74 jPURTIS & cobb's 



PRICE. 



Chloris barbata. A singularly curious grass. I foot 10 



" radiata. Radiating. 1 foot. . . 10 



" truncata. A pretty, ornamental grass. 1 foot 10 



Coix lachrymse (Job's Tears). 2 feet :°5 



Eragrostis elegans (Love Grass), i foot • -°5 



Erianthus Ravennee. Style of Pampas Grass ; extremely elegant and 

 graceful ; its noble plumes of silvery inflorescence are pure white, 



and delicately beautiful 2 5 



Pestuoa glauca. Bluish green ; valuable for edgings 10 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass). The most noble grass in 



cultivation . . . • - 2 S 



Hordeum jubatum (Squirrel Tail). Very fine. 3 feet . . . .10 



Lagurus ovatus (Hare's Tail). Very pretty. 1 foot 05 



Monaehyron roseum. A handsome grass, with neat habit, and dark- 

 rose, silken spikelets ; very fine. 2 feet 25 



Panicum erus corvi. Brown, i^feet . .10 



" flmbriatum. Splendid. 1 foot 10 



Pennisetum faseiculatum. A very pretty, new grass, with violet 

 fibres; most useful for edging; grown as a pot-plant; 



very handsome . . . . .25 



" longistylum. Graceful. i£ feet 05 



" villosum. Elegant. 1 foot . . . . . . .05 



Penicillaria spicata. A noble annual ; leaves like the maize, with long 



panicles of flowers, succeeded by pretty, white grain. 4 to 5 feet . .25 

 Paspalum elegans. Very elegant .... . . . . .05 



Sorghum eyiindricum. Beautiful grass, with silvery-colored spikelets ; 



for groups. 3 feet 10 



Stipa pennata (Feather Grass). 2 feet ... . . . • . . .10 



Tricholoeana rosea. Very beautiful 10 



Zea Japoniea (Japanese Maize). Beautifully and evenly striped, or rib- 

 boned, with alternate stripes of green and white ; it resembles the 

 Donax pariegata, .but is of a much more elegant and imposing habit. 

 Nothing in the way of foliage plants can exceed it in gracefulness and 

 beauty IO 



ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGED PLANTS. 



For the adornment of the conservatory, shrubbery, or the flower borders ; or 

 for planting out in groups, or single specimens, on lawns or pleasure-grounds. 

 Full descriptions of these will be found under their respective heads. 



Acanthus, 



Amaranthus, 



Belvidere, 



Canna, 



Celosia, 



Chenopodium, 

 Cineraria maritima, 

 Erianthus Pavennee, 

 Gynerium argenteum^ 

 Helianthus, 



