AND GUIDE TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 79 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



The ROYAL HORTICTJLTTOAL SOCIETY, at their Great Exhibition in October, offers Three 

 Prizes for Maize. See Nos. 2222 to 2253 for a Select List of Maize. 



It is scarcely possible to over-estimate the decorative qualities of Ornamental Grasses in the 

 flower and shrubbery borders ; some are exceedingly graceful, others remarkably neat and compact 

 in growth, others again are wonderfully curious, while there is a fourth section which are stately in 

 growth, and majestic in appearance. The graceful and curious are best adapted for intermingling 

 in the flower borders, while the neat compact growing kinds make beautiful edgings. In large mixed 

 flower and shrubbery borders, select plantations, by the sides of rivulets, ravines, lakes, and on 

 islands, the majestic growing varieties form a fine relief, and impart a charm of no ordinary character. 

 We therefore say to those who have not yet found a place in their flower garden for a collection of 

 Ornamental Grasses, they are still without a class of the most useful, attractive, and graceful orna- 

 ments, whether for the purpose of gathering for summer or winter bouquets, or for imparting a light 

 and graceful appearance to the borders. 



To BRING OUT THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE PLANTS, THIN THEM WELL OUT «VHEN ONE 



INCH HIGH. All the varieties may be gathered and dried for winter decoration. 



Collections suitable for flower border decoration, 30 packets, 7/6; 20 ditto, 5/; 15 ditto, 2/6. 

 „ for edgings, 10 packets, 2/6 ; 6 packets, 1/6. 

 „ for shrubberies, &c., 30 packets for 7/6, 20 for 5/, 15 for 2/6. 



Per Pkt. 



«. d. s. d. 



2161 CMoris polydactyla 0 3 



0 3 2162 „ radiata, 1 ft 0 3 



2139 .ffigilops cylindrica, knotted, very 



curious and pretty 



Agrostis. The varieties of this class 

 are exceedingly beautiful, and most 

 of them extremely graceful ; the 

 ■whole arc admirably suited for 

 mixing with flowers either green 

 or dried, 1 — 15 ft. 



capillaris 



dulcis (new), beautiful .... 

 efiusa, charming variety . . 

 elegans, very beautiful . . . 

 laxiflora, beautiful ; most 



graceful 



nebulosa. One of the most 

 graceful grasses in culti- 

 vation 



plumosa, superb ; flowers 



in plumes 



pulchella, exceedingly 



graceful 



retrofracta, new and fine. . 

 verticillata 



2150 Andropogon Sorghum, tall orna- 



mental grass, very fine, 2^ ft 



2151 Anthoxanthnm gracile, graceful, J ft. 



2152 Aveta sterilis (animated oats), 2^ ft. 



2153 Brizamajor(lar^equakinggrass),l ft; 



2154 „ geniculata, -|ft,, fine for bou- 



quets ... 



2155 „ gracilis (small quaking grass), 



1 ft 



2156 ,, virens 



2157 Brizopyrum siculum, quite new ; 



very dwarf, with light shining 

 green leaves ; very neat and pretty, 



ift 



2158 Ceratochloapendula, very pretty, 1 ^ft 

 CMoris. A most singular looking 



class (radiata is remarkably 

 curious) 



2159 „ barbata 



2160 „ fimbriata, 1ft 



2140 

 2141 

 2142 

 2143 

 2144 



2145 



2146 

 2147 



2148 

 2149 



2163 „ submutica, 1 ft 



2164 Chrysums aureus (golden-spiked), 



ift 



2165 „ cynosuroides 



2166 Coix lachrymas (Job's tears), 2 ft . . . 



2167 „ exaltata 



2168 Dactylus Altaica 



0 4 



0 4 



0 3 



0 6 



0 3 



0 3 



0 3 



0 3 



0 3 



0 4 



0 3 



0 6 



0 3 

 0 3 



0 4 

 0 3 



2170 Diplachne fascicularis, 2 ft- 



Eleusine. A curious class, with stems 

 resembling horns. 

 „ corocana (5 horns), IJft. 0 

 „ Indica, horns long and 



graceful, 1 ft 0 



„ oligostachya (3 horns), 



striking, 1 ft 0 



species from China, dwarf 



and beautiful, f f t 0 



2175 Elymus Caput Medusre, 2 ft., graceful 0 

 Eragrostis. An exceedingly pretty 

 class, highly ornamental. 



cylindriflora, 1 1 ft 0 



elegans (Love-grass), 2 ft 0 

 megastachya, elegant and 



pretty, 1^ ft 0 



Namaquensis, 1 ft 0 



rufescens 0 



Senegalensis, 1 ft 0 



Ravennte. Extremely 



2171 

 2172 



2173 



2174 



2176 

 2177 

 2178 



2179 

 2180 

 2181 



2182 Erianthus 



2169 Dinebia Arabica (new), 2 ft 0 3 



elegant and more graceful than 

 the Pampas Grass, which it re- 

 sembles in appearance and habit 

 of growth ; its noble plumes of 

 silvery inflorescence are pure white, 

 and most delicately beautiful ; a 

 dried specimen can be seen at our 

 establishment, 7 ft 0 



2183 Grangea Maderaspatana, pretty. . 0 



2184 Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas 



Grass). The most noble grass in 

 cultivation, 10 ft 0 



