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Ornamental Grasses (Also geniculata brizopyrum)

the ornamental grasses, also geniculata; brizopyrum siculum, pretty; bromus brizæformis, perennial; chrysurus cynosuroides (lamarckia aurea), yellowish, feathery spikes; coix lachryma (Job's tears); hordeum jubatum (squirrel tail grass), fine; lagurus ovatus (hare's tail grass), dwarf, showy heads; pennisetum longistylum, very graceful; stipa pennata (feather grass), magnificent; tricholæna rosea, beautiful, rose tinted. The illustration shows how pretty these are in a simple basket. XI. Water Plants.

WHERE there is water, various plants will make pretty additions to the scenery. Wald rice and other aquatic plants found in the streams may be used, though the wholesale nurseries will supply anything wanted, or, your nearest nurseryman will order them for you.

Nothing, however, is prettier than the water lilies so abundant in the West. The double, fragrant water-lily (nymphæa odorata) should come first. The heart-shaped lily is, to our mind, no less pretty, though not so well known nor so much admired. The nelumbo, or American water-lily, bears an edible bean, and is the American