
GEO. W. PARK SEED COMPANY 
THE SHOWY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Regular pkt. 5c; Jumbo pkt. 10c. 
All grasses are more or less graceful and beautiful, but the following are among the finest and 
most admired. A bed of the most choice will afford much satisfaction and pleasure. Clumps of the 
taller ones are elegant as single specimens, while such kinds as Agrostis, Briza, Lagurus, Tricholaena, 
and many others are fine for bouquets in Summer, and when dried may be artistically used with ever- 
lastings for Winter decorations. Some are annuals and some perennials, and all are of easy culture from _ 
pores Peete ege 2 puted aaa iret pian AGROSTIS Nebulosa, 1 ft. Cloud Grass, cloud-like 
panicles. Attractive for bouquets and very good 
for edging the flower border. 
ANTHOXANTHUM COdoratum, | ft. Sweet Vernal. 
Gracile, 9 in. Fine for edging of beds or borders. 
AVENA Sterilis, 2 ft. Drooping spikes, elegant grass. 
BRIZA Gracilis, 8 in. Spikelets on hair-like stems, 
pretty. 
Maxima, 2 ft. Big Quaking Grass, elegant, nodding 
panicles, good to cut or dry, fine, annual. 
BROMUS Brizaformis, 2 ft. Fine biennial, bouquets. 
Madritensis, 2 ft. Long dense panicles, small 
spikes. 
CHRYSURUS Cynosuroides, 6 in. Low annual with 
silken plumes that become golden when ripe. 
COIX Lachryma, Job’s Tears, 3 ft. Used for beads. 
DIPLACHNE Fascicularis, 2 ft. A marsh grass, fine. 
ELYMUS Giganteus, Giant Bunch Grass, clumps. 
ERAGROSTIS Elegans, Love Grass, 10 in. White 
spikelets, fine. 
ERIANTHUS Ravennae, 6 ft. Plume grass, elegant 
hardy plant, leaves long, graceful, feathery. 
EULALIA Zebrina, 4 ft. Striped hardy perennial. 
FESTUCA Glauca, | ft. Fine for edging or border. 
Stipoides, 2 ft. The Feather Grass-like Fescue. 
GYNERIUM Argenteum, 2 ft. Pampas grass, ele- 
gant hardy perennial, immense silvery plumes 
which remain very beautiful over a long period 
in late summer. 
Roseum, exquisite big fluffy rosy plumes, hardy. 
ISOLEPIS Gracilis, bog plant; drooping, slender 
foliage, hiding the pot; a splendid plant. 
LAGURUS Ovatus, 1 ft. Hare’s-tail, fluffy white 
heads, showy in gardens from July to Sept., fine. | 
MELICA Altissima, 3 ft. Tall Pearl Grass. 
PANICUM Capillare, 2 ft. Panicles large. 
Sulcatum, 3 ft. Palm-like foliage, used for pots. 
PASPALUM Elegans, 3 ft. Elegant Millet Grass. 
PENNISETUM Longistylum, | ft. Half-hardy annual. 
Rueppelianum, 4 ft. Fine big purple plumes. 
POA Amabilis. Very fine, suitable for bouquets and 
edgings. 
POLYPOGON Monspeliensis, 2 ft. Panicles dense. 
SETARIA Nigra, 4 ft. Panicles of small bloom heads. 
STIPA Pennata, 2 ft. Per. Feather Grass, for borders. 
TRICHOLAENA Rosea, 2 ft. Fine fluffy rosy plumes 
with an attractive sheen which glistens in the sun. 
UNIOLA Latifolia, 3 ft. Panicles loose, fine for vases. 
ZEA Japonica Quadricolor, 3 ft. Striped in 4 colors. 
Gracillima Variegata, 3 ft. A beautiful striped sort. 


Complete Special Mixture of 
Ornamental Grasses. 
FINE EASILY-GROWN PALMS 
Regular pkt. 5c; Jumbo pkt. 10c. 
_ The following splendid Palms are readily grown from fresh seeds, 
and are of the easiest culture. The seed require from 2 to 6 months to 
germinate, so do not be impatient if the plants do not appear promptly. 
We offer the following splendid Palms separately or in complete special 
mixture. 
ARECA Lutescens, an elegant graceful Palm; leaves shining green with 
yellow stems. 
BRAHEA Filifera, magnificent gray-green leaves with tiny thread-like 
filaments, robust growth. 
CHAMAEROPS Excelsa, a robust Palm with obicular leaves at top of 
trunk, somewhat glaucous. 
PHOENIX Robelina: very handsome, vigorous Palm with graceful re- 
curved leaves, house plant. > 
SABAL Palmettc, a beautiful native Palm of Florida, big honey-produc- 
ing flower-clusters; almost hardy. 


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