62 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



ORNAMEINTAL GRASSES, ETC. 



AKUXDO Donax Variegata. Very broad corn -like foliage, beautifully 

 striped with creamy- white and light green. It forms grand clumps and grows 8 to 

 10 feet high. Each 25c: clumps 50c. 



PAPYRUS Antiquorus. "Egyptian Paper Reed." Most elegant, 

 graceful and stately. It sends up reed -like stems, which on old plants rise from 

 8 to 10 feet high, crowned with a tuft or umbel of long, wiry grass that falls 

 gracefully above and around the stem. Each 15c, 25c; clumps 50 to $1.00. 



CYPEBUS Alternifolius. "Umbrella Grass." Slender stems, sur- 

 mounted by alternate leaves, so arranged as to resemble the frame of an open 

 umbrella: as beautiful and ornamental for home decoration as a palm. Each 

 10 and 25c; dozen $1.50 to $2.50; clumps 50c and 75c. 



Alternifolius Gracilis. A charming dwarf variety of umbrella grass, 

 that does not grow over 18 inches high. Each 10c; clumps 50c. 



Distans. The slender stems are crowned with alternate leaves about ^ an 

 inch wide and about 4 inches long, that lie perfectly flat, and are surmounted by 

 a tuft of dainty, wiry grass, with stems 2 or 3 inches long, tipped with the seeds 

 or flowers. Each 25c and 50c. 



CABEX Japonica Variegata. An exquisite grass, whose slender, 

 arching, green foliage is edged with white, and whose elegant habit gives it a 

 place that cannot be equalled by any other plant. Each 25c. 



BAMBOOS. 



Exceedingly ornamental for the garden, sending up the slender canes of feathery 

 growth in splendid groups. They are destined to be extensively cultivated in Cali- 

 fornia for their useful qualities as well as for their beauty. Eor pots or cut deco- 

 rations in halls or in dwellings they are very effective. 



Metake. A large-leaved, rather dwarf- growing variety, attains a height of 7 

 feet, grows erect, stems thickly tufted, but entirely covered with sheaths of the 

 leaves. Native of Japan. Each 25c to 50c. 



Common Giant. Grows to the height of 25 to 40 feet. Useful for 

 windbreaks. The stems can be used for ornamental and useful purposes: for 

 fences, plant stakes and many other ways. Each 35c to 50c. The time for plant- 

 ing is in the spring. 



Striped. Foliage green and white, stems yellow, with alternate sections of 

 green up and down the stem. Each 75c. 



Hiiro- Cliiku. "Black stemmed Bamboo." One of the most beautiful. 

 Stems 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Each 50c to 75c. Three other fine tall varie- 

 ties, each 35c to 50c. 



Silver Variegated. A dwarf- growing variety, leaves handsomely varie- 

 gated with silvery white. Each 25c. Two other pretty dwarf sorts. Each 25c to 50c. 



PHOBMIUM Tenax. "Variegated Xew Zealand Flax." A grand decorative 

 plant of most stately habit. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches broad. They have dark 

 red edges and are beautiuflly striped, yellow and bluish green. They are showy 

 pot plants, ranking with palms and dracamas, and make a grand clump on a lawn. 

 Each 50c, 75c and $1.25. 



Phorminm Tenax. Like the above except the leaves are plain blue- 

 green, edged red. Very beautiful. Each 20c, 25c, 50e and $1.50. 



