Drecr's Garden Calendar. 69 



SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



These form a beautiful and attractive addition to tlie Flower Garden ; their graceful forms and 



refreshing green colors, giving a pleasing relief to the brilliancy of the more showy occupants 



of the dower borders. When carefully dried, they are useful in making up winter bouquets, etc. 

 Cut vrhen in full bloom, and before "the flowers get too old, tie in small bunches and hang up 



in a drv, dark place, with their heads downwards. They are nearly all annuals, and those 



which are perennials should be marked so they will not be destroyed tor weeds. 



Perpkt. 



AGROSTIS. All the varieties of this class are exceedingly beautiful and graceful; of 

 dwarf growth ; hardy annuals ; height 1 foot. 

 PcLCHELLA. Xebulo-SA. Mixed. Of all the varieties Each 5 



AJVDROPOGON ARGEXTEUS. Plants with silvery-green foliage, and beautiful 



silverv plumes, fine for groups or massing; hardy perennial; 3 feet 10 



AXTHOXAXTHU31 GRAClLE. A graceful and pretty hardy annual ; 6 inches.... 10 



ARUXDO COXSPICL'A. A variety similar to the Pampas, with'long, graceful, droop- 

 ing leaves, and silvery plumes, on stems 10 feet high; fijie for specimens on lawns 

 or for massinar in clumps; hardy perennial 20 



AVENA STERILIS {Anirruxted'Oats). With pretty, large, drooping spikes, on slender 



stems ; hardy annual; 2h feet o 



BRIZA {Rattlesnake or Quakivg Grass). A beautiful variety, in great demand for orna- 

 mental work and grass bouquets ; hardy annual ; 1 foot. 



COMPACTA. A new, erect, compact, splendid variety; with beautiful rattles 5 



Gracilis. Small, delicate and graceful racemes 5 



Maxima. Large racemes of beautiful rattles. Per oz., si 5 



BROHL'S BRIZ-EFOR3IIS. A graceful variety, with drooping panicles resembling 



the Briza Maxima, and in great demand for florists' use; hardv perennial ; lA feet 5 



CHLORIS TRUNCATA. With an abundance of foliage and fine silvery plumes; 



elegant for bedding in groups; hardv annual; 2 feet 5 



CHRYSURUS CYNOSfROIDES {LarfiarkiaAurea). Dwarf, with yellowish feathery 



spikes, useful for bouquets; hardv annual; 1 foot 5 



COIX L.ACHRY3I.E {Job's Tears). With broad, corn-like leaves, and fine-looking 



seed vessels; half-hardy annual; 2 feet. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



ELEL'SIXE BARCIXONEXSIS. Curious-looking bloom, with stems resembling 



horns; elegant for pot-culture; hardy annual; 1 foot 10 



ERAGROSTIS, 3IIXED {Love Grass). Exceedingly pretty and ornamental; afavorite 



and graceful grass; mixed varieties; hardy annual; 2 feet 5 



ERIAXmUS RAVEXX-E. 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 very early in the green-house or hot-bed; 10 feet 10 



EULALIA JAPOXICA. A new and distinct, perfectly hardy perennial, ornamental 

 easily cultivated grass from Japan. It has long narrow leaves, striped white and green ; 

 elegantly recurved flower-spikes of a light violet color, not unlike a curled ostrich 

 feather, borne on stems 6 feet high 25 



FESTLX'A RIGIDA. A euriousdwarf variety ; fine for bouquets ; hardy perennial ; i ft. o 



GYX"ERIU31 {Pampas Grass}. Half-hardy perennials; will stand out over winter, if 

 protected with straw, leaves, or lay down and cover uj) with earth ; the most noble grass 

 in cultivation; producing beautiful plumes on stems from 6 to 10 feet high. 



Aegexteum. With sjdendid white silvery plumes ; 10 feet 10 



AP.GENTEUM FOLIIS Variegatis. With variegated foliage; and flowering in large, 



silvery plumes ; half-hardy perennial; 8 feet 10 



Aegextecm CarmixatU-mEexdatleei. Immense silvery plumes, tinged with pink; 

 half-hardv perennial ; 10 feet 20 



HORDE L'3i JL'BATU^I {Squirrel Tail Grass). Very handsome and lovely Kght 



purple plumes, hardy annual; 3 feet 5 



ISOLEPSIS GRACILIS. Half-hardy perennial; dwarf, very graceful, suitable for 

 baskets, vases, etc. ; ^ foot 26 



LAGURUS OVATUS {Hare's Tail Grass). Beautiful small white heads or spikes of 

 bloom ; hardy annual ; 1 foot 5 



LASIAGROSTIS ARGEXTEA. A beautiful silver-white grass, fine for bouquets; 



hardy perennial; 2 feet 5 



MILIUM 31ULTIFLORUM {Pearl Grass). A very graceful variety ; hardy annual ; 2 ft. 5 



PAX'^ICUM SULCATUM. Beautiful palm-like foliage, very decorative, half-hardy 



annual; 2 feet 10 



PEXXISETUM LOXGISTILU31. A very graceful and interesting plant; hardy 



annual: H feet 5 



PHALARIS ARUXDIXACEA. A variety of Ribbon Grass; hardy perennial ; 3 feet.. 5 



STIPA (Feather Grass j. A hardy perennial plant with beautiful, delicate, Avhite, feathery 

 grass ; in great demand for ornamental work and florists' use, flowering the second sea- 

 son from seed. The seed being slow to vegetate, it should be started in a hot-bed ; 2 ft. 

 Pexxata. One of the most graceful of all grasses, producing very delicate feathery-like 



stems of bloom, imparting a light a])pearance to bouquets, etc. Per oz., $1 10 



Elegaxtissima. a superb varietv of the above, fine for pot or border-ci;lture 10 



TRICHOL.EXA ROSEA. A beautiful rose-tinted grass ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet 10 



UXIOLA LATIFOLIA. A beautiful hardy perennial grass; flowering in large pani- 

 cles; 4 feet 5 



