Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . dry leaves. Butit is better to take up the clumps in the fall,and keep free from frost during the early spring the clumps may be dividedto almost any extent, provided each piecehas a few root fibres attached. Ravenna grass, a rival of the pampas, isa beautiful object for the lawn. It is per-fectly hardy, similar in appearance to thepampas; differing only in the form andcolor of the plumes. It has long, gracefulfoliage, throwing up flower-stems from sixto ten feet high, terminated by graceful,drooping, feathery-like plumes, from fifteento twenty in
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . dry leaves. Butit is better to take up the clumps in the fall,and keep free from frost during the early spring the clumps may be dividedto almost any extent, provided each piecehas a few root fibres attached. Ravenna grass, a rival of the pampas, isa beautiful object for the lawn. It is per-fectly hardy, similar in appearance to thepampas; differing only in the form andcolor of the plumes. It has long, gracefulfoliage, throwing up flower-stems from sixto ten feet high, terminated by graceful,drooping, feathery-like plumes, from fifteento twenty inches long. These have a silkyappearance, and are of a silvery-white grass is a free-grower, and will, with alittle care and attention, produce a largenumber of plumes. After the j^lant hasbecome well established, a small plant willusually give several plumes the first plumes contrast finely with those ofthe pampas, and they may be used withadvantage together. F. A. B. 138 STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS FASHION GOSSIP.
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