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miles. The farmer has every advantage, so he can have an elysian home. 

 Money is plentiful and instead of investing in mining stocks and wild 

 cat schemes put it where it will grow and keep growing in value. 



NOTES ON ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 

 c, s. harrison, york. 

 Ornamental Grasses. 



You see the beautiful ribbon grass in many gardens. The bontanical 

 name is Phalaris Aruudiancea, commonly known as the gardeners 

 garters. It grows about two feet tall and spreads from the root. If given 

 good cultivation it increases rapidly; too much so in fact. It should be 

 planted just back on the edges of the grass plot where it will find its 

 match in the blue-grass. The blades are green, striped with white. 



Erianthus (RaA^ena Grass). — Much resembles the pampas grass, which 

 is too tender for the North. The name is from erion (wool) and anthos 

 (flower). Sometimes it is called woolly beard grass. Where you wish 

 something conspicuous this is the thing. It grows nine lo ten feet tall 

 and its immense plumes have an imposing appearance. If you wish for a 

 cluster of plants, the tallest in the middle, giving the cluster a mound- 

 like appearance, this is just the thing, or if you wish something con- 

 spicuous for the background against which you wish to plant things not 

 so tall, you can use this with good effect. 



Eulalia Japonica. — This is a very tall ribbon-grass with splendid 

 plumes like the pampas grass. It grows four to six feet tall and is 

 usually hardy enough for the North. 



The Gracilis variety has very narrow green foliage. 



Zebriana has stripes of white crosswise instead of lengthwise. It does 

 not seem as hardy as the other mentioned. There are other sorts, but 

 we have named those most suitable for our climate. 



propagation. 



These may be grown from seed, but the seed very often does not ripen, 

 so the best way is root divisions. These tufts can be torn apart and 

 planted. Let them grow a year to make strong plants. Then they are 

 ready for sale to plant where you wish them to stand. 



The Funkia (Plantain Limes). 



This class of lilies was introduced from .Tapan in 1790 and named In 

 honor of Henry Funk, a noted German botanist. They are hardy per- 

 ennials, with plantain-like leaves and with compact fibrous roots. They 

 are closely allied to the Hemerocalis lilies and are sometimes confounded 

 with them. They do best in partial shade. 



The Coerulea has blue flowers, more of the snajidragon order than the 

 lily, but the foliage certainly makes it of the plantain lily family. 



