ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Ill 



Arrhenathrum bulbosum fol. var. A neat and very graceful silvery 



variegated grass. 



Arundo Donax 



„ conspicua 



„ Donax variegata 



„ „ macrophylla 

 Asperella Hystrix 

 Briza media 

 Bromus Brizaeformis 



„ macrostachys 

 Calamagrostis brevispila 



„ Nuttalii 

 Carex alba 

 H Buchanani 



Similar to Pampas grass, but earlier. 



Elegant Briza-like. 

 Useful for decoration. 



Handsome. 



. A pretty grass with narrow, purple 

 tinted leaves. 



„ elegantissima 

 „ gallica variegata 

 „ marginata 

 Cryptopyrum Bichardsoni 

 Dactylis glomerata variegata 



„ „ elegantissima Dwarf silver-striped grass ; lovely for 



edging purposes. 



Two pretty grasses of dwarf habit. 

 A strong golden variegated species. 



Deschampsia flexuosa 



„ caespitosa 

 Deyenxia Nuttaliana 

 Digitaria sanguinale 

 Diplachne fascicularis 

 Elymus arenarius 



„ giganteus 



„ glaucus 



„ hystrix 

 Eragrostis grandiflora 



„ pectinata spectabilis 

 Erianthus Bavennae . 

 Festuca ovina 



Handsome. 



Lime grass ; a good plant for a wild 

 garden, quickly forming masses of 

 bluish foliage. 



A noble grass with huge wheat-like 

 heads. 



Resembles the Pampas grass. 

 Fine for edgings ; colour, a lovely tint 

 of bluish grey. 



clavata 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Good plants ; like a well-drained rich 



grass) soil. 



„ Bertinii 



,7 elegans . . .A lovely new grass. 

 Gymnotherix latifolia . . Gynerium-like. 



Glyceria aquatica variegata . A lovely new grass ; useful for moist 



situation and lakeside. 



