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Pennisetum (Latin, penna, feather; seta, bristle). Gramineae. Mostly stout grasses with bristly spike-like inflorescence, making conspicuous border and lawn plants.<br />
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Spikelets as in Panicum, but surrounded by several bristles that fall with the spikelet. — Species about 40 in tropical regions, one species cult, for fodder, some of the others for ornament.<br />
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The plumy grass known to gardeners as P. longisty- lum is much used for bedding. It is, perhaps, the finest dwarf grass which is grown chiefly for its flower parts. It sometimes survives the winter at Washington, D. C., but should always be treated as a tender subject. Plants raised every year from seed are satisfactory if seed is sown early enough, but divisions of old plants will give larger pieces which flower sooner and require less attention than seedlings. The old plants may be wintered anywhere out of reach of frost. About February 1, in the latitude of Washington (a month later North), cut off the old leaves to within 6 inches of the crowns; divide the clumps into small pieces, trim the roots so that they will ultimately go into 3- or 4-inch pots, and place the pieces thickly together in boxes of sandy soil in a greenhouse with a temperature of about 60°. As soon as new roots have started, pot the young plants. They may be removed to a coldframe long before the soft bedding material demands all the available indoor space. (G. W. Oliver.)<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br />
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --><br />
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