OF THEIR ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE. 



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476 Bromus brizoeformis.for bouquets, 1 ft 



477 „ lanuginosus, for bouquets, lft 



478 Ceratochloa pendula, graceful, lft. . . 



479 „ unioloides, graceful, 2 ft. 

 Chloris. A singularly interesting 



and curious class. 



„ barbata, 1 ft 



„ fimbriata, fringed, 1 ft. . . 



„ polydactyla, 1 ft 



„ radiata, radiating, f ft. . . 



„ snbmatica, 1 ft 



„ truncata, silvery plumes . 

 Chrysurus aureus (golden spiked) £ ft. 

 Coix lachrymse (Job's tears), 2 ft . . 



„ exaltata 



Diplachne fascicularis, 2 ft 



Echinochloa colona, green spotted . . 

 „ cruciformis, charming . » 



Zenkowskii, pretty 



A curious class, with 

 stems resembling horns, 

 corocana (5 horns), lg ft.. 

 Indica, horns graceful, 1 ft. 

 oligostachya (3 horns), 1 ft. 



496 „ species from China, dwarf 



and beautiful, f ft 



497 Elymus Caput Medusas, graceful, 1 ft. 



498 „ giganteus, 1 ft 



Eragrostis. A very elegant orna- 

 mental class, for bouquets. 



499 „ elegans (Love-grass), 1 ft. . 



500 „ megastachya, elegant, 1 1 ft. 



501 „ Namaquensis, graceful, 1 ft. 



502 Eragrostis Senegal ensis, 1 ft 



503 Festuca glauca, bluish green, valuable 



for edgings, 1 ft 



504 Grangea Maderaspatana, pretty, 1 \ ft. 



505 Hordeum jubatum (squirrel-tail), 3 ft. 



506 Isolepsis gracilis, elegant, \ f t 



507 „ tenella, very pretty, 5 ft ... . 

 These two varieties are pretty in- 

 door grasses. 



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508 Lagurus ovatus (Hare's-tail), 1 ft. . . 0 3 



509 Milium multiflorum, \\ ft 0 3 



Panicum. Very ornamental and 



curious-looking graceful 

 grasses, fine for bouquets. 



510 „ colonum, fine, lift 0 3 



511 „ concinnum, very fine, \ ft. . 0 3 



512 „ crus corvi, brown, fine, 1 5 ft. 0 3 



513 „ „ galli, fine, 1^ ft 0 3 



514 „ fimbriatum, splendid, 1 ft. . 0 4 



515 „ glaucum, 1 ft 0 4 



516 „ Italicum aristatum, 1 ft. .. 0 3 



517 „ oryzinum, 1 ft 0 3 



518 „ plicatam, 1 ft 0 3 



519 „ sanguinale, 1 ft 0 4 



520 „ verticillatum, 1 ft 0 4 



521 Paspalum elegans, very elegant, 1 \ ft. 0 3 



522 stoloniferum 0 4 



523 Pennisetum fimbriatum, graceful, 



l^ft 0 4 



524 „ longistylum, graceful, I £ ft. 0 3 



525 „ Italicum, 1^ it 0 3 



526 Piptatherum Thomasii, very orna- 



mental, 1 ft 0 3 



527 „ multiflorum, 1 ft 0 3 



528 Poa salina 0 3 



529 „ sinensis, graceful 0 3 



530 Setaria macrocheta, graceful plumes, 



2 ft..... 0 3 



531 Sorghum bicolor, very graceful, 2 ft. . 0 3 



532 Spergula pilifera, a substitute for 



lawn grass in verges, &c, £ft. . . 0 6 



533 Sporolobus tenacissimus, fine, £ ft. . . 0 4 



534 Stipa capillata, 2 ft 0 3 



535 „ gigantea, 2 ft 0 3 



536 „ juncea, very graceful, 2 ft 0 3 



537 „ pennata (Feather grass), 2 ft. . . 0 3 



538 Tricholaena rosea, very beautiful, 2 ft, 0 3 



539 Trypsacum dactyl iodes, fine, 2 ft. . . 0 3 



540 Uniola latifolia, broad leaved, 3 ft. . . 0 3 



The following new beautiful Ornamental Grasses are offered for the first time, and we feel sure from 

 the descriptions received with them they cannot fail to please. Per pkt. 



541 Agrostis Steveni, a large and exceedingly graceful variety, 2 to 3 ft, 10 



542 Andropogon Allioni, flowers bordered reddish brown, with long beards, 1£ ft. . . . .10 



543 Andropogon bombycinus, a charming grass for pot culture, with large pendant ears, with a 



fine silvery white covering, soft like satin to the touch, 1 ft 10 



544 Andropogon Ischaemum, very remarkable for its silky inflorescence, 2 to 3 ft 10 



545 Cenchrus laevigatus, remarkable for its long cylindrical and crimpled bearded ears . . .10 



546 Chascolytrum erectum, though not new to botanists, this remarkable grass is unknown in 



European gardens ; it is exceedingly ornamental, and much resembles the Briza Maj or . 1 6 



547 Carex Granji, a suitable species for moist situations and artifical lakes, with long drooping 



foliage and singularly curious flowers 10 



548 Cvperus Killingioides, a pretty little plant for the neighbourhood of ornamental waters, 



producing numerous spherical ears of a beautiful clear green, ^ ft 10 



549 Eleusine iEgyptica, a pretty plant for edging or planting beside running streams or ponds, 



growing in close tufts, bearing thick short ears, f ft 10 



550 Eleusine rigida, a fine dwarf species for edgings or pot culture, with close tufts, from which 



rise numerous stems, bearing three or four curious short thick heads, § ft. . . .10 



551 Eleusine tristachya, a dwarf and very graceful species 0 G 



552 Eragrostis elongata, a pretty plant, somewhat resembling our Poas, but distinguished from 



them by its large violet plumes, about 2 ft 10 



553 Lappago racemosa, a curious species of dwarf branching habit, very remarkable for the 



singularity of its rough bearded ears, 1 ft 10 



554 Panicum compressum, long narrow graceful foliage, medium sized plumes, a veiy ornamental 



species, and as it produces abundance of firm seed, may possibly prove a good fodder 

 plant, 2 to 3 ft 10 



555 Panicum frumentaceum, effective species, with numerous long leaves and beautiful green 



compact panicles, with abundance of farinaceous seed, about 2 ft 1 0 



556 Panicum geniculatum, producing tufts of very long leaves, and long spikes of red-brown 



colour- . .yl . , Jr.yV, * ^ 0 6 



