


Composition of Bamboos, Pam- 
pas-Grass, Agaves and Spanish 
Bayonets. 
Lawn of St. Augustine Grass 
backed with a border planting of 
palms, flowering shrubs and trees. 
BAMBOOS AND GRASSES 
Arundo Donax variegata. GARDENERS GAR- 
TER. A hardy, bamboo-like reed growing to 
12 feet. Young growth strikingly variegated with 
white. Has immense flower plumes. Cut tops 
back to the ground each spring to produce the 
new variegated growth. Small field clumps 50c, 
medium $1.00, large $2.00. 
Bambusa multiplex disticha. BAMBOO. 
Dwarf hardy Bamboo making dense clumps 10 to 
12 feet high. Fine feathery foliage. Can be grown 
in tubs, where it makes an attractive tropical 
subject. Field-grown clumps $2.50. 
B. multiplex variegated argentea striata. A 
medium-sized, hardy, variegated-leaved Bamboo 
with stems 15 to 20 feet high. Grows in dense 
clumps. Field-grown clumps $2.50, larger $5.00 
to $10.00. 
B. Palloscens. A tall, hardy, open-growing, large- 
stemmed type to 40 feet. Very attractive and 
tropical in appearance. Small clumps $2.50, 
larger $5.00 to $10.00. 
Bambusa sp. FAT-O-CHUNK. A moderately 
dense-growing type; when grown in tubs develops 
enlarged nodes from which it obtains its name. 
Small clumps $2.50, larger $5.00 to $10.00. 
PLEASE NOTICE. Bamboos must be shipped by 
express, since they are too large to be sent by mail. 

CENTIPEDE GRASS. Foliage fine, grows close 
to ground, requires less clipping. Valuable for 
high sandy soils; drought resistant. Small plants 
25c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Cortaderia Selloana. PAMPAS-GRASS. A 
splendid grass growing into huge dense clumps of 
fine foliage and producing plumes of silvery color 
to 2 feet long, which are long lasting when cut. 
Small divisions 50c, larger $1.00 to $2.00. 
Cymbopogon citratus. LEMON-GRASS. A 
blue-green to dark green, wide-leaved grass 2 to 
3 feet tall with a strong lemon odor. It produces 
the lemon-grass oil of the trade and the leaves are 
used in making a tea. Small plants 50c, larger 
$1.00. 
Panicum palmifolium. PALM-GRASS. The 
leaves of this grass almost identically resemble 
the broad seedling leaves of palms. It makes a 
thick mass of large palm-like leaves in a pot, 
where it is easily grown and very tropical looking. 
Small plants 35c, larger 50c to $1.00. 
Saccharum. SUGAR-CANE. This is the huge, 
grass-like plant from which the common granu- 
lated sugar is made. Makes a large thick growth 
to 10 feet and is very tropical appearing. Seed 
canes 50c to $1.00. 
ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS. The _ interesting, 
creeping, wide-leaved lawn grass of Florida. Small 
plants 25c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 

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