80 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
nanum. Each of these may be had in five different colours, namely, 
white, yellow, rose, red, crimson, at threepence or fourpence per 
packet. For ordinary purposes a packet of mixed seed of one or 
both of the forms will suffice. Helipterum Sandfordi is very pretty, 
the small yellow flowers being produced in clusters, and are most 
useful for associating with those of larger size. 
Iunaria biennis is not an everlasting, but the white seed pods 
are so useful for associating with the everlastings and grasses, that 
it is properly included amongst them. Waitzia corymbosa and W. 
grandiflora are both valuable in their way, and must not be omitted. 
Xeranthemum annuum, violet purple; X. annuum album, white ; 
X. annuum imperiale plenissima, purple, the flowers nearly two 
inches in diameter, and X. annuum Tom Thumb, a fine dwarf form, 
with purplish flowers are also useful. 
For the hardier kinds select a border in the kitchen garden; for 
as the flowers must be gathered before they expand, they will not 
contribute much to the attractions of the flower garden if grown 
therein. A border in an out-of-the-way part of the pleasure ground 
may be devoted to them if available. When grown in the kitchen 
garden the best course is to sow in drills about fifteen inches apart, 
and to thin when the plants are about an inch high, to six or eight 
inches apart ; the latter distance being the best for the Helichrysums, 
whilst six inches will suffice for the other things. When in the 
flower border the best plan wiil be to form a group of each, about 
thirty inches in diameter. They may be raised in pans and be 
transplanted, but the transplanting entails so much labour that it 
cannot be recommended, 
The grasses should be sown in drills, as advised for the everlast- 
ings, but they will not require to be thinned to more than two or 
three inches apart, for provided there is a fair space between the 
rows, it is of little consequence whether plants are crowded or not 
in the rows. The end of March is a very suitable time for sowing 
the seeds of the grasses, and also of the hardy everlastings. The 
following are the most valuable of grasses for winter decorations :— 
Agrostis nebulosa, and A. pulchella, two dwarf-growing kinds of 
exquisite beauty, chat cannot be too highly praised. Briza maxima 
and B. media, two pretty grasses, with very distinct inflorescence, 
and most valuable for winter bouquets. Brachypodium distachyum 
is useful for its distinctness ; Chloropsis Blanchardiana has panicles 
in the form of a bottle brush, consisting of long silky awns ; Deliaca 
altissima and M. ciliata have long panicles, and are very handsome. 
Hordeum jubatum, Lagurus ovatus, Panicum capillare, Pennisetum 
longistylum, Stipa elegantissima, 8. pennata, and Uniola latifolia are 
all distinct and exceedingly beautiful. The grasses cost about 
threepence per packet, so that all the foregoing may be purchased 
for a very trifling sum. 
With reference to the gathering and arranging the flowers, it}will 
suffice to say that they should be gathered just as they begin to 
expand, and when perfectly dry. Gather with a portion of stalk, 
and tie them up in small bunches and hang them, flowers down- 
wards, ina dry room. After they are thoroughly dry they can be 
