ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
53 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Per pkt. — s. el. 
. 0 3 
0 
RASP ALUM 
1 0 
LEPTOCHLOA ABABICA 
„ FILIFOBMIS . . . . 1 
„ GKAOil.is, very ornamental . 1 0 
„ TENERBI.MA . . . .10 
„ VIBQATA . . . .06 
MILIUM MUI.TIFLOKUM, ft. . .03 
,, NIGRICANS, an elegant grass, 
with branched panicles of 
black glumes . . .06 
MOLINIA CAIBULEA VABIEGATA, abeauti- 
ful dwarf perennial varie- 
gated grass, yellow, with 
dark gi-een stripes . .06 
MONACHYRON iiosEUll, annual of real 
merit, rose coloured pani- 
cles, ripening to white . 0 6 
PANICUM AW'issiMUSl . . .03 
,, CiERULEUM . . • .03 
,, cAPii.i.ACEUM, one of the 
most ornamental of all 
grasses, rich in foliage, 
and extremely elegant in 
flower .... 
,, coMPRESSUM, long narrow 
graceful foliage, and me- 
dium-sized plumes, 2 ft. 
„ CRUS GALLl, ft. 
,, EI.EGANS .... 
,, FIMBRIATUM, beautiful, 1 ft. 
,, FRUMENTACBUM, perennial, 
of elegant habit, bearing 
handsome heads of white 
gi’ain .... 
,, GENICUI.ATUM, very hand- 
some perennial, with red- 
dish brown spikes 
,, GJ.AUCUM, 1ft.. 
,, .IUMENTORU5I, a very pretty 
perennial species, white 
seeds in large open L 
„ MARGINATUM 
,, PLICATUM, perennial, 1 ft. . 
,, PROUFERUM, annual, not 
unlike P. frumentaeeum, 
with small heads of grain ; 
very attractive 
,, SANGUINAI.E, 1ft. 
,, SULCATUM, Palm-liko foliage, 
greatly esteemed in sub- 
tropical gardening . 
VERTICILI.ATUM, 1ft.. 
PASPALUM 
0 0 
EI.EGANS, 
li ft. 
JAPONICUM 
very elegant. 
Continued. 
Per pkt. 
MOLLUCCANUM, beautiful 
hardy grass, about 2 ft. 
high, with panicles of 
great elegance, bright 
I green, tipped with brown 
j ,, SANOUINALE .... 
^ „ STOLONIFERUM 
PENICILLARIA SPICATA, annual, 4 to 
6 ft., with long panicles of 
flowers, succeeded by 
white grain 
PENNISETUM cenchroides, peren- 
nial . 
,, COMPRESSUM. 
,, niSTFLUM 
,, FASCICUI.ATUJI 
,, FIMBRIATUM, IJ ft. 
„ ITALICUM, Ijf ft. . 
,, LONGISTYLUM, Ij ft. 
PHLEUM BOEHM ERI, 1^ ft. . 
PIPTATHERUM C.IiRULESCENS 
,, Tiiomasi, highly ornamental, 
1 ft. . . 
POA j33gyptiaca 
,, niSTIClIOPIlYLLA . 
,, ERAGROSTIS . 
,, SINENSIS 
POLYPOGON ClIILIENSIS 
SACCHARUM cylindricum, perennial, 
3 ft. high, w’ith fine 
silvery plumes . 
,, MADDENi, resembling "I 
,, Jirianthus Bavennee, but >• 
earlier J 
SETARIA COMPRESSA . . . . 
,, GLAUCA . . . . 
,, MACROCItAiTA, 2 ft. 
,, PERSICA, an annual, with 
fine smooth foliage, sur- 
mounted by a panicle of 
cylindrical spikelets 
,, VIRIDIS . . . . 
SORGHUM iiALEPENSE, a beautiful 
species, 5 ft. high, with 
shining violet tinted pani. 
cles. . . . . 
„ MELANOCARPUM, very hand- 
some, black fruited, 6 to 
7 ft. high . . . . 
,, NANKINENSE 
,, TARTARICUM, a very fine 
plant, its heads of white 
grain being highly orna- 
mental . . . . 
SPOROBOLUS SPICATUS 
,, TENAcissiMus, poveunial, Jft- 
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