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sun; this should be continued through the summer. The last crop 

 of annual weeds, which has no time to seed, may be dug in as green 

 manure. See also Walks. 



Weeping* Ash, Fraxinus Excelsior pendula. 



Weeping Willow, Salix Babylonica. 



Weigela. See Diervilla and Flower Garden Shrubs. 



Wellingtonia. See Sequoia. 



Welsh Poppy, Meconopsis cambrica. 



Westeria. See Wistaria. 



West Wind, Flower of the. See Zephyranthes. 



Weymouth Pine, Pinus strobus. 



Whin. See Ulex. 



White Hellebore. See Veratrum. 



White Thorn, Crataegus oxyacantha. 



Whitlavia (whitla-via, after Mr. Whitley. Ord. Solanaceae). 

 Botanists now class this genus with Phacelia. Seedsmen offer 

 grandiflora (see the Botanical Magazine, t. 4813); it has violet 

 flowers in summer. For culture, see Annuals Hardy. Height I ft. 



Whitlow Grass (Draba). See Flower Garden Rockery. 



Whortleberry, Vaccinium Myrtillus. 



Wigandia (wigan-dia, after Bishop Wigand. Ord. Hydrophylla- 

 ceae). Handsome herbaceous perennials, used in bedding 'and 

 sub-tropical gardening for their fine foliage. Caracassana (syn. 

 macrophylla) is the best. It is illustrated in the Botanical Register, 

 t. 1966. They like well-manured loamy soil. Propagation is by 

 seeds in heat in March. 



Wild Hyacinth, Scilla festalis. 



Willow. See Salix. 



Willow, Kilmarnock, Salix caprea pendula. 



Willow, Weeping. See Salix. 



Willow Herb. See Epilobium. 



Wind Flower. See Anemone and Bulbs. 



Window Gardening. This is the only phase of plant culture 

 possible to many people, either because they suffer from bad health 

 or because they have no garden. But window gardening is worth 

 practising for its own sake, inasmuch as it not only forms a delightful 

 pastime, but makes the home attractive. It might be dealt with in 

 two sections: window and outdoor work. Indoor window garden- 

 ing is often conducted with very bad judgment, especially where 

 there are prize competitions, for the whole of the window space is 

 packed with a pyramidal erection of plants, which prevents access 

 to the window for the purpose of providing ventilation, and darkens 

 the room, thus rendering it unhealthy. There should never be a 

 mass of plants packed in a window. Nor should the window area 

 be blocked with large wire frames. A few well-grown plants on a 

 ledge suffice. These should be arranged so that the window can be 

 opened easily, in order that there may be no excuse for neglecting 

 ventilation. Of flowering plants suitable for window culture in 



