of Cicho'rium I'ntybus, 



WITSE'NIA. (Named after M. Witsen, a Dutch patron 

 of botany. Nat. ord. Irids [Iridaceae]. Linn. $-Tri- 

 andria, i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, purplish-flowered, herbaceous plants, from 

 South Africa. Seeds in a slight hotbed in April ; divisions 

 of the plant then, or taking off the sucker-like offsets ; 

 sandy peat and a little fibrous loam, with a little rough 

 charcoal, and well-drained. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 W. corymbo'sa (corymbed). See ARISTEA CORYMBOSA. 



mau'ra (Moorish). 4. December. 1790. 



parti' to, (divided). See KLATTIA PARTITA. 



ramo'sa. (branched), i. April. 1819. 



WITTSTEI'NIA. (Commemorative of Wittstein. Nat. 

 ord. Ericaceae.) 



A greenhouse evergreen shrub. Seeds ; cuttings ; 

 layers. Sandy peat. 



W. vaccinia' cea (Vaccinium-like). i. Yellowish or red. 

 Australia. 1893. Creeping. 



WITTEBROOM. Leucade'ndron. 



WOAD, DYER'S. Isa'tis tincto'ria. 



WOAD, WAXEN. Geni'sta tincto'ria. 



WOAD, WILD. Rese'da Lu'teola. 



WOLF BERRY. Symphorica'rpus occidenta'lis. 



WOLF CHOP. Mesembrya'nthemum lupi'num. 



WOLF'S BANE. Aconi'tum lupici'dum and A. lyco'c- 

 tonum. 



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

 WOLF'S CLAW. Lycopo'dium clava'ium. 

 WOLF'S HULK. Eupho'rbia. 



WOLKENSTETNIA THEOPHRA'STA. See GOMPHIA 

 THEOPHRASTA. 



WOLLASTO'NIA. (Commemorative of Dr. Wollaston, 

 a great chemist. Nat. ord. Composites [Composite?] . 

 Linn. ig-Syngenesia, 2-Superflua. Now referred to 

 Wedelia.) 

 W. biflo'ra (two-flowered). See WEDELIA BIFLORA. 



WOMAN'S-CAP ORCHID. Thelymi'tra. 



WONGA-WONGA VINE. Teco'ma austra'lis. 



WOOD ASHES. See ASHES. 



WOOD BETONY. Peduncula'ris canade'nsis and Sta'chys 

 Belo'nica. 



WOODBINE. Lonice'ra Pericly'menum. 

 WOODBINE, AMERICAN. Vi'tis quinquefo'lia. 

 WOOD-BRONEY. Fra'xinus exce'lsior. 

 WOOD FERN. Polypo'dium vulga're. 



WOODFO'RDIA. (Commemorative of /. Woodford, 

 who wrote a flora of Edinburgh and the surroundings. 

 Nat. ord. Lythraceae.) 



Stove shrub. Seeds ; cuttings in sand, in a close case, 

 with bottom-heat. Loam, peat, and sand. 

 W. floribu'nda (free-flowering). 2-4. Scarlet. May, 



June. Trop. Asia and Africa. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). See W. FI.ORIBUNDA. 

 tomento'sa (felted). See W. FLORIBUNDA. 



WOOD LAUREL. Da'phne Lau'reola. 

 WOOD LEOPARD MOTH. Zeu'zera JE'sculi. 



WOODLICE. Oni'scus ase'llus, Porce'llio sca'ber, and 

 Armadi'llo vulga'ris. 



WOOD ULY. Py'rola mi' nor and Trillium. 



WOOD NUT. Co'rylus Avella'na. 



WOODROOF, WOODRUFF, or WOODROWEL. A spe'- 

 rula odora'ta. 



WOO'DSIA. (Named after /. Woods, a British 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. z^-Crypto- 

 gamia, i-Filices.) 



Hardy, brown-spored Ferns, except mo'llis and 

 pube'scens, which require the stove. See FERNS. 

