ILLUSTRATIONS 



I 'age. 



Plate I. ( lommercial grove of black bamboo ( Phyllostachys nigra ), near Kyoto, 



Japan Frontispiece. 



II. A well-kept forest of timber bamboo i Phyllostachys quilioi) on good 



soil ' 36 



III. Fig. 1. — A well-kept forest of timber bamboo {Phyllostachys quilioi) 



on poorsoil. Fig. 2. — A badly kept forest of timber bamboo ( Phyl- 

 lostachys quilioi ) on good soil :><> 



IV. Bamboo groves in Japan. Fig. 1. — A hillside forest of edible bam- 



boo, 20 years old. Fig. 2.— A grove of edible bamboo more than 

 100 yearsold. Fig. .">. — Twelve-day-old shootof Phyllostachys quilioi 



in forest of same timber species 36 



V. Bamboo groves in Japan. Fig. 1. — Chimp of Arundinaria simoni, 

 showing persistent sheaths. Fig. 2. — (i rove of Phyllostachys quilioi, - 

 age unknown. Fig. 3. — Plat of a species of bamboo called "Han- 



chiku" 36 



VI. Fig. 1. — Black bamboo plant, showing the effect of the death of the 

 rhizome. Fig. 2. — Properly dug young plant of black bamboo. 

 Fig. 3. — Rhizome of bamboo, with young shoots and roots spring- 

 ing from nodes :>,,i 



VII. Fig. 1. — A few dwarf bamboos. Fig. 2. — Embankment of Bambusa 

 r, itchii in Tokyo. Fig. 3. — Sawdust on surface of shoot, indicating 

 presence of culm-boring larva. Fig. 4. — Longitudinal section of 



shoot, showing culm-boring larva 36 



VIII. bamboos in California. Figs. 1 and 3. — Phyllostachys quilioi (?) on 

 the grounds of a nursery company at Niles. Fig. 2. — Clump of 

 Phyllostachys quilioi, the second year after transplanting at Niles . 36 



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