Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VI. 



The Smith Bamboo Grove at Burroughs, near Savannah, Ga. (Phyllostachyssp.; 



S. P. I. No. 40842). 



A grove of fin undetermined species of bamboo which is certainly distinct from either 

 /'. bambusoides </'. quilioi) or P. pubescens i /'. mitis), and which is reported by Mr. 

 s. I;. Dayton, who directed our attention to this grove, to have been introduced from 

 India by Mr. Andre Moynelo aboul 30 years ago. The tallest culms were in 1915 aboul 

 55 feel high and I l ',' inches in circumference, and the prove covers an area of about an 

 acre. The young shoots of ihis bamboo have been cooked as a vegetable and found to 

 have an excellent flavor and texture. The late Allen Groves is standing anion-- tin- 

 trees. (Photographed by Mr. Peter Bisset, Burroughs Station, Ga., July 28, 1915; 

 P14013FS.) 



