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WINTER CRESS. 



Wendlandia. — Menispermacece. 

 — A climbing shrub nearly allied to 

 Menispermum, formerly called Coc- 

 culus Carolinus. It requires a little 

 protection during winter. 



Wheel-barrow. — A wheel-barrow 

 is a necessary appendage to every gar- 

 den ; and one intended for the use of 

 a lady ought to be made as light as 

 possible, and with the handles curved 

 so as to require very little stooping. 

 The wheel also ought to be made 

 broad, to prevent it from injuring the 

 walk. In addition to the wheel- bar- 

 row there may be a hand-barrow, con- 

 sisting of a square basket with two 

 long poles, so as to be carried between 

 two persons ; the use of this being to 

 hold the haulm of sweet peas; the 

 long stalks of perennial plants J clip- 

 pings of box, dead flowers, &c, &c, 

 which are not heavy, but which take 

 up a great deal of room. These waste 

 articles should be carried to the re- 

 serve-ground, where they should be 

 laid in a heap to rot for manure. A 

 great part of the beauty of a flower- 

 garden depends on removing withered 

 flowers and all unsightly objects as 

 soon as is possible without injuring 

 the plants to which they belong. 



White Beam Tree. — Pyrus Aria. 

 — See Py^rus. 



White Cedar. — Cupressus Thy- 

 oides. 



White Vine. — Clematis Vitalba. 

 — See Clematis. 



Whitlow-grass. — See Dra x ba. 



Whortle- berry. —See Vacci'nium. 



Wild Bugloss — Lycopsis. — Bri- 

 tish and American annual plants, 

 some of which are pretty, and which 

 will grow in any common soil. 



Wild Liquorice. — Abrus preca- 

 tdrius.--A climbing leguminous plant, 

 with pale purple flowers, and very 

 beautiful red and black seeds ; a na- 

 tive of the West Indies. The root 

 tastes like liquorice. In England the 

 plant should be grown in sandy peat, 



and it requires a stove. The seeds 

 are used for making necklaces. 



Wild Olive. — Several plants are 

 known by this name ; but the one 

 most commonly so called is the 

 Eleagnus. Three other plants, called 

 the Wild Olive, are the Rhus Coti- 

 nus, a kind of Daphne, and Nyssa 

 Sylvatica, or the Tupelo Tree. No- 

 telsea is also sometimes known by 

 the same name. 



Wild Service. — Pyrus tormina- 

 lis. — See Pyrus. 



Wild Thyme. — Thymus serpyl- 

 lum. 



Willow. — See Salix. — Besides 

 the botanical divisions of the genus 

 Salix, which are very numerous, Wil- 

 lows are divided into three or four 

 distinct kinds ; viz., the Willows 

 which include all the trees, and gene- 

 rally all that have smooth shining 

 leaves ; the Osiers, which are the 

 shrubby species with long pliant 

 shoots, and the Sallows, which have 

 thick shaggy leaves. The wood of 

 the tree kinds is white, and being 

 very soft and elastic, it is used for 

 making bats for cricket -players, 

 wooden mallets, and other purposes, 

 where wood is required that will bear 

 a heavy blow without splitting ; the 

 Osiers are used for basket-work ; and 

 the withies, which are a diminutive 

 kind of Osier, for tying up bundles. 

 All the Willows grow best in moist 

 marshy land, and they are all propa- 

 gated by cuttings, which strike with 

 the greatest facility. 



Willow-herb. — See Epilobium. 



Willow-oak. — Quercus Phellos. 

 — An American Oak with very nar- 

 row Willow-like leaves. 



Wind Flower. — See Anemone. 



Winged Pea. — Lathyrus alatus. 

 — See Lathyrus. 



Winter Aconite.— See Eranthus. 



Winter Berry. — See Prinos. 



Winter Chkrry — See Physalis. 



Winter Cress — Barbarea vul- 



