. Dreer's wholesale price list for 1904 : flower seeds decorative hardy garden greenhouse and other plants bulbs tools, fertilizers, insecticides, sundries, etc . Utilis. 2V THE CRIMSON FOUNTAIN GRASS :;4-inch pots ^o 75 ^6 CO " 3 " " I 00 8 CO " 4 " " 2 00 15 oo- Veitchi. 6 " " i 00 each. Crimson Fonntain Grass. (Pennisetum Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum.) This new plant, an introduction from New Guinea, is without question a most valuable addition, not only to our list of beautiful ornamental grasses, but to bedding plants. Its habit of growth is strong a
. Dreer's wholesale price list for 1904 : flower seeds decorative hardy garden greenhouse and other plants bulbs tools, fertilizers, insecticides, sundries, etc . Utilis. 2V THE CRIMSON FOUNTAIN GRASS :;4-inch pots ^o 75 ^6 CO " 3 " " I 00 8 CO " 4 " " 2 00 15 oo- Veitchi. 6 " " i 00 each. Crimson Fonntain Grass. (Pennisetum Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum.) This new plant, an introduction from New Guinea, is without question a most valuable addition, not only to our list of beautiful ornamental grasses, but to bedding plants. Its habit of growth is strong and vigorous, yet most elegant and graceful ; the foliage^ which is gracefully recurved, is I y^ inches wide, of a pleasing, darkmetallic, coppery bronze, which, when at its best, duringmid- summer and fall, far surpasses in richness the finest of the bronze- leaved Cannas—a veritable crimson fountain. When grown as a specimen in the border or on the lawn, and allowed to grow without cutting back, it attains a height of about 4 feet, the ends of the shoots being terminated by tawny crimson plumes 10 to 12: inches long. By an occasional cutting back the plants can be kept, if desired, at a height of 2 to 3 feet. Interspersed with other ornamental grasses, this new Pennisetum will add a life and color hitherto unobtainable, while as an edging or border to- a bed of Cannas or Caladium Esculentum it stands in a class by itself. The plants, when set our in early spring, do not show their rich coloring, which, however, quickly develops when> planted in the open bed or border. To introduce and popularize this novelty quickly we have prepared an immense stock, which we offer at a low price, per- mitting its use on an extensive scale. Ready in April, 15 cents, each ; $ per dozen ; pet 100. Pennisetum. Rueppelianum. [Purple Fountain Grass.) A beautiful annual ornamental grass, growing about 2^4 feet high, pro- ducing long, graceful, purplish plumes ; a very effective plant
Size: 1936px × 2582px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggi, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1904
