72 Dreer'' s Garden Calendar. 



SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



These form a beautiful and attractive addition to the Flower Gar- 

 den ; their graceful forms and refreshing green colors giving a pleasing 

 relief to the brilliancy of the more showy occupants of the flower bor- 

 ders. When carefully dried, they are useful in making up winter bou- 

 quets, etc. 



Cut when in full bloom, and before the flower gets too old, tie in small 

 bunches and hang up in a dry, dark place, with their heads downwards. 

 They are nearly all annuals, and those which are not should be marked, 

 so they will not be destroyed for weeds. 



Per packet. 

 AGROSTIS. All the varieties of this class are exceedingly beauti- 

 ful and graceful ; of dwarf growth ; 1^ ft. 



PuLCiiELLA. Xebulosa. Mixed each 5 



ANTHOXAXTHUM GEACILE. Graceful and prettv; 6 in 10 



AVEXA STERILIS {Animated Oats). With pretty, 'large, droop- 

 ing spikes, on slender stems ; 2 ft ". 5 



BRIZA COMPACTA. An erect, compact variety of Quaking 



Grass; also known as Rattlesnake Grass; 1 ft....1 5 



Gracilis. Small, delicate and graceful racemes; 1 f t 5 



Maxima. Large Quaking Grass; beautiful rattles; 1 ft 5 



BROMUS BRIZ.EFORMIS. A beatttiful and graceful variety, 

 with drooping panicles resembling Briza Maxima; hardy 



perennial; Ih ft .'. 5 



CHLORIS TRUXCATA. Fine silvery plumes, with abundant 



foliage; elegant for bedding in groups ; 2ft 5 



COIX LACHRYM^ {Job's Tears). With broad, corn-like leaves ; 



half-hardv ; 2 ft 5 



ELEUSIXE BARCIXOXEXSIS. Curious, with stems resembling 



horns; elegant for pot-culture ; 1 ft 10 



ERAGROSTIS [Love Grass). Exceedingly pretty and ornamental ; 

 a favorite and graceful grass ; 2 ft. 



Elegaxs. Mixed each 5 



ERIAXTHUS RAYEXX^. A hardy perennial, noble grass, with 

 exquisite white plumes resembling the Pampas Grass. Fine for 

 lawns if planted in clumps. Flowers the first season from seed 



if sown verv earlv in the green-house or hot-bed : 7 ft 10 



GYXERIUM ARGEXTEUM (Pampas Grass). Half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; will stand out over winter, if protected with straw or 

 leaves ; the most noble grass in cultivation ; with silvery plumes 



on stems from 6 to 10 feet high 20 



Argexteum Foliis Yariegatis ; with variegated foliage; and 



flowering in large, silverv pltimes ; 8 ft 20 



HORDEUM JUBATUM {Squirrel Tail Grass). Yery handsome 



and lovelv purple plumes ; 3 ft 10 



ISOLEPSIS 'GRACILIS. Half-hardy perennial; dwarf, very 



graceful, suitable for baskets, vaseSj etc 20 



LAGURUS OYATUS {Hare's Tail Grass). Beautiful small white 



heads or spikes of bloom ; 1 ft 5 



PEXXISETU:\I LOXGISTILUM. A very graceful and interesting 



plant; U ft 5 



PHALARIS ARUXDIXACEA. A variety of Ribbon Grass : 3 ft.. 5 

 STIPA PEXXATA {Feather Grass). Hardy perennial plant whh 

 beautiful delicate white feathery grass; flowering the second 

 season from seed. The seed being slow to vegetate, it should be 



started in a hot-bed; 2 ft 10 



Elegaxtissima. a superb variety of the above ; fine for pot or 

 border-culture 10 



