ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES— Continued. 
Per pkt. — s. 
* wx IX 
AGROSTIS BETitopiucTA, perennial 
,, Steveni (new), perennial, 
very beautiful, 2 to 3 ft. 
,, TEPIinOSANTIIES . 
,, VEiisicoLOK, perennial. 
,, VERTICILLATA, fine for 
edgings .... 
AIRA PULCHELtA 
„ Tenori 
ANDROPOQON Allioni, perennial, 
flowers bordered with red- 
dish brown, with long 
beards, ft. . 
,, argenteus, perennial 
,, ARiSTATUS, perennial . 
,, BOMBYoiNUS, a ehamiing 
perennial species from 
Persia, with thick small 
flower heads, thickly en- 
veloped in silky hairs of a 
fine metallic whiteness, 
1 ft 
,, CAMPANUS .... 
,, PORMOSus, a new perennial 
from India, exceeding in 
dimensions any orna- 
mental grass in cultiva- 
tion; its efiect is majestic. 
A plant in the second 
year’s growth has attained 
a height of 9 feet and 
diameter of 6 feet. . 
,, PURCATUS . . . 
,, QiGANTEUs, perennial . 
,, IIIRTUS .... 
,, IsoiiAiMUM, very remarkable 
for its silky inflorescence 
,, LAGUROIDES .... 
,, MURtCATUS .... 
,, PROVINCIALIS 
,, PARVIFIORUS 
,, PUBESOENS .... 
,, RUBENS, a fine and hand- 
some tall species, with 
reddish spikes . 
,, STRIOTUS, quite new, peren- 
nial, of fine habit, with 
loose panicled spikes, 
about 5 ft. high, very 
silky and violet tinted 
0 f> 
very 
0 G 
1 G 
ANTHOXANTHUM gracilb, 
graceful, J ft. . . .03 
„ OVATUM . . . . 0 G 
ARUNDO CONSPICUA, perennial, very 
fine, rivalling in appear- 
ance the Pampas Grass . 1 
Per pkt. — 9. (1. 
ARUNDO DONAX VERSICOLOR, a well- 
known fine variety, with 
Striped leaves . 
AVENA AUSTRALIS 
BERCHTOLDIA bromoides . . .0 
BECEMANNIA CRUC-epoRMis . . 0 
BLYTIA PENDULA 
BOUTELOUA curtipendula, perennial, 
IJ ft. high, extremely 
compact and very beauti 
fill ... . 
BRACHYPODIUM distaoiiyum . 
,, gbacile 
,, PINNATUM . 
,, PLATYSTACHUM, a vigorous 
growing annual, with 
abundant and graceful 
foliage, and shaip long 
barbed spikelets 
BRIZA geniculata .... 
,, gracilis (Quaking Grass), 
1 ft 
,, KAJOR ( Quaking Grass), 1 ft. 
,, VIRENS 
BRIZOPYRUM sicuLUM, for edgings, 
J ft 
BROMUS BRizopYROiDES, very elegant 
perennial, 1 ft. 
LONGiPLORUs, perennial 
MACROSTACHYS 
MAXIMUS, perennial 
PATULUS .... 
VELUTINUS .... 
VIRENS, gi’aoeful panicles of 
narrow spikelets, very 
elegant .... 
CAREX Granji 
,, PENDULA .... 
CENCHRUS LASViGATUS, annual, with 
finely barbed long cylin- 
drical spikelets, distinct 
and pretty 
CERATOCHLOA PENDULA, perennial, 
very graceful, 1 ft. . 
CH-fflTURUS PASCICULABIS . 
CHASCOLYTRUM ERECTUM, perennial, 
from the Chilian Moun- 
tains, the inflorescence of 
which closely resembles 
that of Briza maxima ; 
very beautiful . . .10 
CHLORIS BARBATA, 1 ft. . . .03 
,, CILIATA . . . .06 
,, CUCUILATA . . . ,03 
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1 0 
3 
6 
0 3 
2 0 
0 3 
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1 0 
1 0 
0 3 
0 3 
0 3 
0 6 
0 3 
0 3 
0 6 
0 3 
0 3 
0 6 
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1 0 
1 G 
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