Violet Thlaspi - Weeds
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This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
Violet Thlaspi - Weeds
Violet Thlaspi
Clypeola lon Thlaspi.
Viorna
Clematis viorna.
Viper's Bugloss
Viper's Grass
See Scorzonera.
Virgilia
Six species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, except V.lutea, a hardy deciduous tree. Young cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.
Virginian Creeper
Ampelopsis hederacea.
Virginian Poke
Phytolacca de-candra.
Virgin's Bower
Clematis Viti-cella.
Vlscaria
Three species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.
Viscum
Viscum album. The Mistletoe. Parasite, increased by putting the berries on trees alter cutting the bark. See Mistletoe.
Vismia
Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Loam and peat.
Vitex
Twelve species. Stove, green-house and hardy evergreen shrubs and trees. Cuttings. Loam and peat, and the hardy kinds of common soil.
Vitis
Eleven species and some varieties. Hardy deciduous or stove evergreen climbers. V. vinifera is the common grape vine: seed, cuttings or layers. Strong rich soil. See Grape Vine.
Vittaria
Two species. Ferns. Stove herbaceous perennials. Division or seeds. Loam and peat.
Voandzeia
Voandzeia subterranea. Stove creeping annual. Seeds. Rich mould.
Volkameria
Volkameria aculeata. A stove evergreen shrub, and V. japonica, a green-house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
Vouapa
Vouapa bifolia. Stove evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
Voyra
Voyra rosea. Stove herbaceous perennial. Seeds. Sandy loam and peat.
Vresia
Vresia psittacina. Stove epiphyte. Suckers. Leaf-mould and potsherds.
Wachendorfia
Eight species. Green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets or seeds. Sandy loam and peat.
Wahlenbergia
Four species. All hardy; W. grandiflora, an herbaceous perennial; W. repens, an evergreen creeper; the other two are annuals. Division and seeds. Loam and peat.
Waldsteinia
Waldsteinia geoides. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division or seeds. Common soil.
Walkera
Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
Wall Cress
Wallichia
Two species. Stove palms. Seeds. Strong rich soil and a strong heat.
Walnut, Black
Wardian Case
See Glass Case.
Warrea
Warrea cyanea. Stove.
Wartwort
Euphorbia helio-scopia.
Waterfall
See Cascade.
Water Germander
Teucrium Scordium.
Watering Engine
See Engine.
Water Lemon
Passiflora lauri-folia.
Water Lily
Nymphea.
Water Melon
Cucumis Citrui-lus, var.
Water Plants
See Aquarium.
Water Purslane
Peplis.
Water Vine
Water Violet
Watsonia
Fifteen species. Green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets or seeds. Sandy loam and peat.
Wayfaring Tree
Weeds
Weeds should be warred upon unremittingly by the gardener, for not only does their presence detract from that neatness which should be the all-pervading characteristic of the garden, but every weed robs the soil of a portion of the nutriment which should be devoted to the crops.
To destroy them, the hoes and weeding irons should be unremittingly at work. Neither should weeds be allowed to remain where cut down, but should be gathered together, and mixed with saline matters, to convert them into most valuable fertilizers. Never burn them. No weed wrill endure being continually cut down, and when cut down, it should be carried to a common heap, and a peck of common salt, and a gallon of gas ammoniacal liquor, mixed with every barrow load. The whole speedily becomes a saponaceous mass; all seeds in it are destroyed; and it is rendered one of the best fertilizers the gardener can command.
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