70 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



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 uj 



in a dry, 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 lor weeds. 



Per pkt. 



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

 dwarf growth ; hardy annuals ; height 1 foot. 

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



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

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



ANTHOXANTHUM 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 



A VENA STERILIS {Animated Oats). With pretty, large, drooping spikes, on slender 



stems; hardy annual; 2 £ feet 5 



BRIZA {Rattlesnake or Quaking 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., $1 5 



BROMUS BRIZiEFORMIS. A graceful variety, with drooping panicles resembling 

 the Briza Maxima, and in great demand for florists' use; hardv perennial ; 1-} feet 5 



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



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



CHRVSURUS CYNOSUROIDES {Lamar kia Aurea). Dwarf, with yellowish feathery 

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



COIX LACHRYMJ1 {Job's Tears). With broad, corn-like leaves, and fine-looking 



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



ELEUSINE BARC1NONENSIS. Curious-looking bloom, with stems resembling 



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



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



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



BRIAN THUS 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; 10 feet 10 



EULALIA JAPONICA. 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 



FESTUCA RIGIDA. A curious dwarf variety ; fine for bouquets ; hardy perennial ; £ ft. 5 



GYNERIUM {Pamjxis Grass). Half-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 splendid white silvery plumes ; 10 feet 10 



Argenteum Foliis Variegatis. With variegated foliage; and flowering in large 



silvery plumes; half-hardy perennial; 8 feet 10 



Argenteum Carminatllm Eendateeri. Immense silvery plumes, tinged with pink; 

 half-hard v perennial ; 10 feet 20 



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

 purple plumes, hardy annual; 3 feet 5 



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

 baskets, va^es, 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 ". 5 



MILIUM MULTIFLORUM {Pearl Groxs). A very graceful variety ; hardy annual ; 2 ft. 5 



PANICUM SULCATUM. Beautiful palm-like foliage, very decorative, half-hardy 



annual; 2 feet 10 



PENNISETUM LONGISTILUM. A very graceful and interesting plant; hardy 



annual; l£ feet 5 



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



STIPA {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 slow to vegetate, it should be started in a hot-bed ; 2 ft. 

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



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



Elegantissima. A superb variety of the above, fine for pot or border-culture 10 



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



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

 cles; 4 feet 5 



