PLANTS FOR VARIOUS SITUATIONS 83 



frequently during mid-summer for the development 

 of the tallest canes and generous plumes. 



The tallest of all the ornamental grasses is found 

 in the Arundo Donax, which when well established, 

 makes a growth in good soil of twenty feet, and can 

 be used with good effect for the center of beds of 

 lower growth, as it is not as full in its development 

 as some of the smaller sorts. 



Erianthus ravennffi is an exceptionally fine grass 

 which may be grown next to the Arundo Donax, mak- 

 ing a growth of twelve to fifteen feet when established 

 and showing finer plumes than the Arundo. 



The Eulalias, Japonica and variegata, are beautiful 

 both in foliage and manner of growth, being more 

 erect and compact than the Erianthus, which has more 

 of the fountain-like form of the Gyneriums. The 

 variegated form is especially beautiful. QradUma 

 univitata is a lower-growing form of Eulalia and 

 can be used as a border plant for the taller sorts. Like 

 the Erianthus, it shows a silver midrib and a silvery 

 panicle of bloom. To these may be added the hardy 

 fountain grass — Penwisetum Japonicum, also a droop- 

 ing sort, but showing a purplish bronze in the flower 

 head. 



All but the Arundo Donax can be raised from seed 

 sown in spring in a coldframe and wintered under 

 glass and set out in permanent beds the following 

 spring. They are all long-lived plants, especially the 



