VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, ETC . 
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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
All those who grow Everlasting Flowers for winter decoration should not fail 
to secure a collection of Ornamental Grasses, as we think the graceful appearance 
of the Grasses almost indispensable to the perfect finish of winter bouquets and 
ornaments. They are also very valuable for bouquets in the green state. In Europe 
the grasses are grown extensively and dyed of various colors, which render them 
exceedingly pretty. All in the following collection are curious, handsome and 
graceful. Cut for winter use about the time of flowering ; tie in small bunches and 
hang up to dry. Those varieties which do not flower until the second season, as is 
the case with some of the more stately and beautiful sorts, should be marked in 
some way in the fall, as they are liable to be destroyed in the spring, since they bear 
a striking resemblance to common grass. Sow seed early in spring. 
BRIZA MAXIMA. LAGURUS OVATUS. 
Pkte. CU 
Agrostis Nebulosa, very delicate, fine and feathery; hardy annual. 5 
Avena Sterilis (4nimated Oat), hardy annual, thirty inches.5 
Briza Geiiiculata, a profuse bloomer, fine; eighteen inches; hardy annual.... 5 
Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass), one of the most useful; one foot; hardy 
l* * annual.5 
Bromus Brizselormis, resembling Briza Maxima; one foot; hardy perennial.. 5 
Brizopyrum Slculum, neat and pretty ; eight inches; half hardy annual.5 
Cliloris Elegaus, tassel-like flowers; hardy annual; one foot. 5 
Chrysurs Cynosuroides, dwarf, with feathery spikes; hardy annual. 5 
Coix Eacliryma (Job’s Tears), broad, corn-like leaves; two feet; annual.5 
Brian tli us Kaveil use, much like Pampas Grass, but more hardy; perennial.. 5 
Gyneriuni Argenteuni (Pampas Grass), the most noble grass in cultiva¬ 
tion, flowering the second season in large silvery plumes, on stalks eight and ten 
feet in height ; requires protection during winter in our northern climate ... 5 
Hordeum Jubatum, (Squirrel-tail Grass), white plumes; fine hardy 
annual; three feet. 5 
Eagurus Ovatus (Hare’s-tail Grass,) white plumes, one foot, annual. 5 
Panicum Sulcatum, perennial, with palm-shaped foliage. . 5 
Pennisetum Longistylum, very graceful, eighteen inches, hardy annual... 5 
Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass), one of the finest of the ornamental 
grasses, flowering the second season. Seed should be started in a hot-bed 
as it is slow to vegetate. Presents a feathery appearance. Hardy Perennial 5 
Zea Japonica fol. var. (Striped-leaf„Japanese Corn,) green striped 
with white; annual...5 
KipOne pkt. each of the entire collection for 50c. 
