ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES— Continued. 
Per packet — s. d. 
CENCHRUS LiEVIGATUS, annual, with finely barbed long cylindrical spikelets, dis- 
tinct and pretty ............... 0 6 
CHASCOLYTRUM ERECTUM, perennial, from the Chilian Mountains, the inflorescence 
of which closely resembles that of Briza maxima ; very beautiful . . . . .10 
CHLORIS DISTICHOPHYLLA, perennial, from Central America, 2 ft. high, with hand- 
some broad foliage, and curiously and elegantly divided drooping blackish flower panicles 0 G 
CHLORIS MYRIOSTACHYS, ornamental grass of remarkable grace, with velvety 
panicles, 3 ft. 10 
CHLOROPSIS BLANCHARDIANA, an elegant perennial, with beautiful silky rose 
coloured spikelets 10 
DACTYLOCTENIUM .ZEGYPTIACUM, annual, very curious, with comb-like digitate 
inflorescence 10 
ELEUSINE DISTANS (new), annual, 2 ft. high, with narrow foliage, long and fountain- 
like, and drooping inflorescence of eight to ten diverging spikelets 10 
ERAGROSTIS ELONGATA, a very pretty variety, with large violet plumes, 2 fc. . .06 
ERIANTHUS RAVENNiE, a superb perennial grass, with silvery plumes . . .10 
GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM (Pampas Grass), perennial 10 
HORDEUM JUBATUM, a most lovely annual, with purplish silky spikes . . . . 0 G 
HORDEUM MYSUROIDES 10 
LAPPAGO RACEMOSA, dwarf branching species, with singular rough bearded ears, 1 ft. 0 G 
LASIAGROSTIS ARGENTEA, a beautiful perennial silvery grass . . . . .03 
MILIUM NIGRICANS, an elegant grass, with branched panicles of black glumes . .06 
^•OLINIA CJERULEA VARIEGATA, a beautiful dwarf perennial variegated grass, 
yellow, with dark green stripes 0 6 
MONACHYRON ROSEUM, annual of real merit, rose coloured panicles, ripening to 
white 0 6 
P ANICUM CAPILLACEUM, one of the most ornamental of all grasses, rich in foliage, 
and extremely elegant in flower 0 6 
PANICUM COMPRESSUM, long narrow graceful foliage, and medium-sized plumes, 2 ft. 0 6 
P ANICUM ERUMENTACEUM, perennial, of elegant habit, bearing handsome heads of 
white grain ................ 0 6 
PANICUM GENICULATUM, very handsome perennial, with reddish brown spikes . 0 3 
PANICUM JUMENTORUM, a very pretty perennial species, white seeds in largo open 
heads 0 6 
PANICUM PROLIFERUM, annual, not unlike P.frumentaeeum, with small heads of grain ; 
very attractive 0 6 
PANICUM SULCATUM, Palm-like foliage, greatly esteemed in sub-tropical gardening . 0 6 
PASPALUM MOLLUCCANUM, beautiful hardy grass, about 2 ft. high, with panicles of 
great elegance, bright green, tipped with brown 0 6 
PENICILLARIA SPICATA, annual, 4 to 5 ft., with long panicles of flowers, succeeded 
by white grain .............. 06 
SACCHARUM CYLINDRICUM, perennial, 3 ft. high, with fine silvery plumes . .06 
SACCHARUM MADDENI, resembling j Erianthus llavennce, but earlier . . . .03 
SET ARIA PERSIC A, an annual, with fine smooth foliage, surmounted by a panicle of 
cylindrical spikelets . . . . ; 0 3 
SORGHUM HALEPENSE, a beautiful species, 5 ft. high, with shining violet tinted 
panicles 0 6 
SORGHUM MELANOCARPUM, very handsome, black fruited, 6 to 7 ft. high . .06 
SORGHUM TARTARICUM, a very fine plant, its heads of white grain being highly 
ornamental 0 6 
STIPA CALAMAGROSTIS, new perennial species, hardy, the feathery panicles said to be 
clear yellow 
STIPA ELEGANTISSIMA, this is truly the Queen of Ornamental Grasses, for winter 
decoration it is scarcely approached by an\ r ; perfectly distinct, and of unparalleled e-race 
and beauty ................ 1 0 
STIPA PENNATA, perennial, 2 ft 0 3 
URALEPIS CUPREA, very fine green foliage and brown inflorescence, changing to a 
coppery purple, 1* ft 0 6 
All varieties in cultivation not enumerated in this list can be supplied at current prices. 
Assortments of 25 finest varieties 7 6 
,, of 12 ,, ,, . . . . , . . . . . . .40 
» of 6 » >i 2 6 
