ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
in pots of sandy soil in cold frame in Sept. & Oct.; layering the 
shoots in autumn. 
CULTURE OF KANGAROO VINE: Compost, two parts peat, one 
part leaf-mould, & one loam & sand. Pot, Feb. of March. Position, 
pots, or in well-drained beds, shoots trained up roof or on_ wire 
trellis. Water freely March to Sept., moderately afterwards. Temp., 
March to Sept. 55° to 60°; Sept. to March 45° to 55°. Propagate by 
cuttings, 2in. long, of young shoots, removed with portion of stem 
attached, & inserted in 2-in. pot filled with sandy peat in temp. 85° 
in April. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: V. mstivalis (American Summer Vine), climber, U. 
States; antarctica (Kangaroo Vine), Syn. Cissus antayctica, greenhouse climber, 
Australia; californica (Californian Vine), climber, leaves crimson tinted in 
autumn, California; Coignetix (Japanese Vine), climber, leaves crimson tinted in 
autumn, Japan; Engelmanni, climber, stems selt-clinging; flexuosa major, climber, 
leaves richly tinted in autumn, China and Japan; heterophylla humulifolia (Tur- 
quoise Berry Vine), dwarf climber, blue berries, China and Japan; heterophylla 
humulifolia variegata, leaves variegated; inconstans (Syn. Ampelopsis Veitchii), 
Veitch’s Virginian Creeper, climber, stems self-clinging, Japan and China; Labrusca 
(American Fox Grape), climber, N. America; quinquefolia (Syn. Ampelopsis 
hederacea), the Virginian Creeper, climber, stems  self-clinging, N. America; 
pimrers, parent of the cultivated Grape Vines, Orient; vinifera purpurea, purple- 
eaved. 
Vriesia.—Sce Tillandsia. 
Wachendorfia.—Ord. Hemoradacee. Half-hardy tuberous- 
rooted plants. First introduced 1637. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, light, rich sandy. Position, sunny 
well-drained border. Plant, Sept. to Jan., placing bulbs 4in. deep 
& 2in. apart. Lift & replant bulbs annually. Mulch surface of bed 
in March with cow manure. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf- 
mould or decayed cow manure. Pot, 44in. in diameter, well drained. 
Place five bulbs, 3 in. deep, in each pot in Nov., & cover with cocoanut- 
fibre refuse in cold frame or under cool greenhouse stage until growth 
begins. Water moderately from time bulbs begin to grow until 
flowers fade, then gradually cease, keeping bulbs ae till Jan. Temp., 
Sept. to March 40° to 50°; other times, 50° to 60°. Propagate by off- 
sets treated as advised for bulbs. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: W. paniculata, yellow, April, 3 ft.; thrysiflora, yellow, 
May, 2 ft.; natives of S. Africa. 
Wahlenbergia (Bell-flower).—Ord. Campanulacez. Green- 
house & hardy perennial herbs. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts 
peut and loam with a little silver sand. Position, pots in sunny green- 
ouse. Pot, March. Water freely, April to Oct.; moderately after- 
wards. Temp., March to Oct. 55° to 65°; Oct. to March 45° to 50°. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny 
rockeries. Plant, Oct. to April. Propagate by seeds sown in a temp. 
of 55° in March or April ; cuttings in summer; division in spring. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: W. saxicola (New Zealand Bellflower), lilac, June, 
6 in., New Zealand; tuberosa, white and rose, summer, 1 to 2 ft., Juan Fernandez. 
HARDY SPECIES: W. hederacea (Syn. Campanula hederacea), Creeping Hare- 
bell, blue, summer, trailing, Britain; Kitabelii, blue and purple, summer, 6 in., 
Transylvania; tenuifolia, blue, violet and white, summer, 6 in., Dalmatia. 
Waitzia (Everlasting Flowers).—Ord. Composite. Half-hardy 
annuals. First introduced 1835. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny beds or borders. Sow 
seeds fin. deep in light sandy soil in temp. 55° to 65° in March or 
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