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ored cloth. The seed may also be fastened to a smooth 

 part of the tree by the sticky substance surrounding it, 

 but more seed is lost. Our native phoradendron can be 

 handled in the same way. 

 Vitex (Chaste-tree). Verbenacea. 



Seeds. Suckers. Layers. Cuttings of green or ri- 

 pened wood. 



Vitis. See Grape. 



Vochysia, Cucullaria. Vochysiacecz. 



Seeds ; by ripened cuttings in sand under glass, in heat. 

 Volkameria. See Clerodendron. 

 Waahoo. See Euonymus. 

 Wahlenbergia. See Platycodon. 

 Waldsteinia. Rosacece. 



May be multiplied by seeds, or by division. 

 Wallflower ( Cheiranthtis Cheiri}. Crucifercz. 



Propagated by seeds ; the plants, however, will not 

 flower at the north until the second season ; protection of 

 a frame is required. 



Wallichia, Wrightia. Palmacece. 



May be increased by seeds ; or by suckers, which 

 should be gradually separated so as to allow them to 

 make sufficient roots before they are quite detached. 



Walnut. See Juglans. 



Wandering Jew. See Zebrina. 



Water-Cress {Nasturtium officinal?) . Cruciferce, 



Cuttings of the young stems, which root in mud with 

 great readiness. Seeds scattered in the water or mud. 



Water-lily. See Nymphaea, Nelumbo and Victoria. 



Water-melon (Citrullus vulgaris}. Cucurbitacece . 



Seeds, usually sown where the plants are to remain, 

 after the weather is warm and settled. 



Watsonia (Bugle Lily). Iridacecz. 



The plants are multiplied by seeds or by offsets. 



Wax-flower. See Hoya. 



