fterbaceous plants. 38s 



spicuous; leaves oblong-lanceolate; stem reclining, rooting 



at the swollen nodes. Fine for rockeries or in moist, light, 

 Or sandy soil in sunny positions, but must be seen in masses 

 to be appreciated. 



Spiderwort, Tradescantia Virginica. — A somewhat 

 weedy plant with rather showy, violet-blue flowers. Stems 

 erect, two feet high, more or less ; leaves linear-lauceolate, 

 keeled; flowers crowded in a terminal umbel and iu clus- 

 ters from the axils of the upper leaves. For planting on 

 moist grassy banks. Sometimes planted in borders. 



gi: ASSES. 



Variegated Orchard Grass, Dactylis ghmerata variegata. 



— A tufted grass; pale green, striped with white and faint 

 red lines. Much used for edging beds and borders. 



Zebra Grass, UMalia zebrina. — Very ornamental, grow- 

 ing about four feet high. The bright green leaves have 

 bars of yellow. The original type of this variety is E.japon- 

 ica, of the same size and habit, with deep green foliage. 

 Flowers pale purple, in large feathery panicles. There is a 

 form of this having a white stripe down the centre of the 

 leaves. All are fine for specimens on a lawn, especially 

 near water. 



Erianthus, Erianthus Ravenna 1 . — Grows to a height 

 of five or six feet, forming large masses of foliage. 



Pampas Grass, Gynerium argenteum.- — A very fine and 

 stately grass with linear, arching leaves six feet long, rigid 

 and glaucous, forming very large masses of foliage in a suit- 

 able position. The feathery and silky panicle of flowers is 

 silvery white, sometimes more than a foot long, aud glows 