 W. alpi'na (alpine). See W. HYPERBOREA. 

 Eroixfnii (Brown's). See HYPODERRIS BROWNII. 

 ,, cauca'sica (Caucasian). See DICKSONIA FRAGILIS. 

 glabeflla (smoothish). September. North temperate 



zone. 1827. 

 ,, hyperbo'rea (northern). $. July. Arctic regions and 



north temperate zone (Scotland). 

 ilve'nsis (Ilva). $. June. North temperate zone 



(Britain). 



mo'llis (soft). July. Mexico to Peru. 

 obtu'sa (blunt), . June. N. Amer. 1836. 

 orega'na (Oregon). . Oregon and Rocky Mountains. 

 ,, perrinia'na (Perrin's). See W. OBTUSA. 

 polystichoi' des (Polystichum-like). J. Japan and 



China. 1863. 



sinua'ta (scolloped). Pinnae broader, blunter. 

 Vei'tchii (Veitch's). J-i. Frond very shaggy. 



Japan. 



,, pube'scens (downy). June. Brazil. 1826. 

 scopuli'na (rocky). Hfc. Rocky Mountains and 



British America. 1882. 

 vesti'ta (clothed). June. Brazil. 1816. 



WOOD SORREL. O'xalis Acetose'lla. 

 WOOD TONGUE FERN. Drymoglo'ssum. 

 WOOD VIOLET. Vi'ola sylva'tica. 



WOODWA'RDIA. (Named after T. J. Woodward, a 

 British botanist. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. 24- 

 Cryptogamia, i-Filices.) 



Hardy brown-spored Ferns. Radi'cans requires shelter 

 in winter. See FERNS. 



W. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). See W. AREOLATA. 

 areola'ta (areolate). f-i. United States. 1812. 

 Harla'ndii (Harland's). i-i. Hong-Kong. 

 japo'nica (Japanese). September. Japan; China. 

 orienta'lis (oriental). 4-8. J apan to Formosa. 1858. 

 parado'xa (paradoxical). 3. Small island near Van- 

 couver Island. 1907. 



radi'cans (rooting- leaved). i$. July. North tem- 

 perate zone. 1779. 

 Bro'wnii (Brown's). 

 crista'ta (crested). Pinnae symmetrically crested. 



1878. 



thelypteroi'des (Thelypteris-like). September. N. Amer. 

 ,, virgi'nica (Virginian), i. August. N. Amer. 1724. 



WOOD WAXEN. Geni'sta tincto'ria. 



WOODY NIGHTSHADE. Sola'num Dukama'ra. 



WOOLLEN. Verba'scum. 



WOOLLEN RAGS. See ANIMAL MATTERS. 



WOOLLY APHIS. See AMERICAN BLIGHT. 



WORKING is a gardener's term for the practice of 

 grafting. " To work " upon a stock is to graft upon it. 



WORM GRASS. Spige'lia marila'ndica. 



WO'RMIA. (Named after 0. Wormius, a Danish 

 naturalist. Nat. ord. Dilleniads [Dilleniaceae], Linn. 

 i3-Polyandria, $-Pentagy*ia. Allied to Dillenia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of ripe wood in a close 

 case, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam and sand. 

 W. Burbi'dgei (Burbidge's). Light golden- yellow. N. 



Borneo. 1879. 



denta'ta (toothed). See W. TRIQUETRA. 

 trique'tra (triquetrous). 20. White. Ceylon. 1818. 



WORMS. The earth worms belong to the genus 

 Lumbricus, L. terre'stris being one of the largest and 

 most familiar. They feed on decaying vegetable matter, 

 and often draw leaves and other vegetation into their 

 burrows, so that they can feed on the same when decay- 

 ing. They swallow much earth in order to get the 

 decaying vegetable matter in it, and after digesting it 

 cast it up in heaps at the mouth of their burrows, and 



