ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
AGROSTIS NKKULOSA. 
and dry in the shade. 
Those who grow Everlastings for winter decoration will need a few of the Grasses to work 
up with them. If the grasses would retain their color, as do the flowers, it would be a great| 
blessing, but they lose, even when dried with care in the shade, most of 
their green color. In Europe, the Grasses 
are grown extensively and dyed of various 
colors, and in this condition we import them, 
and many varieties are really elegant, espe¬ 
cially the Stipa pennata. Even without this 
coloring they will be found very useful. 
Some persons are quite ingenious in dyeing 
lie Grasses, and make them look very pretty 
with a little coloring matter. Cut about the 
time of flowering, tie up in little bunches bkiza maxima. 
Those that flower the second year, like the Stipa and Bromus , must be 
marked in some way or they will be destroyed for weeds, as 
they look so much like common 
grass. They are perfectly har¬ 
dy, and will endure the winter 
just as well as any of our wild 
grasses. The Agrostis nebulosa 
is a very fine grass. Briza 
maxima is the well known 
shaking ^ass, really one of the 
most valuable of our grasses. 
There are several varieties of 
stipa pennata. Briza, all but maxima quite job s tears. 
small. E riant Jins Ravenna is a perennial grass, perfectly hardy and the best large grass we 
know of for a Northern climate. The flower stems are ten feet in height. Stipa pennata is the 
Feather Grass, really the most graceful and beautiful of all the small grasses. We show it 
as growing, just as the plant begins to flower. The Pampas Grass is the most beautiful grass, 
bearing large, elegant plumes, but will not endure Northern winters. Arundo l)o?iax is tall and 
cane-like, six feet or more in height, hardy, and of majestic appearance. Bromus brizaformis 
is exceedingly hardy and productive, something like Briza maxima y but flowers the second season. 
Agrostis nebulosa, the most elegant of Ornamen¬ 
tal Grasses; fine and feathery ; delicate, ... io 
Steveni, beautiful light panicles, . io 
Andropogon bombycinus, small heads covered 
with silky hairs ; hardy perennial, ...... 15 
Arundo Donax variegatis aureus, perennial; 
strong stem, with golden yellow striped leaves, 
6 feet high . 15 
Avena sterilis, Animated Oat,) 30 inches 
high, . jo 
Briza maxima, an elegant Shaking Grass, one of 
the best of the Ornamental Grasses, perfectly 
hardy ; sow in the open ground any time in the 
Spring; 1 foot,. 5 
geniculata, small, flowers freely, and is always 
desirable; 8 inches,. 5 
minor, small and pretty, sow early; 6 inches, . 5 
compacta, an erect, compact variety of Quak¬ 
ing Grass, . .. 5 
Brizopyrum siculum, dwarf, with shining green 
1 dives, very pretty ; 8 inches, . 5 
Bromus brizaiformis, a very fine Grass with ele¬ 
gant hanging ears, well adapted for bouquets, 
either in summer or winter ; flowers second sum¬ 
mer, something like Briza maxima; 1 foot, . 5 
a 
Chloris radiata, small growth and tassel-like, 
hardy; may be sown in the garden; 1 foot, . . 10 
Chrysurus cynosuroides, (Lamarckia aurea,) 
dwarf; yellowish, feathery spikes,. 5 
Coix Lachryma, Job’s Tears,) grows about two 
feet, broad, corn-like leaves,. 10 
Erianthus Ravennse, as fine as Pampas Grass, 
which it resembles, and very much superior for 
a Northern climate, being quite hardy. Plants 
25 cents each; seeds, . 10 
Gynerium argenteum,' Pampas Grass,) a noble 
grass, flowers second season, not hardy here, . 10 
Hordeum jubatum, (Squirrel Tail Grass, fine, 10 
Isolepis gracilis, perennial; very graceful, fine 
for flower baskets, . 20 
Lagurus ovatus, dwarf; showy heads; called 
Hare’s Tail Grass; 1 foot, sow early,. 5 
Panicum sulcatum, perennial; very decorative, 
with palm shaped foliage, . 10 
Pennisetum longistylum, a very graceful grass, 
growing 18 inches, . 
Stipa pennata, (Feather Grass,) magnificent 
grass, flowering the second season. 15 
Trycholeena rosea, a very beautiful rose tinted 
grass; 2 feet 
f 
10 
