170 iniHENRrADREER-PNIlADELPHIA-M^m HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Ornamental Grass, Eulalia Japonica Zkbrina 



Pennisetum Japonicum {Hardy Fountain Grass). This 

 variety grows about 4 feet high, foliage narrow, of a bright 

 green, while the cylindrical flower heads are tinged with bronze 

 purple, one of the most valuable hardy'grasses. 25 cts, each; 

 $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Phalaris Arundinacea Variegata {Variegated Eihhon 

 Grass or Gardener's Garters). Large variegated foliage; 

 an excellent grass for bordering large beds; 12 to 15 inches. 

 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Hardy Ornamental Grasses 



The ornamental grasses can be used with telling effect 

 in borders, large beds, or by the margin of ponds and lakes. 

 They are often used with small shrubs and medium-sized 

 trees in wide borders. The Eulalias, planted singly on 

 lawns where the soil is deep and rich, take care of them- 

 selves, and grow rapidly into large specimens. In large, 

 round beds, with ornamental Grasses as the principal fea- 

 ture, the effect is heightened by the addition of such plants 

 as Cannas or dwarfer flowering plants near the margin. 



Elymus Glaucus (Blue Lyme Grass). A handsome 

 Grass, with narrow glaucous silvery foliage; well adapted 

 for the border or the edge of beds containing taller sorts; 

 2 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Eulalia Qracillima Univittata {Japan Rusli). Of 

 graceful habit, with narrow foliage; of a bright green 

 color, with a silvery midrib; 6 to 7 feet. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



Eulalia Japonica Variegata. Very ornamental; long, 

 narrow leaves, striped green, white and often pink or 

 yellow. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Eulalia Japonica Zebrina {Zebra Grass). The long 

 blades of this variety are marked with broad yellow 

 bands across the leaf. It makes a very attractive speci- 

 men plant for the lawn; 6 to 7 feet. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



Festuca Glauca (Blue Fescue). A pretty dwarf tufted 

 Grass, with glaucous foliage; 8 to 10 inches. 35 cts. each 

 $3.50 per doz. 



Qynerium Argenteum {Pampas Grass). One of the most 

 effective. Its silvery plumes are produced on stems 8 to 10 

 feet high. Well established plants can lemain in the open 

 ground if carefully protected. Strong, heavy pot-grown 

 specimens $1.00 each. 



HELKIVIIIM (Sneeze Wort) 



All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in 

 a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful for 

 cutting, each species covering a long-blooming season. 

 Autumnale Superbum. Golden-yellow flowers during the late 

 summer and fall months; 5 to 6 feet. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Moopesi. Pure orange-yellow flowers, 2^ inches across, and the 

 earliest to flower, coming in early in June and continuing through- 

 out the summer; 2 feet. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. 

 Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large purplish black 

 cone; August and September; 4 feet. 50 cts. each; $5. 00 per doz. 

 Riverton Gem. Old gold, changing to wallflower red. 50 cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 



HEI^IANTHEMUM (Rock, or Sun Rose) 



Exceedingly pretty low growing evergreen plants, forming broad 

 clumps, and which during their flowering season, July to September, 

 are quite hidden by a mass of bloom; well adapted for the front of 

 the border, the rockery, or a dry, sunny bank. Choice mixed va- 

 rieties, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



HHUCHERA (Alum Root, or Coral Bells) 



Most desirable dwarf, compact bushy plants of robust constitution 

 and easy culture, growing 1^ to 2 feel high, and bearing during July 

 and August loose, graceful spikes of flowers in the greatest profusion; 

 excellent subjects either for the border or rockery, and of great value 

 for cutting. 



San guinea Gracillima. A very free-flowering rosy-pink. 

 — Virginal. Creamy-white. 

 Price. 35 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



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