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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



them in the kitchen garden, a warm border being suitable. In this case the seeds may- 

 be sown in shallow drills one foot or more apart. The soil should be moderately rich, 

 and if at all dry when the drills are open, moisten these prior to sowing. Sow thinly, 

 and cover with half an inch of fine soil. In cold districts the plan of sowing the seeds 

 during April in pans or boxes in gentle heat, duly hardening and planting the 

 seedlings in small patches where they are to flower, answers well. Subjoined is a list of 

 the most popular ornamental grasses : — 



Selection of Grasses. 



ANNUALS. 



Name. 



Popular Name. 



Habitat. 



Height. 



Agrostis elegans 



Cloud Grass 



Eussia 



1 foot 



,, nebulosa 



j > 





l\ feet 



,, pulchella 



) » 



Eussia 



6 to 12 inches 



Anthoxanthum gracile 



Vernal Grass 



Britain 



9 inches 



Avena sterilis 



Animated Oats 



Barbary 



1J to 2 feet 



Briza maxima 



Quaking Grass 



S. Europe 



1 foot 



,, minor 



Little Quaking Grass 



England 



8 inches 



Brizopyrum siculum 



Spike Grass 



Unknown 



9 inches 



Bromus brizfeformis 



Brorne Grass 





1 foot 



Chloris barbata 



Windmill Grass 



India 



> > 



,, elegans 





Mexico 



> > 



Chrysurus aurea 



Golden-spiked Grass 



S. Europe 



6 inches 



Coix lachryma (Fig. 133) . . 



Job's Tears 



India 



1| to 2 feet 



Eragrostis elegans (Fig. 134) 



Love Grass 



Temperate Eegions 



1 foot 



Hordeum jubatum (Fig. 135) 



Squirrel-tail Grass 



N. America 



H feet 



Lagurus ovatus 



Hare's-tail Grass 



S. Europe 







PEEENNIALS. 







Arundo conspicua 



Silvery Eeed Grass 



New Zealand 



4 to 6 feet 



Elymus arenarius 



Lyme Grass 



Northern Eegions 



1 foot 



Eriantbus Bavennae 



Woolly- Beard Grass 



S. Europe 



1£ feet 



Gynerium argenteum 



Pampas Grass 



Temperate S. America 



4 to 6 feet 



Panicum altissimum 



Tall Witch Grass 



W. Indies 



3 to 4 feet 



, , capillare 



Old Witch Grass 



N. America 



li to 2 feet 



Pennisetum latif olia . . 





Monte Video 



6 to 8 feet 



,, longistylum 





Abyssinia 



1 to If feet 



Stipa pennata (Pig. 136) 



Feather Grass 



Britain 



2 feet 



The hardier perennial species, or those which belong to the temperate and cold 

 regions, can be left out all the winter, but the more delicate, notably the pennisetums 

 and erianthus, should be lifted in the autumn, packing the clumps in boxes of good soil, 

 and wintering in a greenhouse temperature. These will be available for division 



