. 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. 540 ERIANTHUS ERICA the plants before they flower. The general appearance of Erianthus is striking and unique, and for the plume- like character of its flowers it has few if any rivals. Rav^nnse, Beauv. {Sdccharum Bavinnce, Muir.). Wool Grass. Plume Grass. Ravenna Grass. A tall, hardy grass, 4-7 ft. high, very
. 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. 540 ERIANTHUS ERICA the plants before they flower. The general appearance of Erianthus is striking and unique, and for the plume- like character of its flowers it has few if any rivals. Rav^nnse, Beauv. {Sdccharum Bavinnce, Muir.). Wool Grass. Plume Grass. Ravenna Grass. A tall, hardy grass, 4-7 ft. high, very ornamental, either planted alone or in company with other grasses: Ivs. very long, linear, pointed, band-like, sometimes violet, with a strong white rib in the center. The foliage forms graceful clumps, from which rise long and handsome plumes, resembling the pampas grass {Gijnerium argenieuni). Southern Europe. 1890, p. 546. Gu. 54, p. Its cultivation is not dif&cult in ordinary garden soil. A sunny situation is preferable. May be propagated by division or by seed. It is exquisite for lawns, and flowers the first season if sown very early. The plumes are fine for winter use when dried. P. B. Kennedy and W. M. EEiCA (practically meaningless; probably not from ereiko, to break, as commonly stated). A'ricAceie. Heath. This is the genus that the gardener usually means by "; The Heath or heather of English literature and history belongs to the closely allied genus Calluna. The next most important group of cultivated "Heaths" is Epacris, which, however, belongs to a dif- ferent order. Ericas are low-growing, evergreen, much branched shrubs, with needle-like Ivs, in whorls of 3-6, and great numbers of small rosy, white, or rarely yellow fls., of which the most important types are the bell- shaped, the tubular, and the ventricose, the last being swelled at the base, and then tapering to a narrow neck just below the 4 spreading lobes. Erica is a
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