Wild Garden (con¢.)— 
Narcissus culture in—directions and kinds 
suitable for, i, 472; illust. of, i, 470. 
Roseries (see Rose-garden). 
Wild service tree--descript. of, i, 315. 
Willow —species, &c., descript. of, i, 320, 
for subtropical garden, i, 641, for 
winter-bedding, i, 647. 
Willow-herb—descript. and cult., i, 357. 
Wind— 
Direction of—instructions for taking, i, 25. 
passage of fluids influ- 
enced by, 1, 45. 
Shelter of kitchen-garden from—means for, 
il, 10, II. 
Wind-flower—descript., 
of, i, 400, 4or. 
Wineberry, Japanese—(illust. ), descript., 
uses, and cult. of, ii, 271. 
Pameuer - conite — descript. 
35°: 
Winter-bedding — directions and list of 
plants suitable, 1, 646, 647. 
Winter buds—growth of, i, 46. 
Winter cherry—descript. and cult. of bush, 
i, 542. 
Winter cress—descript. and cult. of, i, 399. 
Winter moth —(illust.), descript. and treat- 
ment, 1, 98. 
Wire for floral decoration—kinds of and 
method of using, i, 649. 
Wireworms-—(illust.), desctipt. and_treat- 
ment, 1, 110, 111, on tomatoes, il, 342, 
on asparagus, ll, "306. 
Wistaria — descript. and cult. of hardy 
species, &c., i, 326; forcing W. 
chinensis, directions and illust., i, 625, 
626. 
Witch-hazel—descript. of shrub, i, 304. 
Witsenia corymbosa—as a greenhouse 
plant, 1, 544. 
Weeberian tortrix-—-(illust.), descript. and 
treatment, 1, 70. 
Wood and wood-fibres — formation of 
(illusts.), 1, 28, 35, 36, 37 
Wood-ashes—as manure, i, 163. 
Wood leopard moth — (illust.), 
and remedies, i, 114. 
Wood-lice —(illust.), descript. and treat- 
ment, 1, 9g. 
cult., and _ illust. 
and fcult,. 11; 
descript. 
INDEX. 
Wood-lily—descript. and cult. of, i, 375. 
Woodpeckers—as garden friends, i, 112. 
Woodsia—species, &c., descript. of, i, 608. 
Wood sorrel—descript., uses, and culkt., ii, 
524; foreign names of, li, 528. 
Woodwardia—descript. of stove and green- 
house ferns, i, 601, of hardy ferns, i, 
608, of W. radicans for subtropical 
garden, 1, 646. 
Wood-wool for packing— 
ll, 374, 383. 
Woollen refuse and shoddy -asmanure, 
thy Tse, 
Workmen—market - gardening, availability 
and employment of men, ii, 73, 74, 75; 
packers of fruit, employment and 
duties of, ii, 367. 
Wormia Burbidgei—as a stove shrub, i, 
556. 
Worms—worm-casts on lawns, precautions 
against, i, 279. (See also Wireworms. ) 
Wormwood-—(illust.), descript., uses, and 
cult. of common, Roman, and sea 
wormwood, ii, 525; foreign names of, 
li, 528. 
Wreaths and crosses—instructions for 
making, i, 651, illusts. of, i, 655. 
Wren~— as garden friend, i, 1109. 
Wulfenia—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
1, 377: 
price and use of, 
Xanthoceras sorbifolia—descript. of, i, 
320. 
Xanthosoma Lindeni—as a stove plant, 
1, 554- 
Xanthosoma robustum and X. vio- 
laceum—for subtropical garden, i, 
646. 
Xeranthemum annuum—descript. 
cult. of, 1, 399. 
Xerophyllum asptodeloides— descript. 
and cult., 1, 377. 
Y 
Yeast of Gluten—descript. of fungus, i, 
100. 
and 
607 
Yellow aphis— illust. 
ment, i, 73, 74. 
Yellow hammer—as 2 garden friend, i, 
116. 
Yellow spot disease on tomatoes—de- 
script. and treatment, ii, 340. 
Yellow Sultan—descript. of plant, i, 390. 
Yellow-tail moth — descript. 
ment, 1, 9g. 
, descript. and treat- 
and treat- 
Yellow underwing moth— illust., de- 
script. and remedies, i, 111. 
Yellow-wood tree—descript. of, i, 296. 
Yellows disease on peach and nectarine— 
descript. and treatment, ii, 179. 
Yew trees—species, &c., descript. and uses 
of, 1, 333; stinking yews, i, 334; winter- 
bedding vars., i, 647. 
Yucca—species, &c., descript., cult., and 
illust., 1, 326; Y. recurva for vases, 
&c., in spring-bedding, i, 631; terrace- 
garden plants, i, 641. 
Zz 
Zamia—species, &c., descript. and cult., i, 
613, 615 
Zauschneria californica — illust.), de- 
script. and cult., i, 377- 
Zea—descript. and cult., i, 646; Z. Mays 
(illust. )—descript., use as vegetable, 
and cult., i1, 448, 449. 
Zelkowa crenata—descript. of, i, 326. 
Zenobia speciosa—descript. of, i, 327, for 
forcing, 1, 625. 
Zephyranthes—descript. and cult. of hardy 
species ‘illust.), i, 377, 378, of green- 
house species, 1, 544. 
Zeuzera esculi—illust.), 
remedies, 1, 114. 
Zinna-—descript., cult., 
A eka ee otamag and functions of, i, 
65. 
Zootoca Vvivipara—as garden friend, i, 119. 
Zygomorphic flowers—descript. of, i, so. 
Zygopetalum—calendarial directions, i, 2, 
8, 16, 18; species, &c., descript. of, i 
581, 582. 
descript. and 
and illust. of, i, 399. 
