The new international encyclopaedia . e army; and in l(i47 fled to to England, he supported the proposedtreaty with the King, and in Decendjer. 1648,was imprisoned on a charge of having instigatedthe Scots to invade England. He was lateractive in negotiating for the return of CharlesII.; in February. 1000. sat in the Long ; was a meml)er of the last council ofstate; promoted the calling of a free Parlia-ment; and sat in the Convention. A Vindica-tion of the Character and Conduct of Sir WilliamWaller, written by himself, was publishedposthumously in 1797. WALL-EYED
The new international encyclopaedia . e army; and in l(i47 fled to to England, he supported the proposedtreaty with the King, and in Decendjer. 1648,was imprisoned on a charge of having instigatedthe Scots to invade England. He was lateractive in negotiating for the return of CharlesII.; in February. 1000. sat in the Long ; was a meml)er of the last council ofstate; promoted the calling of a free Parlia-ment; and sat in the Convention. A Vindica-tion of the Character and Conduct of Sir WilliamWaller, written by himself, was publishedposthumously in 1797. WALL-EYED PIKE. See Pike-Peech ; andPlate of Pei!C!ii:s of North America. WALL-EYED POLLACK. See Pollack. WALLFLOWER tCheiranfhus). A genus oflierbs or shrubby biennials and perennials ofthe natural order Cruciferie, characterized by WALLFLOWER. 268 WALLIS. racemes of rather large yellow or purple common wallflower { Clieiri),a native of Europe, which occurs in rocky placesand on old walls, is frequently grown for orna-. WALLFLOWER (Cheiraxithus Chfiri), menting such places. In the wild state itsflowers are always yellow, but the numerous cul-tivated varieties are diversely colored. In thenorth, where it not hardy, it is grown as ahouse plant. The doulile varieties are especiallyornamental. Cheiranthus sempcrflorcns is aXorth African perennial producing yellow andwhite flowers at different periods of the requires a dry, sheltered place in thrive best in a rather dry gravellysoil; on good garden soils they grow too are propagated by seeds and cuttings. Tlioplants flower the second season at the north. WALLICH, viilliK. Nathaniel (17S6-IS54).A Danisli-Britisli naturalist, born at C(i]) studied medicine in his native city, and in1S07 became surgeon to tlie Dnnisli settlement ofSerampore. in India. Wlicn that jdacc fell intothe hands of the English in 1813, he entered theservice of the East India Company, and in 18
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