UAKING GRASS. 



This curious plant 

 should find a place among 

 the ornamental grasses. 

 It is easily dried, and in 

 this state becomes useful 

 for winter decorations. There are several 

 varieties, all hardy annuals, growing freely 

 from seed. Briza major, the large quaking 

 grass, is the favourite. 



Quassia (not. ord. Simaru'bese). 



The tree from whence quassia wood and 

 chips are obtained is the Quassia amara, a 

 tree about 20 feet in length, and bearing 

 a tube-like scarlet flower, found in the 

 West Indies and Central America. An 

 infusion of the chips was once used as a 

 febrifuge. Quassia water is an effectual 



" Nor did they lack 

 Rich store of quinces, odoriferous 

 Well nigh beyond endurance, but in hue 

 Meet rivals to the wondrous golden fruit 



ingling the dragon-guarded trees that grew 

 wii Afric's western edge, in garden rare 

 Owned by the daughters of dark Hesperus." 



ANON. 



means of getting rid of the caterpillars that 

 infest currants and gooseberries in the 



spring. 



C!;EAT QUAKING GKAbS. 



It is made by boiling quassia 



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