HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. Ill 



Sedum acre Stone crop. 



" Sieboldii (and var.) Siebold's Stone crop. 



" pulcheUum Beautiful " " 



M spectabUe Showy " " 



and a large number of others, presenting a great variety in foliage and 



flowers. 



Sempervivutn arachnoideum Cobweb Houseleek. 



u calcaratum Purple-tipped " 



" (ectorum Common " 



Of these curious plants there are more than 50 species in cultivation, 

 and all perfectly hardy ; useful on rock-work. 



Spircea jilipendula, (and double) Dropwort. 



" palmata Palmate Spiraea. 



" TJlmaria Queen of the Meadow. 



" venusta Queen of the Prairie. 



Symphytum officinale var Variegated Comfrey. 



Thalictrum minus Maiden-hair Meadow Rue. 



Tritoma uvaria, (and vars.) Red-hot Poker, 



needs covering in winter with litter. 



Tunica Saxifraga Rock Tunica. 



Yucca Jilamentosa Bear-Grass. 



PERENNIAL ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



1. Arundo Donax Great Reed. 



2. " M versicolor Variegated Reed. 



3. " conspicua Silvery " 



4. Enanthxcs Eavennce Ravenna grass. 



5. Mdalia Japonica var Japan Eulalia. 



6. Festuca glauca Blue Fescue. 



7. Gynerium argenteum Pampas grass. 



8. Panicum virgatum Wand-like Panic. 



9. Phalaris arundinacea picta Ribbon grass. 



10. Stipa pennata Feather grass. 



In the climate of New York, Nos. 1, 2 and 7 need protection ; Nos. 

 1 and 2 by litter over the roots, and No. 7 by covering it with a cask or 

 box. In the order of their hight, No. 6 is 6 inches, 9 and 10 a foot, 5 

 and 8, 3 to 4 feet, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 from 6 to 12 feet, according to the 

 age of the plants. 



