260 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



grasses is that they are perfectly hr.rdy and require so little 

 care. Among the best are the following: 



PAMPAS-GRASS (Gynerium argentum). Fig. 152, JAPAN 

 PLUME-GRASSES (Eulalia Japonica, E. J. zebrina (Fig. 

 153), E. J. variegata, E. J. gracill\md), REED-GRASS 

 (Arundo tfonax), both plain and variegated, etc., RIBBON- 

 GRASS (Phalaris arundinacece) . The last species spreads 



FTG. 153. JAPANESE PLUME-GKASS (Eulalia zebrina). 



rapidly and should be kept within bounds by spading up 

 and pulling out all the suckers or stolons as soon as they 

 get beyond the limits of the bed or space it is desired that 

 it shall occupy. 



