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the Pampas and the two Arundos alone surpassing it. I am 

 not quite certain that it is not more useful than the 

 Arundo, being hardy in all parts of these islands. In 

 very good soil it will grow 4 feet high ; and as it is for the 

 leaves we should cultivate it, if the flowers are removed 

 they will be no loss. It is found frequently on our 

 shores, but more abundantly in the north than in the 

 south. The variety called geniculates, which has the 

 spike pendulous, is also worthy of culture, and in its case 

 the flowers may prove worth preserving. It may possibly 

 be useful for covert, and is certainly so for rough spots 

 in the pleasure-ground and in semi-wild places. 



*Elymus condensatus (Bunch grass). — A vigorous 

 perennial grass from British Columbia, forming a dense, 

 compact, column-like growth, more than 8 ft. in height, 

 covered from the base almost to the top with long arch- 

 ing leaves, and crowned in the flowering season with 

 numerous erect, rigid spikes, each 6+ ins. long, and re- 

 sembling an elongated ear of wheat in form. It is a 

 very ornamental plant, and may be associated with our 

 largest grasses. A very distinct variety has been raised 

 in the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens, in which the 

 spikes or ears are much shorter and broader than those 

 of the original form. For this the name Elymus conden- 

 satus compactus has been suggested. 



Entelea arborescens. — A small, branching, light- 

 wooded tree. 5 to 10 ft. high, with large, alternate, heart- 

 shaped or three-lobed leaves covered with stellate down, 

 and white flowers, somewhat like those of a small dog- 

 rose, borne in umbels on the ends of a branching panicle. 

 It is peculiar to New Zealand, and is the only species 



