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. 



PuLCHELLA. Nebulosa. Mixed each 5 



ANTHOXANTHUM GRACILE. Graceful and prettv; 6 in 10 



AVENA 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 5 



Gracilis. Small, delicate and graceful racemes ; 1ft 5 



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



BROMUS BRIZyEFORMIS. A beautiful and graceful variety, 

 with drooping panicles resembling Briza Maxima; hardy 



perennial; \h ft 5 



CHLORIS TRUNCATA. Fine silvery plumes, with abundant 



foliage; elegant for bedding in groups; 2 ft 5 



COIX LACHRYM^ [JoVs Tears). With broad, corn-like leaves ; 



half-hardy; 2 ft 5 



ELEUSINE BARCINONENSIS. Curious, with stems resembling 



horns ; elegant for pot-culture ; 1 ft 10 



ER AGROSTIS (Love Grass). Exceedingly pretty and ornamental ; 

 a favorite and graceful grass; 2 ft. 



Elegans. Mixed each 5 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNA. 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 ; 7 ft 20 



GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM (Pampas Gras.>^). 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 c 20 



Argenteum Foliis Variegatis ; with variegated foliage ; and 



flowering in large, silvery plumes; 8 ft 20 



HORDEUM JUBATUM (Squirrel Tail Grass). Very handsome 



and lovelv purple plumes ; 3 ft 10 



ISOLEPSIS 'GRACILIS. Half-hardy perennial; dwarf very 



graceful, suitable for baskets, vases, etc 20 



LAGURUS OYATFS (ffare's Tail Grass). Beautiful small white 



heads or spikes of bloom ; 1 ft 5 



PENNISETUM LOXGISTILUM. A very graceful and interesting 



plant; U ft 5 



PH ALARIS ARUXDINACEA. A varietv of Ribbon Grass ; 3 ft.. 5 

 STIPA PEXXATA (Feather Grass). Hardy perennial plant with 

 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 



Elegantissima. a supei-b variety of the above; fine for pot or 

 border-culture 10 



