iU DICTIONAEY OF POPULAE KAMES WALNUT 



Walnut, Black {Juglans nigra), a large tree native of North 

 America. Its -wood is much valued for furniture and also for 

 making gunstocks ; its fruit is globose, but the kernel is not 

 palatable. 



Wampee {Coolia pmctata), a small tree with large winged 

 leaves, of the Orange family (Aurantiace^e). The fruit is a berry 

 the size of an ordinary grape, with a thin but hard woody rind 

 of a yellowish colour, containing a pulp tasting somewhat like 

 that of grapes combined with a peculiar flavour. It is esteemed 

 in China. 



Waratah, a name for the red anemone-flowered Camellia 

 {Camellia japonica), also of Tdof&a speciosissima, a shrub with 

 slender rod-like stems 8 to 10 feet high, bearing splendid scarlet 

 flowers, belonging to the family Proteacec-e, native of New South 

 Wales. About fifty or more years ago it was a great favourite 

 with amateurs, but being difficult of cultivation it is now seldom 

 seen. 



Water Caltrops. (See Chestnut, Water.) 



Water Celery {Ranunculus sceleratus), an annual of the 

 Buttercup family (Eanuneulaceae), native of Britain, growing 

 abundantly in ditches and damp places. It is something like 

 celery, but highly acrid, blistering the mouth and skin ; it is 

 said to be used by beggars for making artificial sores. In Scot- 

 land the same use is made of the Lesser Spearmint (i?. Flam- 

 mula), but wounds so made often become incurable. 



Water-cress. (See Cress.) 



Water Crowfoot {Banunmlus agiLatilis), native of this* 

 country, and, as its name implies, growing entirely in water, 

 occupying rivers, ditches, and ponds, to a great extent, giving 

 the surface a gay appearance with its pretty white flowers. It 

 has leaves of two kinds, the floating ones being like little round 

 shields, and the submerged ones finely divided and threadlike. 

 This is one of the few wholesome species of the family. In 

 some parts of England cows are entirely fed on it during winter ; 

 they as well as horses and hogs eat it greedily. 



Water Dropwort {(Enanthe crocata), a perennial herb of the 



