4:34: DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES WALNUT 



Walnut, Black {Juglans nigra), a large tree native of Xortli 

 America. Its wood is much valued for furniture and also for 

 making gunstocks ; its fruit is globose, but the kernel is not 

 palatable. 



Wampee [Coolda punctata), a small tree with large winged 

 leaves, of the Orange family (Aurantiaceie). The fruit is a berry 

 the size of an ordinary grape, with a thin but hard woody rind 

 of a yellowish colour, containing a pulp tasting somewhat like 

 that of grapes combined with a peculiar flavour. It is esteemed 

 in China. 



Waratah, a name for the red anemone-flowered Camellia 

 {Camdlia japo7iica), also of TelojMU sjieciosisswia, a shrub with 

 slender rod-like stems 8 to 10 feet high, bearing splendid scarlet 

 flowers, belonging to the family Proteacea?, native of New South 

 Wales. About fifty or more years ago it was a great favourite 

 with amateurs, but being diflicult of cultivation it is now seldom 

 seen. 



Water Caltrops. (See Chestnut, Water.) 



Water Celery {Ranunculus scelcratus), an annual of the 

 Buttercup family (PLanunculace?e), native of Britain, growing 

 abundantly in ditches and damp places. It is something like 

 celery, but highly acrid, blistering the mouth and skin ; it is 

 said to be used by beggars for making artificial sores. In Scot- 

 land the same use is made of the Lesser Spearmint (E. Flam- 

 mula), but wounds so made often become incurable. 



Water-cress. (See Cress.) 



Water Crowfoot (Bcmunculus ctgucctilis), native of tliis 

 country, and, as its name implies, growing entirely in water, 

 occupying rivers, ditches, and ponds, to a great extent, giving 

 the surface a gay appearance with its pretty white flowers. It 

 has leaves of two kinds, the floating ones being like little round 

 shields, and the submerged ones finely divided and threadlike. 

 This is one of the few wholesome species of the family. In 

 some parts of England cows are entirely fed on it during winter; 

 they as well as horses and hogs eat it greedily. 



"Water Dropwort {CEuanthe crocata), a perennial herb of the 



