ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, Ac. 33 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
Height 
in 
Feet. 
Price 
per 
packet. 
No. 
845 Solatium ATROPUltl'U REU.u, beautiful foliage and dark purple flowers . 
846 ,, auriculatum, ear-shaped, white foliage, and violet flowers ’. 
gs 
3 
8. d. 
0 3 
4 
0 3 
847 ,, BETAOEU.M, a very elegant variety, with green stems, beauti- 
fully spotted with gray, the leaves large and bright green, 
flowers white and succeeded by red berries 
4 
0 6 
$48 ,, g-igranteum, large oval leaves, downy white underneath, 
violet flowers, succeeded by scarlet berries .... 
8 
0 6 
849 , , laciniatum, long prettily cut green foliage, large purple flowers. 
850 ,, pyraoanthum, hoary foliage, covered with scarlet prickles . 
»» 
5 
0 3 
»» 
1 
0 6 
851 ,, verbascifolium, large, oval, lanceolate, silvery foliage, 
bushy habit, and blue flowers in corymbs .... 
>1 
3 
0 6 
852 Wigaxdia CARACASANA, a magnificent ornamental-foliagcd plant, with 
immense leaves 3 ft. long by 1 j ft. wide .... 
gp 
1 ” 
6 
1 <h 
853 ,, urens, similar to the preceding ; foliage rather shorter . 
6 
1 0 
854 ,, Vigieri, gigantic tomentose foliage ; pale blue flowers . 
»■> 
6 
1 0 
855 Zea Caragua (Giant Chili Maize) 
liha 
10 
1 0 6 
856 ,, Japonica fol. variegata (Striped-leaved Japanese Maize) . 
1 ” 
5 
1° 3 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, &c. 
Assortments, vide page 21. Per packet — s. d. 
857 AGROSTIS NEBULOSA, annual, an exceedingly beautiful variety . . . .03 
858 ,, STEVENII, perennial, very beautiful, 2 to 3 ft 0 6 
S59 ANDROPOGON BOMBYCINUS, perennial, with thick small flower heads, thickly 
enveloped in fine silky white hairs, 1 ft 0 6 
860 ,, ISCH2EMUM, very remarkable for its silky inflorescence . . .06 
861 ,, STRICTUS, perennial, of fine habit, with loose panicled spikes, 5 ft. . 1 0 
862 ARUNDO CONSPICUA, perennial, very fine, rivalling in appearance the Pampas Grass 1 0 
863 BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA, perennial, 11 ft. high, very beautiful . . .06 
864 BRACHYPODIUM PLATYSTACHUM, annual, with graceful foliage . . . .06 
865 CHLORIS DISTICHOPHYLLA, perennial, 2 ft. high, with handsome broad foliage 
and curiously and elegantly divided drooping flower panicles 0 6 
866 CHLOROPSIS BLANCHARDIANA, perennial, with silky rose-coloured spikelets . 0 6 
867 DACTYLOCTENIUM A3GYPTIACUM, annual, with conib-like digitate inflorescence . 0 6 
S6S ERAGROSTIS ELEGANS, annual, very beautiful, 1 ft 0 6 
869 ERIANTHUS RAVENN2E, a superb Perennial Grass, with silvery plumes . . .06 
870 GYMNOTHRIX JAPONICA, an Ornamental Grass, introduced from Japan, forming a 
compact tuft from 2 to 3 feet high, with long drooping ribboned foliage 0 6 
871 ,, LATIFOLIA, a very ornamental variety 0 6 
872 GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM (Pampas Grass), perennial 10 
873 MILIUM NIGRICANS, an elegant Grass with branched panicles of black plumes . .03 
874 PANICUM CAPILLACEUM, extremely ornamental 0 6 
875 ,, PRUMENTACEUM, perennial, bearing handsome heads of white grain . 0 3 
876 ,, GENICULATUM, very handsome, perennial, with reddish brown spikes . 0 3 
877 PASPALUM MOLUCCANUM, panicles of bright green, tipped with brown, 2 ft. . . 0 3 
878 PENICILLARIA SPICATA, annual, 4 to 5 ft., with long panicles of flowers . . .03 
879 SACCHARUM CYLINDRICUM, perennial, 3 ft. high, with fine silvery plumes . .06 
S80 ,, MADDENI, resembling Ericmlhus Ravenncc, but earlier . . . .06 
881 SORGHUM HALEPENSE, shining violet tinted panicles, 5 ft 0 3 
8S2 SPART1NA CYNOSUROIDES, a capital companion to Gymnotlirix japonica, forming 
a bold effective tuft from 2 to 3 ft. high, with very elegant foliage 10 
883 STIPA CALAMAGROSTIS, perennial, with clear yellow feathery panicles . . .06 
884 ,, BLEGANTISSIMA, this is truly the Queen of Ornamental Grasses; for winter 
decoration it is scarcely approached by any ; perfectly distinct, and of 
unparalleled grace and beauty 0 6 
8 35 ,, PENNATA, perennial, 2 ft 0 * 
All varieties in cultivation not enumerated in this list can be supplied at 
current prices. 
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