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THE FLORAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Pennisetum longistylum, one of the most elegant grasses known. 



Panicum Italicum is one of the best of a beautiful family. P. 

 capillare is also a most graceful species. P. Miliaceum (common 

 millet) is also well worth a place in any amateur's garden. Indeed 

 all the Panicums are well worth growing. So also is 



Setaria Germanica, and Setaria macrocJiceta, the last being a 

 thorough " cat's-tail " grass. 



Eragrostis elegans cannot be surpassed for elegance when in 

 flower, though until the bloom appears it has rather a coarse 

 appearance. 



Milium multiflorum is the most elegant of this elegant family. 

 It is invaluable for winter bouquets to mix with everlasting flowers. 



GEOUP OF EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 



Airopsis pulchella, a little gem for pot culture. When covered 

 with seeds it is quite a curiosity. 



Hordeum jubatum is the pretty squirrel's4ail grass, a good com- 

 panion to Lagurus ovatus. 



(Egilops cylindrica, a stiff, quaint, and not inelegant grass, which 

 comes in well for bouquets. 



Lepturus subulatus, a wiry backbone sort of grass that will make 

 any one laugh who sees it for the first time. 



Bromus brizceformus, a minute grass of the most exquisitely 

 graceful construction. It is a genuine candidate for complete 



