. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 582 FESTUCA PICUS FEST&CA (an ancient name of uncertain meaning). GraminecB. Fescue Grass. Usually cespitose, peren- nial grasses of varying habit. Lvs. rather dry, harsh, and usually narrow. Spikelets several, in dense or loose and spreading panicles; empty glumes unequal, mostly keeled ; flowering-glumes
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 582 FESTUCA PICUS FEST&CA (an ancient name of uncertain meaning). GraminecB. Fescue Grass. Usually cespitose, peren- nial grasses of varying habit. Lvs. rather dry, harsh, and usually narrow. Spikelets several, in dense or loose and spreading panicles; empty glumes unequal, mostly keeled ; flowering-glumes not keeled, pointed. Spe- cies about 80, in all parts of the world. They are essentially permanent pasture grasses, but some are useful for lawns and ornamental purposes. glailicat Lam. {Festuca otOiirt, var. qJauca, Hack.). Blue Fescue Grass. A handsome, tutted, hardy per- ennial grass, with deep, silvery blue leaves resembling the common Sheep's Fescue {Festuca ovlna), and by most authors regarded as a variety of it. Lvs. very narrow, conduplicate : panicle somewhat one-sided and short: spikelets 3-8-fld., with ashort awn. —An attractive plant for edgings or for contrast of foliage with deeper colored plants. Often used also in hanging-baskets, window-boxes and the rockery. It will grow almost any- where if not too densely shaded. Propagated by divi- sion of the tufts. amethystina, Host. [F. ovlna, var. psamm6p7}ila, Hack.). Avery pretty grass with violet-colored culm and sheaths: lvs. somewhat thin and long, blue-green: panicles slightly branched, small, often violet-colored: spikelets short-awned, seldom awnless. Europe. —Use- ful as an ornamental grass in the garden for dry, sunny places. Propagated by division. Various Fescues are used in pastures and in lawn grass mix- tures. F. duriuseula, Liun. (Festuca ovina. var. duriuscula, Hack.). A slender, densely tufted perennial grass, 1-2 ft. high: lvs. very fine, radical, closely resembling Sheep's Fescue. Pani- cle open.
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