ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny sheltered beds out- 
doors, May to Oct.; warm greenhouse remainder of year. | Plant, 
May or June. Lift, Sept. or Oct. Propagate by seeds sown in light 
soil in temp. 65° to 76° in Feb.; cuttings inserted in sandy soil under 
bell-glass in temp. 75° in spring. Usually treated as an annual ; 
seldom preserved during the winter. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: W. carcassana (Syn. W. macrophylla), 8 to 10 ft., 
Mexico; Vigieri, 4 to 6 ft., lilac, autumn. 
Wig Tree (Rhus Cotinus).—See Rhus. 
Wild Rosemary.—See Andromeda. 
Willow.—See Salix. 
Willow Herb.—See Epilobium. 
Wind flower.—See Anemone. 
Wine-berry (Rubus phenicolasius).—See Rubus. 
Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis).—See Eranthis, 
Winter Cherry.—See Physalis and Solanum. 
Winter Cress (Barbarea precox).—See Barbarea. 
Winter Flax (Reinwardtia trigyna).—See Reinwardtia. 
Winter Green (Pyrola minor).—See Pyrola. 
Winter Hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyon).—See Apono- 
eton. 
: Winter Heath (Erica carnea).—See Erica. 
Winter Heliotrope (Tussilago fragrans)—See Tussilago. 
Winter Savory (Satureia montana)—See Satureia. 
Winter Sweet (Acokanthera spectabilis)—See Acokanthera. 
Wistaria (Grape-flower Vine; Kidney-bean Tree).—Ord. Legu- 
minose. Hardy deciduous climbing flowering shrubs. First intro- 
duced 1724. 
CULTURE: Soil, ‘deep rich sandy loam. Fosition, well-drained 
borders against S. or S.W. walls; or on sunny pergolas; or as stan- 
dards in shrubbery or on lawns in sheltered districts. Plant, March 
or April. Prune, Jan. or Feb., shortening shoots not required for ex- 
tending branches to within lin. of base. Propagate by layering 
young shoots during summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: W. sinensis (Chinese Kidney-bean Tree), mauve, 
May, China; sinensis alba, white; sinensis flore pleno, double; sinensis 
macrobotrys, white, blue, and purple; frutescens (American Kidney-bean Tree), 
mauve, April, 10 ft., U. States; frutescens alba, white; multijuga, lilac-purple, 
summer, Ohina, 
Witch’s Thimble (Silene maritima).—See Silene. 
Witloof.—See Cichorium. 
Witsenia.—See Aristea. 
Wolf’s-bane (Aconitum lycoctonum).—See Aconitum, 
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemerosa).—See Anemone. 
Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum).—See Lonicera. 
Wood Lily.—See Trillium. 
Woodruff (Asperula odorata).—See Asperula. 
Woodsia.—Ord. Filices. Greenhouse & hardy ferns. Deciduous 
& evergreen. Fronds, feather-shaped. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts 
peat & loam, with little silver sand, & charcoal. Position, well-drained 
pole or beds in shady greenhouse. Pot or plant, Feb. or March. 
ater freely, March to Oct.; moderately afterwards. Syringing not 
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