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HELIPTERUM. 
The Helipterum 
grows about a foot 
in height, branch¬ 
ing, bears very 
many clusters of 
flowers. Should be 
taken when the 
buds are about 
opening, tied in 
bunches and hung 
up in a shady place, 
and the flowers will 
open in the drying 
process, and retain 
their color and 
brightness for very 
many years. 
Helipterum Sanfordi, one of the choicest Ever¬ 
lastings, a foot high ; flowers small, rich yellow, io 
corymbiflorum, clusters of white flowers, ... io 
RHODANTHE. 
Some care is neces¬ 
sary in starting seeds 
of the Rhodanthe, but 
after good plants arc 
grown we never fail to 
obtain abundance of 
flowers. The flowers 
should be gathered 
before they fully ex¬ 
pand, as if allowed to 
grow too long, they 
open too much and 
lose their beautiful 
bell form. One of the 
prettiest Everlastings 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, fine for house culture, 
delicate for out-door; often, however, makes a 
most beautiful display in the garden,. io 
maculata, more hardy and robust than R. Man¬ 
glesii ; rosy purple,. io 
maculata alba, pure white, yellow disc, ... io 
atrosanguinea, flowers dark purple and violet, 25 
STATICS. 
Statices bear their small flowers in pa.'icles. They 
are not Everlastings, but, like the Gypsophilas, are of 
great value for drying, as they retain their color when 
dried, and work up with the true Everlastings to very 
great advantage. They are also useful in summer for 
bouquets of fresh flowers. 
Statice Bonduelli, annual; golden yellow flow¬ 
ers ; 1 foot in height, .. 5 
Besseriana rosea, perennial; small, rose-col¬ 
ored flowers ; very pretty, . 5 
coccinea, perennial; fine,. 5 
incana hybrida nana, perennial ; mixed colors, 5 
latifolia, perennial; one of the best,. 5 
sinuata, beautiful annual; blue flowers; 1 foot, 5 
Thouinii, dwarf annual; flowers in spikes, . . 5 
WAITZIA. 
The Waitzias are an interest¬ 
ing class of annuals, bearing 
their dry or everlasting flowers 
in clusters. The flowers are 
very good, though showing too 
much of the center, which be¬ 
comes discolored unless picked 
early. With this precaution 
they make a desirable addition 
to our stock of Everlastings. 
All the varieties have yellow 
flowers. The seeds are very 
fine and should be sown under 
glass, or much success is not 
to be anticipated, though they 
come up well in a light soil. 
Waitzia aurea, fine yellow, . . . . 25 
grandiflora, flowers large, golden yellow, ... 25 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Xeranthcmums are free-bloom¬ 
ing annuals of a very neat, com¬ 
pact habit, and growing less 
than a foot in height. The 
leaves arc silvery and flowers 
abundant on strong stems, and 
arc purple, rose, and white. 
Seeds germinate freely ; plants 
transplant well when young, and 
should tie set about ten inches 
apart. 
Xeranthemum, Large Purple-flowered, the 
largest-flowered, very double and fine, .... 10 
plenissimum roseum, fine rose-colored, very 
double; new, . i Q 
superbissimum flore-pleno, purple; very fine 
pojnpon-flowercd ; new,. 10 
superbissimum flore albo pleno, white, pom¬ 
pon-flowered ;• a fine new variety, ..... 10 
Double White, very fine, . 10 
Mixed colors, . 1Q 
+ORNAMENT4L GRASSES.^ 
Agrostis nebulosa, the most elegant of Ornamen¬ 
tal Grasses ; fine and feathery ; delicate, ... 10 
Arundo Donax variegatis aureus, perennial; 
strong stem, with golden-yellow striped leaves; 
6 feet high, . 10 
Avena sterilis, (Animated Oat', thirty inches 
high, . 5 
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, . t; 
Briza geniculata, small, flowers freely, and is 
always desirable ; 8 inches . 5 
Brizopyrum siculum, dwarf, with shining green 
leaves ; very pretty ; 8 inches, . 5 
Bromus brizseformis, a very fine Grass with ele¬ 
gant hanging ears, well adapted for bouquets, 
either in summer or winter; flowers second sum¬ 
mer; something Briza maxima; 1 foot, .... 5 
Chrysurus cynosuroides, -Lamarckia aurea), 
dwarf; yellowish, feathery spikes,. 5 
Coix Lachryma, 'Job’s Tears , grows about 2 
feet, broad, Corn-like leaves,. ^ 
Erianthus Ravennae, as fine as Pampas Grass, 
which it resembles, and very much superior for 
a Northern climate, being quite hardy. Plants, 
25 cents each ; seeds,. IO 
Gynerium argenteum. 1 Pampas Grass 1, a noble 
Grass, flowers second season, not hardy here, . 10 
Hordeum jubatum, - Squirrel Tail Grass', fine 5 
Lagurus ovatus, dwarf; showy heads; called 
Hair’s Tail Grass ; 1 foot ; sow early, .... 5 
Pennisetum longistylum, a very graceful Grass, 
growing 18 inches, . 5 
Stipa pennata, (Feather Grass', magnificent 
Grass, flowering the second season, . 15 
Trycholaena rosea, a very beautiful rose-tinted, 
Grass; 2 feet, . t 
