. GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM. (Pampas Grass.) Thie most eflfective and stately of all the Ornamental Grasses, producing a grand effect on the lawn. Its silvery plumes are produced on stems 8 to 10 feet high. 'Well established jilants can remain in the open ground from year to year if protected. This is best done liy tying the tops together and enclosing in a flour barrel, witli top open and space packed with straw or leaver, earthing up tlie soil well around the outside of barrel; or, if desired, it can be removed to a cellar and re|ilanted in the sjiring. quires a lich and deep soil. The plumes,
. GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM. (Pampas Grass.) Thie most eflfective and stately of all the Ornamental Grasses, producing a grand effect on the lawn. Its silvery plumes are produced on stems 8 to 10 feet high. 'Well established jilants can remain in the open ground from year to year if protected. This is best done liy tying the tops together and enclosing in a flour barrel, witli top open and space packed with straw or leaver, earthing up tlie soil well around the outside of barrel; or, if desired, it can be removed to a cellar and re|ilanted in the sjiring. quires a lich and deep soil. The plumes, when cut before they fully expand, and dried m the shade, make hand- some parloi omamentsfoi wintei decoration 25 to 50 cts each L\tra ^tiong plants for immediate effect cau be fuiuished fiom 'pi 00 to $2 00 each.
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