. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 11)74 WEST VIKGIN1A WIGANDIA It becomes evident that a state with the limited terri- tory of West Virginia must have some other compensat- ing feature to render it capable of such varied products. A glauce at its geog
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 11)74 WEST VIKGIN1A WIGANDIA It becomes evident that a state with the limited terri- tory of West Virginia must have some other compensat- ing feature to render it capable of such varied products. A glauce at its geographical location, at the varied alti- tudes and exposures, is sufficient to account for the va- riety of climate. Persimmons, papaws and watermelons thrive on the lowland, cranberries on the mountain glades, and in the higher altitudes the huckleberry finds a congenial home. Huckleberries are annually gathered in great quantities both for domestic uses and for ship- ment. Certain local areas are expressly adapted to the cultivation of sweet cherries, others to pears of the better sorts, and nearly every corner of the state fur- nishes ideal conditions for the blackberry and dewberry — the Lucretia dewberry being a native. Tbe mountainous character of the state has been a barrier to cheap railroad construction, and as a result facilities for moving perishable products are not good, and to-day hick of railroad facilities is the greatest check to commercial horticulture. l q, Corbett. WHAHOO or WINGED ELM is Ulmus alata. WHEAT. See Triticum. WHEAT, INDIA. Fagopyrum Tataricum. WHIN. See Ulex. WHIPPLE A (Lieut, [afterward General] A. W Whipple, commander of the Pacific Railroad Expedi tion from the Mississippi to Los Angeles in 1853-54) Saxifraghceas. A genus of one species, a trailing sub shrub with clusters of small white fls. which soon be come greenish. The clusters have 4-9 fls. and the petals are a little more than a twelfth of an inch long. The plant blooms in March and Ap
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