Drcer's Garden Calendar. 69 



SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



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



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



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

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



In a dry, darlc jjlace, with their heads downwards. They are nearly all annuals, and those 



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



Per pkt. 



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

 dwarf growth ; hardy annuals ; height 1 foot. 

 PcLCHELLA. Nebulosa. Mixed. Of all the varieties Each 5 



ANDROPOGON ARGENTEUS. Plants with silvery-green foliage, and beautiful 



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



ANTHO'X-\XTHUM GRACILE. A graceful and pretty hardy annual ; 6 inches.... 10 



ARUNDO CONSPICUA. A variety similar to the Pampas, with long, graceful, droop- 

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

 or for massing in clumps; hardy perennial 20 



AVEXA STERILIS {Animated Oats), With pretty, large, drooping spil*es, on slender 



stems ; hardy annual; 2k feet 5 



BRIZA {Rattlesnake or Quakirg 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 5 



BROMUS BRIZ.EFOR3IIS. A graceful variety, with drooping panicles resembling 



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



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



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



CHRYSURUS CYNOSL'ROIDES {Lamarkia Aurea), Dwarf, with yellowish feathery 



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



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

 seed vessels; half-hard v annual ; 2 feet 5 



ELEUSIXE BARCIXONENSIS. Curious-looking bloom, with stems resembling 



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



ERAGROSTIS, MIXED {Love Grass). Exceedingly pretty and ornamental; a favorite 



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



ERIAXTHUS RAVEXN.E, A hardy p'erennial, 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 



£ULALIA JAPONICA, A new and distinct, perfectly hardy perennial, ornamental 

 easily cultivated grass from Japan. It has long narrow leaves, strij^ed 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 



FESTUCA RIGIDA, A curious dwarf variety ; fine fur bouquets ; hardy perennial ; i ft. 5 



GYNERIU3I {Pampas Grass). Ilalf-hardy perennials; will stand out over winter, if 

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

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



Argenteum. With sj)leudid white silvery plumes ; 10 feet 10 



Aegenteum Foliis Vaeiegatis. With variegated foliage; and flowering in large 



silvery plumes; half-hardy perennial; 8 feet 10 



ArgenteU-M Carmixatu-U Rendatleei. Immense silvery plumes, tinged with pink; 

 half-hardv perennial ; 10 feet 20 



HORDE U3i JUBATUM {Squirrel Tail Grass). Very handsome and lovely light 



purple plumes, hardy annual; 3 feet 5 



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

 baskets, vases, etc. ; i foot 20 



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

 bloom; hardy annual; 1 foot 5 



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



hardy perennial; 2 feet o 



MILIUM 3IULTIFLORUxM {Pearl Gro^s). A very graceful variety ; hardy annual ; 2 ft. 5 



PAXICUM SULCATU3I. Beautiful palm-like foliage, very decorative, half-hardy 



annual; 2 feet 10 



PEXXISETU3I LONGISTILUiM. A very graceful and interesting plant; hardy 



annual; 1 V feet 5 



PHALARIS ARUNDIXACEA. A variety of Kibbon Grass; hardy perennial ; 3 feet.. 6 



8TIPA {Feather Grass). A hardy perennial plant with beautiful, delicate, white, feathery 

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

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

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



stems of bloom, imparting a light appearance to bouquets, etc 10 



Elegaxtissima. a superb variety of the above, fine for pot or border-culture 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 § 



