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WHI 



White. July. 



W. glau'cvm (milky-green). 

 Peru. 1823. 



hu'milis (lowly). 2. Lake. June. 1754. 



iridifo'lia (iris-leaved), 2. Flesh. May. 1795. 



leuca'ntha (white-flowered). 6. White. Ja- 



maica. 1825. 



Klia'go (liliago). 1. White. May. South 



Europe. 1596. 



wit'nor (smaller). f. White. May. South 



Europe. 1596. 



tongifo'lium (long-leaved). Green. Septem- 



ber. Lima. 1829. 



margina'ta (bordered). *. Pink. July. 

 -- mi'nor (lesser). 3. Pink. August. 1812. 



Meria'na (Merian's). l. Flesh. May. 1750. 



Nepale'nse (Nepaul). 2. White. May. Ne- 



paul. 1824. 



plantagi'nea (plantain-like). 2. White. June. 



1774. 



puncta'ta (doited-flowered). 1. Purple. June. 



1800. 



purpu'rea (purple). 6. Purple. Jamaica. 1825. 



ro'sea (rosy). 2. Pink. July. 1803. 

 -- a'lbo (red-and- white). 1. Pink, white. July. 



variega'ta (variegated). 1. Variegated. July. 



ru'bens (red). Bed. June. 1825. 



rumo'sum (branchy). 2. White. May. South 



Europe. 1570. 



spica'ta (spiked). 1. Pink. May. 1791. 



strictiflo'ra (erect-flowered). 1. Red. June. 1810. 



WAYFARING -TREE. Vilu'rnum lanta'na. 



WEEVIL. See ANTHONYMUS. 



WEIGE 'LA. (Named after G. E. Weigel, 

 a "botanical writer. Nat. ord., Capri/oils 

 [Caprifoliacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



Hardy deciduous shrub. Cuttings in spring 

 and autumn, under a hand-light, or even in a 

 protected border. It forces as easily as a Lilac. 

 Sandy loam and a little leaf-mould. 

 W. rofsea (rosy). 8. Rosy. April. China. 1844. 



WEINMA'NNIA. (Named after J. W. 

 Wcinmann, a German botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Cunoniads [Cunoniacese], Linn., 

 S-Octandria %-Digynia.) 



White-flowered, evergreen shrubs. Cuttings 

 of half-ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in April. The stove ones in bottom-heat, the 

 others in a close, cool pit or frame ; sandy loam 

 and leaf-mould, with a little old, dried cow-dung. 

 STOVE. 



W. elli'ptiea (oval- teamed). 4. May. S. Amer. 1824. 



gla'brn (smooth). 6. May. Jamaica. 1815. 



hi'rta (hairy). 6. May. Jamaica. 1820. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved). 6. May. Peru. 1824. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 W.Austra'lis (Australian). N.Holland. 1836. 



panicula'ta (panicled). Australia. 1831. 



pube'scens (downy). 1847. 



WELCH ONION. See CI'BOUL. 



WELLINGTO'NIA. (In honour of the 

 great Duke of Wellington. Nat. ord., 

 Conifers [Coniferaej. Linn., 22-icetia 

 IQ-Monadelphia.) 



This, appropriately to him whom it commemo- 

 rates, is the loftiest of known trees. Specimens 

 are known with trunks 300 feet high, and 20 feet 

 in diameter. It is an evergreen, and perfectly 

 hardy. For culture, see its ally, TAXO'DIUM. 

 W. gigante'a (gigantic). 300. California, 1853. 



WENDLA'NDIA. (Named after J. (J. 

 Wendland, curator of the Botanic Garden, 

 Hanover. Nat. ord., Cinchonads [Cin- 

 chonacese]. Linn., Q-Hexandria 4^-Poly- 

 gynia. Allied to Hindsia.) 



Stove, white-flowered evergreens. Cuttings of 

 the points of young shoots, or small young side- 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in May ; sandy 

 loam, fibry peat, and a little charcoal. Winter 

 temp., 45 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 80. Populifo'lia 

 is hardy, or nearly so. 

 W. panicula'ta (panicled). July. Malay. 1820. 



populifo'lia (poplar-leaved). 10. June. Flo- 



rida. 1759. 



tincto'ria (dyer's).. July. E. Ind. 1825. 



WERNE'RIA. (Named after A. G- 

 Werner, the celebrated mineralogist. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Allied to Doro- 

 nicum.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous. Division of the plant 

 in spring ; sandy loam, well drained ; requires a 

 cool greenhouse or a cold pit in winter, or may be 

 treated as an alpine plant, protected from severe 

 frost and wet in winter. 

 W. ri'gida (stiff). . February. Quito. 1828. 



WESTO'NIA. Add ., the following to 

 Glycine : 



G. trifolia'ta (three-leaved); 'Yellow, red. June. 

 1820. 



WESTRI'NGIA. (Named after J. P. 

 Westring, physician to the King of 

 Sweden. Nat. ord., Lipworts [Lamia- 

 ceai]. Linn., \k-Didynamia 1-Gymno- 

 spermia. Allied to Prostranthera.) 



Greenhouse, blue-flowered evergreens, from 

 New Holland. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots 

 in May, in sand, under a bell or hand-glass; 

 sandy loam and leaf-mould. Winter temp., 35 

 to 45. 

 W. rubiafo'lia (rubia-leaved). 3. June. 1820. 



triphy'lla (three-leaved). September. 1823. 



WHITE BEAM-TREE. Py'rus a'ria. 



WHITE CEDAR. Cupre'ssus thyoi'des. 



WHITE SPRUCE. Pi'nus a'lba. 



WHITE -TREE. Melaleu'ca leucade'ndron. 



WHITE VINE. Cle'matis vita'lba. 



WHITFIE'LDIA. (Named after T. Whit- 

 field, a botanical collector of African 

 plants. Nat. ord., Acanthads [Acantha- 

 ceae]. Linn., \k-Didynamia Z-Angiosper- 

 mia. Allied to Barleria.) 



For culture, see BABLE'RIA. 

 W. lateri'tia (brick-coloured). 3. Lilac, red. 

 December. Sierra Leone. 1841. 



WHITLA'VIA. (In honour of F. Whitlawi 

 Esq., an Irish botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Hydrophyls [Hydrophyllacese]. Linn. 

 5-Pentandria l-Monogynia.) 



Hardy annual. 



W. grandiflo'ra (large-flowered), ]$ Purple. 

 June. California, 1854, 



