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noticeable. The pampas grass is of course well culti- 

 vated and is found only in nurseries and private yards; 

 it is a very pretty grass and grows usually to the height 

 of live or six feet, the leaves are very long and narrow, 

 growing up and bending over: there are two kinds the 

 green leaved and the variegated, the latter is a pretty 

 plant for yards and lawns. The bloom appears in early 

 fall, growing on straight smooth stalks: when young 

 they are small and of a reddish color, looking like long 

 sprays or spindles: when cut and dried they open out 

 full and form a beautiful plume, which naturally is 

 almost white but may be colored any desired shade. 

 The nursery patches of this grass have a beautiful 

 appearance when full grown and in bloom. 



Another pretty fall grass is a red species which 

 grows by roadsides, in meadows and pastures: it grows 

 about three feet high with narrow green blades, at the 

 base upon the ground: the stems are bare with the ex- 

 ception of blades which are located at each joint, one 

 in a place. This grass when young is about the color 

 of the raspberry and is very pretty when it dries it 

 turns nearly white and the little seed vessels open, if 

 colored at this time it is very nice for winter boquets 

 and vases. 



The other samples of grass are numerous and more 

 common, some varieties which grow like wheat are 

 early and children often cut and bind it in play: this 

 kind grows low, others grow in tufts and greatly re- 

 semble sea-weed or spray, this is very soft and is green- 

 ish red in color, while still others look so nearly like 

 worms as to be sometimes mistaken for such, having 

 round heads covered with hair. Some species have flat 



