Weeding Tools

See Hoe. Besides spuds, weeding pincers, and hoes, there are several implements invented for eradicating the deeper-rooting weeds. Such are Hall's Land Crab (Fig. 179), Dockspuds and the Guernsey Weeding Prong (Fig. 180).

Fig. 179.

Fig. 180.

Weevil

See Anthonomus and Otiorhyncus.

Welch Onion

See Ciboule.

Wendlandia

Wendlandia paniculata. A Stov'e evergreen tree; and W. populifoUa, a green-house evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Loam, peat and sand.

Westringia

Ten species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Light rich soil.

Whirling Plant

Desmodium gyrans.

White Bean Tree

Pyrus Aria.

White Cedar

Cupressus thy-oides.

White Spruce

Pinus Alba.

White Tree

Melaleuca Leuca-dendron.

White Vine

Clematis vitalba.

Whitefieldia

Whitefieldia lateritia. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Leafy mould and loam.

Whortle Berry

Vaccinium.

Widow Wail

Cneorum.

Wigandia

Wigandia caracasana. Stove deciduous shrub. Seeds. Loam and peat.

Wilderness

See Labyrinth.

Wild Liquorice

Abrus.

Wild Service

Pyrus torminalis.

Wildenovia

Two species. Grasses. Division. Loam and peat.

Willemetia

Willemetia africana. Stove evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. Sandv loam and peat.

Willow

Salix.

Willughbeia

Willughbeia edulis. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Wind Flower

Gentiana Pneu-monanthe, and Anemone.

Winged Pea

Tetragonolobuspur-pureus.

Winter Aconite

Eranthis.

Winter Berry

Prinos.

Winter Cherry

Physalis, and Cardiospermum Halicacabum.

Winter Cress

Barbarea.

Winter Moth

See Cheimatobia.

Winter Sweet

Origanum hera-cleoticum.

Wise Men's Banana Tree

Musa Sapientum.

Wistaria

Two species. Hardy deciduous climbers. Layers, and also cuttings. Light rich soil. W. sinensis requires the shelter of a wall, and to be pruned about the beginning of March ; cut the leading shoots about half-way back, and spur the others in rather short.

Witch Hazel

Hamamelis.

Witheringia

Seven species. Stove and green-house evergreen shrubs and herbaceous perennials. W. purpurea is tuberous rooted; W.phyllantha, a green-house annual. Cuttings or seeds. Light rich soil.

Witsenia

Three species. Greenhouse herbaceous perennials. Offsets or seeds. Sandv peat.

Wolf's Bane

Aconitum lupu-linum.

Wood Ashes

See Ashes.

Woodbine

Caprifolium Pericly-menum.

Wood Leopard Moth

See Bomhyx.

Woodlice

See Oniscus.

Woodroof

Asperula.

Wood Sorrel

Oxalis.

Woollen Rags

See Animal Matters.

Working

Working is a gardener's term for the practice of grafting. " To work" upon a stock is to graft or bud it.

Wormia

Wormia dentata. Stove evergreen tree. Ripe cuttings, with the leaves on. Light loam, or loam and peat.

Woundwort

Anthyllis vutnera-ria.

Wounds

See Extravasated Sap.

Wrightia

Four species. Stove evergreen trees and shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Wulfenia

Wulfenia carinthiaca. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division or seeds. Light rich soil.