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J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John St., New York. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Many of these Grasses, if cut before they are entirely ripe, 

 bouquets, in connection with the Everlastings. 



will be found useful in the formation of winter 



NUMBER and NAME. 



4®^oz. at oz. rate only on articles quoted at 

 $1 per oz. and over. 



General Observations. 



5128 *Agrostis nebulosa . . . 



5130 pulchella 



5132 minutiflora 



5136 *Andropogon argenteus 



5U8 

 5HO 



Arundo Donax 

 * — fol. variegata 



5144 Avena sterilis 



Briza geniculata 



gracilis 



maxima . . . . 



5150 

 5152 

 5154 



5158 Bryzopyrum siculum 



Bromus brizaeformis 

 macrostachyus . . . 

 madritensis . . . . 



5160 

 5162 

 5164 



5165 Chloropsis Blanchardiana 



5166 

 5168 



5170 Chrysurus cynosuroides 



Chloris barbata vera 

 truncata 



5172 

 5i74 



Coix lachryma 

 aurea zebrina 



5175 Cryptopyrum Richardsoni 

 5175a Cynosurus elegans .... 



5176 Eleusine barcinonensis . . 



5176a corocana 



51766 Indica 



5178 Elymus hystrix 



Eragrostis elegans 



amabilis 



Abyssinica .... 



maxima 



suaveolens .... 



5180 

 5182 

 5183 

 5184 

 5185 



5188 

 5190 



5192 



5196 



5198 



5202 



5205 *Gynerium argenteum 



5207 * — fol. variegatum . . . 

 5207a * — roseum 



5208 jubatum 



Erianthus Ravennae 

 *— foliis variegatis . . 



Eulalia Japonica 

 Festuca glauca . 



Gymnothrix (Pennisetum) cau 



data 



latifolia 



5212 Hordeum jubatum . . 



5213 Isolepis gracilis .... 

 5216 Lagurus ovatus . . 

 5218 Lasiagrostis argentea 



5225 Panicum virgatum . . 



5226 sulcatum 



2 3 

 2 



2 3 



hA 



hP 



hA 



hP 



tP 



hA 



2 3 



2 3 



hP 

 hA 



hP 

 hA 



hP 



tP 



hA 



hP 

 hA 



apet. 



3 

 1 



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H 

 2 



1 



1% 



cts. 

 5 

 5 



10 



) Very fine for vases and bouquets. 

 > The plumes of A. nebulosa are 

 J very delicate. 



I Dense flowers, very silky, with 

 \ bright white hairs. 

 I Fine subtropical plants of stately 

 J growth ; ornamental in habit. 



(Animated Oats.) Curious. 



(Quaking Grass.) No. 5154 is 

 very pretty for bouquets. 



Dwarf species of Spike Grass. 



No. 5160 is very fine for winter 

 bouquets. To this genus belongs 

 the Cheat Grass, a well-known 

 [ pest. 



Dwarf ; very fine for edgings. 



) Elegant for groups, and also good 

 J for baskets. 



Pretty for edgings. 



{(Job's Tears.) So called from the 

 resemblance of the seed to a 

 tear-drop. 



Very fine grass. 

 Handsome for bouquets. 



)(Crab or Yard Grass.) E. Indica 

 is the Wire Grass. 



From the Crimea. Odd. 



) (Love Grass.) Pretty Grasses, 

 I growing about a foot high, and 

 )■ characterized by their beauti- 

 ful dancing spikelets ; for bou- 

 J quets. 



I (Plume Grass.) A very fine and 

 j stately-looking grass, 

 f Among the most beautiful of the 

 j tall-growing grasses. 

 (Fescue Grass.) Ornamental. 



> Grown chiefly as curious and or- 

 J namental grasses. 



] (Pampas Grass.) This is the no- 

 ! blest ofthetall-growinggrasses, 

 f and bears magnificent plumes, 

 J much used in floral decoration. 



(Squirrel-tail Grass.) 



Very pretty rush-like grass. 



(Hare's-tail Grass.) 



Fine for winter bouquets. 



) Very showy and hardy perennial 

 j grasses. 



