. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. Gypsophila Paniculata Fl. Pl. Hardy Ornamental Grasses The ornamental Grasses can be used with telling effect, either as individual specimens in the border or on the lawn; large beds or borders planted entirely to the different varieties are attractive; they can also be used to advantage interspersed in the shrubbery border or planted in clumps on the margin of ponds or lakes. Arrhenatherum bulbosum variegatum. Forms a dense tuft 6 to 8 inches high with prettily variegated green and white leaves; a splendid edging plant. 25 cts. each;
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. Gypsophila Paniculata Fl. Pl. Hardy Ornamental Grasses The ornamental Grasses can be used with telling effect, either as individual specimens in the border or on the lawn; large beds or borders planted entirely to the different varieties are attractive; they can also be used to advantage interspersed in the shrubbery border or planted in clumps on the margin of ponds or lakes. Arrhenatherum bulbosum variegatum. Forms a dense tuft 6 to 8 inches high with prettily variegated green and white leaves; a splendid edging plant. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Arundo Donax (Great Reed). A magnificent variety, growing to a height of 20 feet. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. — —Variegata. A beautiful variegated form, foliage white and green; 8 to 10 feet. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Elymus Glaucus (Blue Lyme Grass). A handsome Grass, with narrow glaucous silvery foliage; well adapted for the border or the edge of beds containing taller sorts; 2 feet. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Eulalia Gracillima Univittata (Japan Rush). Of graceful habit, with narrow foliage; of a bright green color, with a silvery midrib; 6 to 7 feet. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. — Japonica Variegata. Very ornamental; long narrow leaves, striped green, white and often pink or yellow; 6 to 7 feet. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. — — Zebrina (Zebra Grass). The long blades of this variety are marked with broad yellow bands across the leaf. It makes a very attractive specimen plant for the lawn; 6 to 7 feet. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Festuca Glauca (Blue Fescue). A pretty dwarf tufted Grass with distinct blue-green foliage; 1 foot. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas Grass). The most effective of all the ornamental Grasses. Its large silvery plumes are produced on stems 8 to 10 feet high during the late summer and fall. This plant is well known to summer visitors to California where it is one of the features in many gardens. It
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