Carex Morrowi
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Carex Morrowi, Boott (C. japonica, Hort., not Thunb. C. tenuissima, Hort. C. acutifolia, Hort.). Fig. 799. Lvs. stiff and evergreen, long-pointed, in the common garden form with a white band near either margin: culm 1 ft. with a terminal staminate spike and 2 or 3 slender pistillate spikes (1 in. long) from sheaths: perigynium small and firm, somewhat excurved, 2- toothed, glabrous. Japan. G.C. III. 13:173. R.B. 20, p. 9.—A very handsome plant, suited for pots or the border. The stiff clean white-edged foliage keeps in condition for months, making the plant useful for decorations in which pot-plants are used. It is perfectly hardy in Cent. N. Y., holding its foliage all winter. A useful florists' plant. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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