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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
Orna/^ental Gra55es. 
Including Plants of Grass-like Habit, Suitable for Outdoor Planting. 
THE Grasses seem most beautiful when mingled with other decorative plants. They are all essentially graceful in 
habit, and will be of service in taking away the stiffness and formality of groups of many otherwise hand- 
some plants. Many of the species are of much value fjr winter decorations in a dried form, in which condition 
they preserve a great share of their beauty. All those marked with a star (*) are somewhat tender, and should be 
lifted and placed in a coldframe or cellar during winter. 
ARUNDO. These are very ornamental plants of a reed- 
like character. The stout stems have branching leaves 
from the ground up. They are not entirely hardy. 
*A. conspicua. A rare and very handsome form, bear- 
ing silky white flowers, which are beautiful for 
months So 5° 
*A. Donax. The Great Reed ; an elegant plant ... 25 
*A. versicolor. Smaller than above, with leaves 
ribboned with white ; a splendid ornamental 
reed 35c. to 75 
A. Phragnitis 50 
ARUNDINARIA falcata. A hardy grass, with very 
delicate feathery foliage. 50 cents. 
BAMBUSA. A large genus, of well-known economical 
value in their native habitat. The species offered 
here are very handsome plants. 
B. aureo-striata. Forms elegant tufts or clumps ; a 
fine Japanese variety So 50 
B. Fortunei argenteo-vlttata. Another dwarf 
Japanese species of great beauty 25 
B. gracilis. A taller growing species 50 
B. nigra {Phylloslachys nigra) 5° 
BROMUS brizseformis. A hardy perennial grass of 
great beauty ; especially fine for drying for winter 
decorations. 25 cents. 
OAREX. Excellent hardy grass-like plants of grace- 
ful habit. 
C. Japonica fol. var $0 25 
C. acutifolia I'ol. var 5° 
CYPBRUS. Very ornamental rush-like plants, which 
serve admirably also for aquatic planting. They make 
very handsome pot plants. 
*C. alternifolius. Has straight stems, with the long, 
narrow leaves radiating from their summits at right 
angles, drooping in an umbrella form; very fine . $0 25 
*C. variegatus. A beautiful variegated form . 75 
C. llabelliformis 50 
»C. Natalensis 5° 
ELYMXIS glaucifolius. A fine grass of bluish color. 
25 cents. 
ERIANTHUS Ravennae. A large-growing and im- 
posing grass, somewhat like the Pampas Grass, but 
hardy. The foliage forms graceful clumps four feet 
high, from which rise long and handsome plumes, 
which are fine for winter use when dried. ?,$ cents. 
EUIjAIjIA. The most ornamental grasses known. 
Dried plumes of Eulalia remain beautiful for years. 
EUliAIiIA gracillima univittata. Not so tall-grow- 
ing as E. Japonica; its narrow foliage has a distinct 
white band down the center of the leaves . . . . $0 30 
E. Japonica. This, the typical Eulalia, is more 
vigorous and has larger plumes than any of its va- 
rieties ; 5 feet 3° 
E. variegata. Similar to the last, but with fine, 
longitudinally variegated leaves ; 5 feet 30 
E. zebrina. Zebra Grass. This variety has the 
leaves banded transversely with creamy white . . 30 
FESTUCA glauca. Blue Fescue-grass. Forms dense 
tufts of very fine leaves of a soft blue or pale lavender 
tint. It is often used in hanging-baskets and window- 
bo.xes, for which it is well adapted, but is perfectly 
hardy. It makes capital edgings. 25 cents. 
GYNERIUM argenteiim. The true Pampas Grass. 
A stately plant, bearing magnificent silvery white 
plumes in the fall ; the latter are largely brought from 
California in a dry state for winter ornaments. The 
plants are hardy if protected slightly. 35 cents. 
PHALiARIS arnndinacea var. The White Ribbon 
Grass. A very effective plant in borders. 25 cents. 
PANICUM. The perennial millet grasses are very fine 
decorative plants of lu.xuriant growth. 
P. maximum $0 35 
P. xjalniifoliuin 25 
P. sulcatum (plicalum) 25 
P. virgatum. A fine, stately grass, forming large 
tufts, with ample, airy panicles of small flowers in 
summer; useful for winter grass bouquets 25 
PAPYRUS antiquorum. For description see Aquatic 
Plants. $1. 
SCIRPITS Holoschoenus variegatus. Porcupine 
Grass. A peculiarly variegated rush, with stems 12 to 18 
inches high, banded with green and white, 25 cents. 
8TIPA. Grasses of elegant and graceful habit, with fine 
feathery flowers; valuable both for summer planting 
and for winter ornaments when dried. 
S. capillata So 25 
.S. pennata. Feather Grass. One of the most grace- 
ful of grasses. 15 to 20 inches 25 
UNIOLA latifolia. A fine native grass, with large, 
very flat flowers (spikelets) in gracefully drooping pani- 
cles. It is sometimes called Sea Oats, from its resem- 
blance to the common Oat, and because it is a native of 
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Fine for grass bouquets. 
18 to 24 inches. 25 cts. 
