Agrostis
(from agros, a field; the Greek name for a kind of Grass). Bent Grass. Including Trichodium. SYN. Vilfa (of Adanson). ORD. Gramineae. Annual or perennial Grasses. Panicle loose; spikelets compressed. Several of the species are very effective, and well worth growing; and the spikes are pretty objects, when dried, for window vases, & c. They are of easy culture, in ordinary garden soil. Sow seeds during spring in the open border, in tufts, among ferns, & c., or in pots for decorative purposes. A. elegans (elegant). h. 1ft. Russia, 1834.
A. nebulosa (cloud).* Cloud Grass. fl. panicles resemble, when developed, a cloud resting over the ground. h. 1 1/2ft. Very light and elegant. Annual. A. pulchella (pretty).* Dwarfer, and with a more rigid habit than A. nebulosa. It is, nevertheless, a most graceful plant, and valuable for bouquet making, and for winter decorative purposes. h. 6in. to 12in. Russia. Annual. A. spica-venti (windward-spiked). fl. panicle large, silky looking, loosely spreading. England. Annual.