KTew. Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
XXVI. 
OKN/ir\ENT/IL Qr/ISSES. 
Including Plants of Grass-Like Habit, Suitable for Out-Door Planting. 
THESE are beautiful plants for judicious use in mingling with other decorative plants. They ai-e all essenti- 
ally graceful in habit, and will be of service in taking away the stiffness and formality of many otherwise 
handsome decorative plants. Many of the species are of much value for winter decorations in a dried form, 
in which condition they preserve a great share of their beaut.y. 
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ANSROFOGON. Very pretty hardy grasses of dec- 
orative habit. 
A. formosus $0 50 
S'ft J^i^ SiS^Jits^s 50 
( fM jfr^a A. Schimperi 50 
AKUNDO. 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 
"'^W^^^^^V^ J months. 50 cents. 
A. Donax, The Great Reed; 
an elegant plant. 25 cents. 
A. versicolor. Smaller 
than above, with leaves rib- 
boned with white : a splendid 
ornamental reed. 35 to 75 c. 
A. Fhra^itis. 35 cts. 
ARUNDINAB.IA falcata. 
A hard.v grass with very del- 
icate feathery foliage $1. 
BAIKCBUSA. A large genus 
of well-known economical 
value in their native habitat. 
The species offered here are 
ver.v handsome pUmts. 
B. aureo-striata. Forms 
elegant tufts or clumps ; a 
fine Japanese variety. 50 <•. 
B. Portunei argfenteo-vit- 
tata. Another dwarf Jap- 
anese species of great 
beauty. 35 cents. 
B. gracilis. A taller grow- 
ing species. 50 cents. 
B. Metake, Fine variety. 
50 cents. 
B. nigra {PhiilU)Stiwhys nigra). 
50 cents. 
B. viridi-striata. A slender 
liKi.xNTHUs KAVENN.E. aud dcUcate spccies. 50 cts. 
BROMUS brizeeformis. A hardy perennial grass of 
great beauty ; especially fine for drying for winter dec- 
orations. 25 cents. 
CARBX. Excellent hardy grass-like plants of graceful 
habit. 
C. Japonica fol. var $0 25 
C. acutifolia fol. var 50 
CYFERUS. 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 umbi'ella form; very fine .$0 35 
C. variegatus. A beautiful variegated form . 75 
C. australis 25 
C. flabelliformis 50 
C. Natalensis 50 
BLTMUS glaucifolius. A fine grass of bluish color. 
25 cents. 
ERIANTHTTS Ravennse. A large growing and im- 
posing grass, somewhat like the Pampas grass; of 
very fine habit, and produces long and handsome 
plumes, which are fine for winter use when dried. 
50 cents. 
EULAIilA. The most ornamental grasses known; 
they are beautiful in leaf and flower, and entirely 
hardy. 
H. Japonica striat- 
is. Foliage striped 
white in centre. 
B. zebrina. A 
very peculiar and 
handsome foi'm, in 
which the variega- 
t i 0 n occurs in 
stripes across the 
leaves, instead of 
longitudinally, as 
in the preceding 
species. In habit 
both are alike ele- 
gant, and they are 
superb plants for 
clumps on the 
lawn, where they 
will have a chance 
to develop. 50 c. 
BROMUS BRIZ.TiFORMIS. 
