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nicetum becomes unattractive in this latitude dur- 
ing the latter part of summer and has to be cut out. 
It is, however, so pretty while in good form, and 
so easily grown, either from dividing in spring 
clumps that have been wintered under a green- 
house bench, or from seed, that its use is highly 
recommended. 
Another desirable all-summer combination seen 
here includes Cannas bordered with these two 
grasses, and at Lincoln Park Mr. Stromback often 
borders beds of Cannas with the Pennicetum alone, 
as he finds it retains its beautiful feathery heads in 
good condition to the close of the season in the 
more humid atmosphere of the Lake shore. 
No. 2 shows that wonderfully effective and rap- 
idly growing annual, the Zanzibar Castor Bean sur- 
rounded by Alocasia esculenta. This Ricinus of 
truly “Jack’s-bean -stalk” proclivities is surely the 
NO. I. REEDS AND GRASSES. 
most easily grown of all semi-tropical plants, at- 
taining an immense size even in ordinarily good gar- 
den soil and with no water save the natural rain fall. 
For two years in succession it has growm to a 
height of from twelve to fifteen feet in my garden 
(with no care except weeding, ) with plenty of leaves 
measuring thirty-six inches across, while a few were 
larger and, of course, some smaller. And, while 
some of the seeds were started indoors in small pots, 
those that were sown outside in the spot where they 
were to remain have overtaken the transplanted, 
pot grown seedlings. But more seeds ripened last 
year on the latter, and at least one of the plants had 
a stouter stem and greater spread of branches. This 
specimen, however, grew in a spot where moisture 
is retained longer than elsewhere in the garden. 
One year Mr. Gurney lifted a plant of this 
Ricinus, wintered it in the storage house, and the 
following season it was planted out again and be- 
came a great leaved tree sixteen feet high. 
No. 3 shows a large circular bed of Papyrus 
NO. 2. SEMI-TROPICAL EFFECTS. 
antiquorum or Egyptian paper plant, bordered by 
Cyperus alternifolius, popularly known as umbrella 
grass, but which in this case had a size and luxuri- 
ance that gave it an unfamiliar but highly orna- 
mental aspect. The contrast between the fleecy, 
wind-tossed heads of the classic Papyrus and the 
sharply rayed, wide spread “umbrellas” gave a dis- 
tinct value to this combination that should com- 
mend it to every Park or Cemetery superintendent 
who has a suitable environment to offer it. Indeed 
all of the effects illustrated may well interest those 
NO. 3 . GRASSES. 
who can furnish similar conditions, tor they were 
even more satisfactory than any reproduction can 
suggest. Fanny Copley Seavey. 
