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42649 to 42673— Continued. 



" This is said to be the hardiest species in Japan, growing as far 

 north as the island of Hokkaido, where the temperature falls below 

 zero Fahrenheit. Its culms are extensively used for fau making, and 

 millions of cheap paper-covered fans are made every year from the 

 stems of this species. River banks and the margins of ponds and 

 canals are eminently suited to its growth, and the overflowed lands 

 of the Colorado River in Arizona might be planted to advantage with 

 this species." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus- 

 Bui. J,3, p. 31.) 



42852. Abundinakia fastuosa (Marl.) Makino. 



If not the most graceful, it is the loftiest and stateliest of hardy 

 species, resembling Arundinaria simonii, but differing in the 

 short, crowded branches at each joint and in the more tufted habit. 

 The stems are up to 22 feet high and 1| inches in diameter at the base. 

 The leaves are 4 to 8 inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide, wedge 

 shaped at the base, long and taper pointed ; dark, lustrous green 

 above ; one side of the midrib beneath glaucous, the other greenish ; 

 margins toothed. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 215.) 



42653. Arundinaria pygmaea (Miquel) Kurz. 



The dwarf est of the hardy bamboos, although the stems, when 

 drawn up in a dense mass, will grow 18 inches high. Leaves 2 to 

 5^ inches long, one-third to 1 inch wide, rounded at the base, rather 

 abruptly narrowed at the apex to a slender point. This little bam- 

 boo forms a low, dense carpet over the ground and spreads with 

 great rapidity. Among the dwarf creeping sorts with green leaves, 

 the velvety undersurface of the leaves will best distinguish It. 

 (Adapted from IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 218.) 



42654. Arundinaria marmorea (Mitf.) Makino. 



A very pretty, well-marked bamboo, distinguished by the marbled 

 stem sheaths and stems remaining unbranched the first season and 

 by the apex of the leaf being constricted about half an inch from 

 the tip. It spreads very rapidly by underground suckers, forming 

 luxuriant masses, but is liable to injury by winter cold. (Adapted 

 from IF J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol. 1, p. 217.) 



42655. Arundinaria marmorea (Mitf.) Makino. 



Var. variegata. A form differing from the species only in its 



variegated leaves. 



42656. Sasa alro-marginata (Miquel) Makino and Shibata. Poacese. 



Bamboo. 

 A hardy bamboo with stems 1 to 14, sometimes 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 a single branch at each of the upper joints, leaves narrow-oblong, 4 to 8 

 inches long, 1 to 2\ inches wide, abruptly tapered at the base and nar- 

 rowed quickly also at the top to a short, slender point. It forms dense, 

 matted patches and spreads very rapidly "While it is pleasing in summer 



