WEN 



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WIS 



W. populifo'Ha( Poplar-leaved). 10. June. Flo- i 

 rida. 1759. 



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

 WERNE'RIA. (Named after A. G. 



Werner, the celebrated mineralogist. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteraceae]. 

 Linn., 19-Syngcnesia 2-SuperJlua. Al- 

 lied to Doronicum.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous. Division of the 

 plant, iu 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. 



WESTKI'NGIA. (Named after J. P. 

 Westring, physician to the king of 

 Sweden. Nat. ord., Lipivorts [Lamia- 

 ceae]. Linn., 14:-Didynamia l-Gymnos- 

 permia. 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. rubi&fo'lia (Rubia-leaved). 3. June. 1820. 



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

 WHITE BEAM-TREE. Py'rm A'ria. 

 WHITE CEDAR. Ciipre'ssus thyoi'des. 

 WHITE SPEUCE. Pi'nus a'lba. 

 WHITE TEEE. Melale'uca Leucade'n- 



dron . 



WHITE VINE. Cle'matis vita'lba. 



WHITFIE'LDIA. (Named after T. 

 Whitfield, a botanical collector of Afri- 

 can plants. Nat. ord., Acanihads [Acan- 

 thacese]. Linn., l-i-Didynamia 2-An- 

 giospermia. Allied to Barleria.) 



For culture see Barleria. 

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

 December. Sierra Leone. 1841. 



WHORTLEBERRY. Vacci'nium. 



WIDOW WAIL. Cneo'ntm. 



WIGA'NDIA. (Named after J. Wi~ 

 yand, Bishop of Pomerania. Nat. ord., 

 Hydrophyls [Hydrophyllacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pcntandria 2-Diyynia. Allied to Hy- 

 drolea.) 



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. Caracasa'na (Caraccas). 6, Lilac, April. 

 Caraccas, 1836. 



W. Ku'nthii (Kunth's). Blue, April. Mexico. 



1837. 



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

 1827. 



WILDERNESS. See Labyrinth. 



WILD LIQUORICE. A'brus. 



WILD SERVICE. Py'rus tormina'lis. 



WILLOW. Sa'lix. 



WILLUGHBE'IA. (Named after F. 

 WWughby, a pupil of Eay. Nat. ord., 

 Dogbanes [Apocynacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Allamanda.) 



Stove evergreen. For culture see Allamanda. 

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

 Indies. 1818. 



WIND FLOWER. Gentia'na Pncumo- 

 na'nthe, and Ane'mone. 



WINE PALM. Manica'ria. 



WINGED PEA. Tetragono'lobm pur- 

 pu'reus. 



WINTER ACONITE. JEra'nl/iis. 



WINTER BERRY. Pri'nos. 



WINTER CRESS. Barba'rca. 



WINTER MOTH. See Chiemeto'bia. 



WINTER SWEET. Orl'ganum herac- 

 leo'ticum. 



WIRE -WORMS are the larvae of various 

 species of later, 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 

 detected. 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 mustard drives them away, and 

 it is certainly worth the trial. To en- 

 trap them, and tempt them away from 

 a crop they have attacked, bury pota- 

 toes 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'RIA. (Named after C. Wistar, 

 an American professor. Nat. ord., Le- 

 (juminous Plants [Fabaceeej. Linn., 

 \1 -Diad.elphla l-Dccandria.) 



Hardy deciduous, purplish-flowered, Climbers. 

 Seeds when obtainable} cuttings of the strong 



