290 PLANTING THE ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS 



blooms on a plant. The plants may be flowered in pots, or in 

 a solid soil bench. Very good small plants may be brought to 

 perfection in 6-inch pots, but the best results, in pot plants, 

 are to be obtained in 8-inch or 10-inch pots. If the plants are 

 to be used for decoration, they should, of course, be grown in 

 pots, but the best results for cut-flowers are usually obtained 

 by growing in the earth. In any case, the cuttings are made 

 from the tips of basal or strong lateral shoots, late in Febru- 

 ary to May. If the plants are to be flowered in pots in which 

 case they usually mature earlier the cuttings may be started as 

 late as April, or even June; but if they are grown in the soil 

 and large plants are desired, the cuttings should be taken in 

 February or March. The plants which are flowered in the soil 

 are generally grown in pots until July. The grower must 

 decide how many blooms he desires on a plant, and then train 

 the plant accordingly, bringing up the different branches .o 

 that they will all bloom at the same time." 



There is a large special literature on chrysanthemums. 

 Current discussions may be found in the journals and in the 

 Cornell bulletins. 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



Arundo. Donax (Great Reed Grass). 10 ft. Tall, straight 



stems; deep green. Broad, pointed foliage. 

 A. Donax var. rariegata. Foliage striped with white. Both 



of these at the North profit by protection with a mulch of 



litter or manure. 

 Bambusa Metake (Bamboo, syn. Arundinaria). 4-7 ft. Shrubby, 



much branched stems. Almost evergreen, 



JErianthus fiavennce (Ravenna Grass). 4-7 ft. Forms hand- 

 some clumps of foliage. 

 Eulalia Japonica var. variegata (Japan Eulalia). 4-7 ft. 



Leaves longitudinally striped with white. 

 E. Japonica var. zebrina (Zebra Grass). Leaves cross-barred 



with yellow bands. 

 Festuca ovina var. glauca (Blue Fescue). 8 in. Foliage 



glaucous, forming pretty tufts. Useful as an edging. 

 Panicum virgatum (Tall Prairie Grass). 4 ft. Culms slender 



and wand-like. Very graceful. 



