. Pandanus Vkitchi. ROYAL EXHIBITION PANSIES. The plants here offered are grown from our own choicest strain of seed procured from the world's greatest Pansy specialist, and for size of bloom, richness of coloring and texture will be found unsur- passed by any other strain. (See cut.) Good strong plants, 60 cts. per doz.; $ per 100. PENNISETUM. Royal Exhibition Pan^y. Crimson Fountain Grass (Pennisetum). (Fountain Grass.) Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum {Crimson Fountain Grass). This new plant from New i« a most valuable addition not only to our list of ornamental grasses, but to beddi
. Pandanus Vkitchi. ROYAL EXHIBITION PANSIES. The plants here offered are grown from our own choicest strain of seed procured from the world's greatest Pansy specialist, and for size of bloom, richness of coloring and texture will be found unsur- passed by any other strain. (See cut.) Good strong plants, 60 cts. per doz.; $ per 100. PENNISETUM. Royal Exhibition Pan^y. Crimson Fountain Grass (Pennisetum). (Fountain Grass.) Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum {Crimson Fountain Grass). This new plant from New i« a most valuable addition not only to our list of 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 of a pleasing dark metallic, coppery-bronze, which 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, 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 a border to a bed of Cannas or Caladium Esculentum it stands in a class by itself. The plants, when sent out in early spring, do not show their rich coloring, which, however, quickly develops when planted in the open bed or border. Ready April 15th. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Rueppelianum {Purple Fountain Grass). A beautiful annual variety, growing about 3 feet high, producing long, graceful .green foliage and cylindrical-purplish plumes. Like the Crimson Fountain Grass, this variety is also excellent as a border to a bed of Cannas,Caladiums, etc., etc., and is beautifully shown in the illustration of our bed of Grasses at the Pan-American Exposition. See page 170. Young plants, ready in May, 10
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