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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



1871 



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PAMPAS GRASS.— '/,(/'«'■""''■ 



Ornamental Grasses. 



Among the ornamental grasses, there are two 

 truly magnificent. Oyneruim (Pampas Grass) is 

 the most stately and graceful growing species of 

 grass known. It is indigenous to South America, 

 and on its native plain even rivals the bamboo in 

 stature — attaining ten to fifteen feet in lieight. In 

 this latitude it grows to a iicight of .six to eight feet. 

 It is a half-hardy perennial here, and slioiild 1k^ pro- 

 tected in winter by removal to a cellar or cold 

 frame. It may be lifted in the full and set into a 

 cellar with very little trouble, and returned to the 

 open ground in spring. Its transfer fall and spring 

 will well repay the trouble, for it is a most beauti- 

 ful object in the ornamentation of the front yard, 

 with its long, graceful, silvery plumes bending to 

 the slightest breeze. 



Impekiata is another magnificent hardy gi'ass, 

 quite recently introduced from Amoor, witli gr;ice- 

 fully curved foliage, forming a fine bush about 

 three feet high, throwing out uuincrous flower- 



spikes about five feet in height, bearing glittering 

 silvery plume.s of flowers, eztremely pretty. The 

 leaves are lively green, with a broad, silvery line 

 down the middle; and the habit and bearing of the 

 plant are quite as handsome. 



For the accompanying illustration of the Pampas 

 Grass, we are indebted to Messrs. Washburn & Co., 

 Seedsmen and Florists, Boston, from whom pack- 

 ages of seed of either of these grasses may be 

 olitained for twenty-five cents each. 



Watering Plants with Hot Water. — It has 

 lately been shown by careful experiment, that sick- 

 ly potted plants, even some that have almost died 

 out, can be greatly benefitted, and sometimes, in- 

 deed, entirely restored to vigor, by applying warm 

 water to them instead of cold. In certain cases, 

 oleanders that have never bloomed, or did so only 

 imperfectly, after being treated with lukewarm 

 water, increasing the temperature gradually from 

 150 degrees up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit, produced 

 the most magnificent luxuriance of bloom. 



