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sunny banks, where it may not be overrun by coarse 

 plants. This remarkable kind is at present rare in culti- 

 vation, and deserves a favourable position. 



THE GRASS FAMILY. 



Bulbous Panicum. Panicum bulbosum. South 

 America. Perennial ; 3 to 4I feet ; seed or division. — 

 Low banks and unmown spots in wild parts of the plea- 

 sure-ground, or associated with the finer perennials or 

 with plants grown for the beauty of their leaves or habit. 



Elegant Panicum. Panicum capillare. America. 

 Annual; i| to 2 feet; summer; seed. — Banks, slopes, 

 fringes of shrubberies, or with strong annuals in almost 

 any position. If the Pampas, Arundo Donax, A. con- 

 spicua, and other ornamental grasses were grouped in a 

 glade, this and the following might be associated with 

 them, though less vigorous, in deep, rich, and well-drained 

 soil. 



Twiggy Panic Grass. Panicum virgafum. North 

 America. Perennial; 3 to 6 feet; summer; seed or 

 division.— Similar uses to preceding. This is an elegant 

 plant, intermediate in stature between the small and very 

 large ornamental grasses. 



Feather Grass. Stipa pmnaia. Southern Europe. 

 Perennial; i to 2 feet; summer; seed or division.— 

 Banks, rocky places, or unmown spots near wood walks. 



Great Reed Grass. Arundo Donax. Southern 

 Europe. Perennial ; 8 to 10 feet ; summer ; division.— 

 In isolated tufts in glades open and sunny, but sheltered ; 

 or grouped with other noble grasses like the Pampas 



