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2ft. Sow the seeds in August or September to produce flower- 
ing plants the following summer. Seeds sown in spring will 
not produce plants for blooming the same season. Cut and 
dry for winter use as advised for Brizas. Native of the 
Caucasus. 
Cortaderia (Pampas Grass). — The Pampas Grass (C. 
argenteum), better known under the generic name of Gyne- 
rium, is a native of S. America and a member of the Grass 
order (Gramine^e). It is a handsome perennial grass, forming 
bold tufts of arching, glaucous, green leaves, measuring 4 to 
6ft. in length, and bearing elegant, silky feathery plumes of 
inflorescence on stout stems, 6 to 10ft. high or more, in autumn. 
A handsome plant to grow in isolated positions on the lawn. 
It requires a sunny, sheltered position and a deep, rich loamy 
soil. It does not do well on heavy clay soil, this being too 
damp and cold in winter. Plant in spring, mulch liberally in 
spring with rotten manure, and give copious supplies of water 
in dry weather. Increased by seeds sown in heat in spring, 
planting out the seedlings in June; also by division in spring. 
There is a rosy-purple form called purpureum, and also a 
variegated one. The plumes are useful for drying for winter 
use. Cut when fully open, and hang flowers downwards in an 
airy shed for a few weeks to thoroughly dry. Arundo con- 
spicua, described on p. 291, is now included in the present 
genus. 
Elymus (Lyme Grass). — E. arenarius is a native grass 
with glaucous foliage, which grows into a handsome large 
tuft in good soils. It grows 4 to 6ft. high. A suitable plant 
to grow on sandy banks or on the margins of shrubberies. 
This is the grass which grows freely on our sandy sea-shores, 
binding the sand together and preventing it drifting away by 
the action of the wind. Increased by division of the creeping 
root-stocks in autumn. 
Eragrostis (Love Grass). — A genus of beautiful flower- 
ing grasses, the inflorescence of which is extremely useful for 
cutting for mixing with cut flowers, or for drying for winter 
decoration. E. elegans has very light and graceful inflorescence 
and is much grown ; height 2ft. Other attractive species are 
E. aegyptica, maxima, and Purshii. All are hardy annuals. 
The seeds may be sown in patches in the mixed border; or in 
very shallow drills in a spare corner to yield flowers for cutting 
to dry. Sow in April. For drying purposes treat as advised 
for Briza. 
Erianthus. — E. Ravennas is a perennial grass of similar 
habit to the Pampas Grass. It is a native of the South of 
