MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 129 



HARDY EXOTIC PLANTS SUITABLE FOR THE 



GARDENS OF MISSOURI AND ADJOINING STATES 



(Continued from October Bulletin) 



XIII. ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



Color Approx. 



Botanical name Common name A^fi??' of time of Habitat 



neigiu foliage bloom 



Arrhenatheruni Variegated oat 



bulbosum grass 6-8' . . . Green, 



striped 



white July-Aug. . Gardens 



Arundinaria 



japonica Japanese bamboo 6-10' . . Green July-Aug. . Japan 



Arundo Donax Giant reed 10-15'. .Reddish Aug.-Sept. .Europe 



Arundo Donax var. 



variegata Giant reed 10-15'. .Variegated. Aug.-Sept.. Gardens 



Dactylis glomerata 



var. variegata Variegated 



orchard grassr . iy 2 -2' . . Green, 

 silvery 



markings. August. . . Gardens 

 Elymus arenarius. . . Sea lyme-grass. j 2-5'. . . Green August. . . Temper- 

 ate zone 



Erianthus iJavennaePlume-grass 4-7'. . .Greenish. . .August. .. Europe 



Festuca glauca Blue fescue grassl8-20" . .Greenish . . . June- July . Europe 



Miscanthus sinensis 



and varieties Eulalia 4-9'. . .Brownish 



violet October . . . Japan 



Molinia caerulea 



var. variegata Variegated tiair ^ "* 



grass 1-2' . . . Purple 



with 

 yellow 



stripes May-June. Europe, 



Asia 



tfcirpus 

 Holoschoenus var. 



variegatus Variegated sedge. 1-1 Va'. Brown, 



stems 

 banded 

 with 



green and 

 yellowish 



white June-July. Gardens 



Stipa pennata Feather-grass . . . 2-3'. . .Green July-Aug. .Europe, 



Siberia 



XIV. TREES FOR STREET AND AVENUE PLANTING 



Botanical name Common name Habitat 



Acer platanoides Norway maple Europe, Caucasus 



Acer pseu&oplatanus Sycamore maple Europe, Caucasus 



