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Vilmorini. The new decorative grass. One 
of the most beautiful of all decorative 
grasses. Exceedingly long slender leaves, 
drooping gracefully like Isolepis Gracilis, but 
attain the length of five feet. Color of the fol- 
iage is glossy, gray-green. It is an easy grow- 
er and stands house culture admirably. For 
planting in vases or window boxes it has 
few equals. 10c and 25c. 
YPERUS Alternifolius or Umbrella Grass. 
Slender grass, surmounted by alternate 
leaves, so arranged as to resemble the 
frame of an open umbrella; beautiful and 
ornamental for house decoration. 15c. 
PANICUM Variegatum. .Beautiful grass of\ / 
a trailng or creeping nature, valuable for 
hanging baskets or pot culture in either 
green house or window. Its slender, wiry 
stems grow 2 or 3 feet or more long, and 
are clothed their entire length with wil- 
low-shaped leaves which are _ distinctly 
and beautifully variegated with pure 
white, bright rose, and green. It likes a 
warm place, will grow in shade, forming 
a dense drooping mass of lovliest coloring 
imaginable. 10c to 25c. 
Panicum Plicatum. Rapid growing grass 
ornamental, decorative and cheap, will take 
the place of a palm; fine for pot or vases. 
It has long, arching, broad leaves, regularly 
ridged and is very artistic and beautiful. It 
makes a splendid large clump in a few 
months. 15c, 25c¢ and 50c each. 
PAPYRUS Antiquorum, or Egyptian Paper 
Plant. Elegant, graceful and_ stately; 
sends up reed-like stems, which on old 
plants rise from 8 to 10 feet high, crowned 
with a tuft or long wiry grass that falls 
graceiully above and around the stem. 15c. 
PHORMIUM Tenax or Variegated New Zea- 
land Flax. Grand decorative plant of most 
stately habit. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches 
broad, with dark red edges, beautifully 
striped yellow and bluish green. They 
are showy pot plants, rivaling palms and 
dracaenas. Fine for lawns. 50c, 75c and 
$1.25 each. 
Phormium Tenax. Like the above ex- 
cépt that the leaves are plain blue green, 
edged red. Very beautiful. 25c to $1.50 each. 
The above are too heavy to be sent by 
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Rare Bamboos 
Bamboos are among our most decora- 
tive, beautiful and useful plants, for house 
or garden. The interest in them is increas- 
ing and on many large places fine ecollec- 
tions are being made. They add greatly to the 
tropical effect of the landscape. They grow 
in almost any situation and aiter once being 
established require no further care. Their 
stems are valuable for stakes and rustic 
work, and pretty devices for the protection 
of beds can be made from them. 
B. Argentea. A very hardy Japanese 
species reaching 35 to 40 feet. The un- 
der side of the leaf glaucous green; plant 
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forms a noble clump even at an early age. 
The tops spread out gracefully, like im- 
mense drooping plumes, and make consid- 
erable shade. The canes are used for fish- 
ing poles and for all sorts of manufactur- 
ed articles, particularly by the Chinese and 
Japanese. 50c and $1. 
Striata. Exactiy like the 
preceding except that it has variegated 
foliage, green and white, and is even more 
vigorous, the bright yellow stems often strip- 
ed with green and are very beautiful. 75c to 
$1.50. 
‘3B. Aurea (Phyllastechis.) A hardy spe- 
cies with underground running roots, which 
must be grown in masses, unless the runners 
are kept cut off with a spade. Light green 
leaves and yellow stems. Will reach a height 
of 8 to 12 feet. Very hardy. 25c to d50c. 
B. Arundinacea. 12 inches. This very rare 
‘pretty bamboo has small bright yellow stems 
and beautiful golden and green variegated 
leaves. It is very handsome, fine for baskets 
and vases, 25c to 50¢ each. 
B. Dendrocalamus Strictus. An immense 
bamboo of India, having solid cones. It 
reaches an enormous height and forms splen- 
did clumps of great beauty. The strong, solid 
canes are of considerable value. It stands 
more cold than any tropical bamboo we know 
of $1 each. 
B. Falcata. A rather dwarf bamboo, with 
exquisite flat growths of tiny leaves and 
‘slender stems. It is a magnificent plant when 
grown, and is very hardy, standing a temper- 
ature of 10 degrees without injury. It forms 
a thick, fan-shaped clump never over 8 to 10 
feet high. Elegant pot plant. Without doubt 
a most useful plant for the fiorist. The grace- 
ful shoots are very useful in fiower work. 
D0c to $1 each. 
B. Henonis (Phyllastechis.) 15 to 18 feet 
high. A distinct Japanese variety of pyramid- 
al shape. The light, stiff branches start out 
quite low, and are graduated to the top; 
leaves light green, stems heavily knotted. A 
stately and rare plant contrasting well with 
others of different habits of growth. 50c to 
$1.00. 
B. Metake. A handsome, broad-leaved, very 
hardy species, rarely exceeding 10 feet in 
height. Very suitable for pots and tubs, as 
an ornamental house plant. Leaves are thick 
and strong: very beautiful. It forms large 
masses, like B. Aurea; the canes are used for 
many purposes. Will grow along the southern 
border of the United States. Strong plants 
25c, 50e€ to>75e. 
B. Nigra (Phyllastochis) A fine upright 
variety with jet black stems, very handsome. 
It is used for canes. 50c, 75c and $1. 
B. No. 11. © Very easily grown and sends 
out a crop of runners every year in all di-. 
rections that sprout at each joint, coming up 
in straight lines like little squads of soldiers. 
It attains a height of 18 or 20 feet, has num- 
erous dark green leaves that start out on 
thick branches near the ground, half 
pyramidal in shape; diameter of the plant 
is about three feet. It forms a sort of grove 
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