314 GRAMINACE/E. 



Erianthus Ravennse. — A vigorous-growing handsome species, 

 with bold bronzy foHage and crowded plume-hke panicles of 

 flowers. Height about 3 or 4 feet. 



Festuca ovina, var. glauca, syn. F. glauca. — A pretty dwarf 

 grass, with deeply glaucous filiform leaves in crowded tufts 

 about 6 inches high. The small panicles of flowers should be 

 cut away as soon as they appear. 



Gynerium argenteum. — A very handsome and not uncom- 

 mon species, commonly known as Pampas-grass. It likes 

 moist, deep, rich loam, a warm sunny position, and abundance 

 of moisture in the growing season, but must be well drained in 

 order to withstand the eftects of winter in cold wet localities. 

 There are different varieties of it, not permanent from seed, 

 but all are beautiful, some having pure silvery plumes, and others 

 being tinged with purple. The latter are the handsomest. 

 Height from 6 to 9 feet. 



Stipa calamagrostis. — A handsome species of Feather-grass 

 growing about 2 feet high ; the awns are graceful, feathery, and 

 yellowish. The flowers of this and those that follow are admir- 

 able for mixing in bouquets, but are not very enduring as bor- 

 der ornaments. 



S. capillata. — About the same height as the last, with the 

 awns about 6 inches in length. 



S. pennata. — The best known of the Feather-grasses, and a 

 very beautiful plant, the feathery awns being very long and gi^ace- 

 ful. These Stipa s, and the whole family, delight in warm, light, 

 dry soil ; in heavy wet clays they do badly, and they should 

 not frequently be disturbed ; they are years in many soils after 

 severe division before they begin to grow well and flower. 



