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which is valuable for cutting: for mixing with cut flowers. M. 
effusum is a native species of considerable beauty, and M. 
nigricans is another good kind of stronger growth. Both are 
easily reared from seeds sown outdoors in April. Ordinary 
soil. 
MlscanthuSt — A genus of ornamental-leaved grasses, 
natives of Japan, and better known under the generic name of 
Eulalia. M. japonicus grows 5ft. high, and has green, grassy 
foliage with white ribs, borne on graceful stems. M. j. folio 
argenteo-variegata is a variegated form with silvery foliage, 
and a very elegant graceful plant. M. j. zebrina has green 
leaves, barred crosswise with yellow ; and M. j. stricta leaves 
barred with larger yellow spots. M. sinensis (Syn. Eulalia 
gracillima) grows 4 to sft. high, and has narrow recurving 
leaves. A variety named unvittata has a white band running 
down the centre of each leaf. In summer the plants bear 
purplish plumes of inflorescence, which add greatly to their 
effect. All succeed in good ordinary soil in clumps on the 
lawn ; in groups by the water-side ; or in mixed borders. Plant 
in spring. Increased by division in spring ; also by seeds sown 
in heat in spring. 
Molinia (Lavender Grass). — The variegated form of M. 
caerulea, a British perennial grass, is a pretty plant to grow 
in tufts in the mixed border. M. caerulea variegata grows 
about a foot high and has silvery foliage. Will grow in 
ordinary soil in sunny borders. Increased by division. 
Panicum (Panic Grass). — Hardy annual or perennial 
grasses, with graceful foliage and elegant panicles of inflo- 
rescence. They will grow in ordinary soil in mixed borders 
and produce a pretty effect in summer. The only annual 
species is P. capillare. This grows 15 to 2oin. high, and 
bears large pyramidal panicles of charming inflorescence in 
summer. Sow seeds where required to grow in April. The 
perennial species are : P. altissimum, 3 to 5ft., panicles large, 
much branched, and inflorescence deep red; P. bulbosum, 5ft., 
panicles large and spreading ; and P. virgatum, very handsome, 
3 to 4ft. panicles feathery and drooping. The latter makes a 
fine subject for grouping on lawns, and the inflorescence is 
valuable and graceful for cutting. Plant in autumn. In- 
creased by seeds in April ; division in autumn. 
Pennisetum. — A genus of flowering grasses, one 
species only (P. longistylum) of which is worth growing. This 
is a hardy perennial, growing 2ft. high, and bearing spikes 
of inflorescence covered with a purplish feathery down in 
summer. The foliage, too, is very graceful. A pretty grass 
for the mixed border and for yielding elegant inflorescence for 
