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roots ; by cuttings of the young shoots getting i 

 firm, under a handlight, in sandy soil, but more j 

 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-flowered). May. Japan. 



frute'scens (shrubby). 10. July. N.America. 



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 [Solanacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Capsicum.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous and evergreens. Pe- 

 rennials 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. 

 C. of G. Hope. 1706. Evergreen. 



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



Peru. 1822. 



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



Chili. 1829. Tuberous. 



sframom/b'fta(Stramonia-leaved). 3. Yel- 



low. June. Mexico. 1823. Evergreen. 



WITSE'NIA. (Named after M. Witsen, 

 a Dutch patron of botany. Nat. ord., 

 Irids [Iridacese]. Linn., 3-Triandria 

 l-Hfonoyynia.) 



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. 1/90. 

 parti'ta (divided). April, 1822. 



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



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



WOOD ASHES. See Ashes. 



WOODBINE. Caprifo'lium Pcricly- 

 me'num. 



WOODLICE. See Oni'scus. 



WOODKOOF. Aspe'rula. 



WOOD SORREL. O'xalis. 



WOOLLEN BAGS. See Animal Matters. 



WOLLASTO'NIA. (Named after Dr. 

 Wollaston, a great chemist. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [ Asteracese] . Linn., 19- 

 Synyenesia %-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. bijlo'ra (two-flowered), Yellow, July, East 

 Indies, 1818, 



WOO'DSIA. (Named after J. Woods, 

 a British botanist. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiacese]. Linn., '.H-Cryptogamia 

 l-Filices.) 



Hardy, brown-spored Ferns, except mollis and 

 pubescens, which require the stove. See Ferns. 

 W. Cauca'sica (Caucasian). September. Cau- 

 casus. 



glabe'lla (smoothish). September. North 



America. 1827. 



hyperbo'rea (northern), . July. Scotland. 



Ilve'nsis (Ilva). . June. Britain. 



mo' His (soft). July. Brazil. 



obtu'sa (blunt). . June. N. America. 1836. 



Perrinia'na (Perrin's). June. N. America. 



pube'scens (downy). June. Brazil. 1826. 



vesti'ta (clothed). June. N.America. )8l6. 



WOODWA'RDIA. (Named after T. J. 

 Woodward, a British botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 

 2-Cryptoyamia l-Filices.) 



Hardy, brown-spored Ferns. Radicans re- 

 quires shelter in winter. See Ferns. 

 W. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 1, August. 

 North America. 1812. 



Japo'nica (Japanese). September. Japan. 



radi'cans (rooting- Jeaverf). l. July. Ma- 



deira. 1779- 



thelypteroi'des (Thelypteris-like). Septem- 



ber. North America. 



Virgi'nica (Virginian). 1. August. North 



America. 1/24, 



WORKING is a gardener's term for 

 the practice of grafting. " To work " 

 upon a stock is to graft upon it. 



WO'EMIA. (Named after 0. Wormiun, 

 a Danish naturalist. Nat. ord., Dille- 

 niads [Dilleniacesel. Linn., 1'3-Poly- 

 andria b-Pentayynia. Allied to Dil- 

 lenia.) 



Stove evergreen. See Dillenia. 

 W. denta'ta (toothed). 20. Yellow, Ceylon, 

 1818. 



WORMWOOD. Artcmi'sia. 

 WOUNDS. See Extravasaled Sap. 

 WOUNDWORT. Anthy'llis vulnera'ria. 

 WRI'GHTIA. (NamedafterDr. WrigM, 

 of Jamaica. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apo- 

 cynacese]. Linn., b-Pentandria l-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Alstonia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with white flowers, 

 , and from the East Indies, except where other- 

 I wise described. For culture see Alstonia. 

 W. angustifo'lia (narrow -leaved). 8. Sep- 

 tember. South America. 1752. 



antidysente'rica (antidysenteric). 10. 1778. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 12. Scarlet. July. 1822, 



du'bia (doubtful). Orange. June. 1813. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 30. August. Ha- 



vannah. 1733. 



pube'scens (downy). 4. Green, yellow, 



March, New Holland, 1829, 



