452 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNA 

 (Pampas Grass) 



There is nothing finer 

 in hardy grasses than this, 

 especially if one wants 

 plants for single specimens. 

 It will, in a short time, 

 grow into fine clumps with 

 graceful narrow leaves, 

 producing great flower 

 heads or plumes. It can 

 stand a little protection 

 over Winter. 



EULALIA 



The Eulalias are a- 

 mong the most popular of 

 hardy grasses and make 

 fine beds all by themselves. 

 E. gracillima with its 5-ft. 

 narrow green leaves, each 

 with a white rib along the 

 center, is very effective. 

 E. japonica is of somewhat 

 stronger habit than the 

 others and with leaves 



striped crosswise; this will go well with either of the others if 



planted in the center of the bed. 



Fig. 224. PENNISETUM LONGISTYLUM. It is 

 ditlicult to find the foliage on these plants. They 

 make a decidedly different hedge, and for a 

 border around the Ganna bed you could hardly 

 find anything more fitting 



PENNISETUM (Fountain Grass) 



Pennisetum japonicum is a fine hardy grass and just the thing 

 for the edges of the pool or for planting in groups along the edge 

 of a shrubbery border. P. longistylum is the best known of the 

 annual sorts and is used extensively for bordering Canna beds. 

 Allow at least eighteen inches of space between the plants when 

 used for this purpose, so as to avoid a soft, weak growth that will 

 not be able to resist heavy rains. P. ruppelianum is even better 

 than P. longistylum, as it has purplish colored plumes while the other 

 two have white ones. 



All three are easily grown from seed, but don't be tempted, 

 when transplanting the seedlings in March from seed sown in 

 February, to take four or five at a time and later on pot them up 

 in that way in order to obtain quicker results. They look like 

 ordinary grass plants but use them separately. They will all make 

 bushy plants by May. 



