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WHORTLEBERRY. VaccVnium. 



WIDOW WAIL. Cneo'rum. 



WIGA'NDIA. (Named after J. Wigand, 

 Bishop of Pomerania. Nat. ord., Hy- 

 drophyls [Hydrophyllacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria 2-Diyynia. Allied to Hydrolea. ) 



Stove herbaceous. Seeds in a hotbed in spring; 

 and, we should think, by cuttings of the young 

 shoots, taken off with a heel, after the plant has 

 broken a fresh after-pruning ; sandy loam and 

 fibry peat, with charcoal nodules. Winter temp., 

 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 W. Caraccasa'na (Caraccas). 6. Lilac. April. 

 Caraccas. 1836. 



Ku'nthii (Kunth's). Blue. April. Mexico. 1837. 



u'rens (stinging). Violet. April. Mexico. 1827. 



WILDERNESS. See LABYBINTH. 



WILD LIQUORICE. A'brus. 



WILD SERVICE. Py'rus tormina' Us. 



WILLOW. Sa'lix. 



WILLUGHBE'IA. (Named after F. Wil- 

 lughby, a pupil of Kay. Nat. ord., Dog- 

 banes [ Apocynacese]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria \-Monogynia. Allied to Alla- 

 manda.) 



Stove evergreen. For culture, see ALLAMA/ND A. 

 W. edu'lis (eatable). 10. Pale pink. July. E. 

 Ind. 1818. 



WIND FLOWER. Gfentia'na pneumona'n- 

 Ihe and Ane'mone. 



WINE PALM. Cary6ta Hrens 

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WINTER ACONITE. Era'nthis. 



WINTER BERRY. Pri'nos. 



WINTER CRESS. Barba'rea. 



WINTER MOTH. See CHEIMETOBIA. 



WINTER SWEET. Ori'ganwn heracleo'- 

 iicum. 



WIRE-WORMS are the larvfe of various 

 species of Elater, Click Beetle, or Skip- 

 Jack. To remove the wire-worm from 

 a soil, no mode is known but frequently 

 digging it and picking them out, as their 

 .yellow colour renders them easily de 

 tected. To prevent their attack upon a 

 crop, mix a little spirit of tar, or a larger 

 quantity of gas-lime, with the soil. It 

 has been stated that growing white mus- 

 tard drives them away, and it is certainly 

 worth the trial. To entrap them, and 

 tempt them away from a crop they have 

 attacked, bury potatoes in the soil near 

 the crop ; and if each potato has a stick 

 thrust through it, this serves as a handle 

 by which it may be taken up, and the 

 wire-worms which have penetrated it be 

 destroyed. To decoy them from beds of 

 Anemones, Ranunculuses, &c., it is said 

 to be a successful plan to grow round the 

 beds an edging of daisies, for the roots 

 of which they have a decided preference. 



WISTA'MA. (Named after O. Wistar t 

 an American professor. Nat. ord., Legu- 

 minous Plants [Fabacese], Linn., 17- 

 Diadelphia <L-Decandria.) 



Hardy deciduous, purplish-flowered climbers. 

 Seeds when obtainable ; cuttings of the strong 

 roots ; by cuttings of the young shoots, getting 

 firm, under a hand-light, in sandy soil, but more 

 generally by layers of long-ripened young shoots, 

 as then almost every bud will form a plant. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



W.floribu'nda (bundle-floweted). May. Japan* 

 frute'scens (shrubby). 10. July. N.Amer. 1724- 



Sine'nsis (Chinese;. May. China. 1818. 



a'lba (white). 20. White. April. China. 1846. 



WITCH HAZEL. Hamame'lis. 



WITHERI'NGIA. (Named after Dr. 

 Withering, a British botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Nightshades [Solanaceas]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria L-Monogynia. Allied to Capsicum.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous and evergreens. Peren- 

 nials, by seed, and divisions of the plant and 

 tubers ; evergreens, by cuttings in sand, under a 

 bell-glass ; rich, sandy loam. Winter temp., 38 

 to 48. 



W. crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 2. Yellow. June. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1706. Evergreen. 



monta'na (mountain). 1. White. June. Peru. 



1822. 



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



Chili. 182Q. Tuberous. 



stramonifo'lia (stramonium-leaved). 3. Yellow. 



June. Mexico. 1823. Evergreen. 



WITSE'NIA. (Named after M. Witsen, 

 a Dutch patron of botany. Nat. ord., 

 Irids [Iridacese]. Linn., 3-Triandria 

 I-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, purplish - flowered, herbaceous 

 plants, from the Cape of Good Hope. Seeds 

 in a slight hotbed in April ; divisions of the plant 

 then, or taking off the sucker-like offsets ; sandy 

 peat and a little fibry loam, with a little rough 

 charcoal, and well-drained. Winter temp., 40* 

 to 48. 

 W. corymbo'sa (corymbed). $, June. 1803. 



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



parti' ta (divided). April. 1822. 



ramo'sa (branched). 1. April. 1819. 

 WOLF'S-BANE. Aconi'tum lupuci'dum. 

 WOLLASTO'NIA. ( Named after Dr. Wol- 



laston, a great chemist. Nat. ord., Com- 

 posites [Asteraceae]. Linn., IQ.Syngenesia 

 2-SuperJlua.) 



An annual. Seeds in a hotbed in March or 

 April ; plants pricked out, and afterwards bloomed 

 in the greenhouse or plant-stove ; sandy loam and 

 peat. 



W. biflo'ra (two-flowered). Yellow. July. E. Ind. 

 1818. 



WOOD ASHES. See ASHES. 



Wo ODBINE . Caprifo' Hum periclyme 'num. 



WOODLICE. See ONI'SCUS. 



WOODROOF. Aspe'rula. 



WOOD SORREL. O'xalis. 



WOOLLEN KAGS. See ANIMAL MATTEBS. 



