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- Balsamodendron—continued. 
acute, one to two-celled, marked with four sutures. 
Leaves with three to five sessile, dotless leaflets. They 
thrive in a compost of thoroughly drained sandy 
loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripe young 
wood, taken in April, and placed under a hand 
glass, in bottom heat. The species named below 
doubtfully belongs to this genus, as the charac- 
teristics above enumerated will show. 
B. zeylanicum (Ceylon).* jl, white, three-petaled, 
lomerated, involucrated ; racemes interrupted, downy. 
. impari-pinnate, with five to seven-stalked, ovate, 
acute leaflets. A. 30ft. Ceylon. 
BALSAM OF CAPEVI. see Copaifera. 
BALSAM-TREE. See Clusia. 
BAMBOO CANE. See Bambusa. 
BAMBUSA (from bambu, the Malay name). 
Bamboo Cane. ORD. Gramineew. A genus of orna- 
mental, shrubby, greenhouse, half-hardy or hardy 
shrubs, each culm flowering but once. Flowers 
usually hexandrous. Leaves, as a rule, relatively shorter 
than the stems, lanceolate, and narrowed at the base. 
Stems jointed, flexuose, branching, usually hollow, and, 
when mature, of a hard, woody nature. In well drained, 
sheltered situations, in the open, with rich, loamy soil, 
some of the species make a tee graceful objects, par- 
ticularly so in the more southern counties of England, 
and in parts of Scotland. Unless a very severe winter 
is experienced, they may be left without protection. 
Plants of all the species, however, should have the shelter 
of a cold greenhouse till about the end of April; when they 
should be gradually hardened off, and transferred to a 
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warm, sheltered spot, such as in woodlands, by the mar- 
gins of lakes, &c., as they like plenty of moisture during 
Bambusa—continued. 
A good watering must be given after plant- 
Propagation is effected by careful 
the summer. 
ing, to settle the soil. 
“Fra. 204. BAMBUSA NANA. 
division of well-developed plants, which should be done in 
early spring, just as new growth is commencing; and it 
is advisable to establish the divisions in pots. See also 
B. arundinacea (reed-like).* Stem very stout, rising like a 
beautiful column g some 50ft. or 60ft. in height; the laterals 
ucing a profusion of light green leaves, the whole ga 
e appearance of a huge plume of feathers. India, 1730. This 
species is best treated as a stove Fe but it may be placed out 
of doors in summer. See Fig. 202. (B. F. 
B. aurea (golden).* J. lanceolate, acute, light green, distinguished 
from B. nana by having their under surface less glaucescent, and 
the sheath always devoid of the long silky hairs. China. This 
very handsome species forms elegant tufts, with its slender much- 
branched stems, which attain a height of from 6ft. to 10ft., and 
are of a light green colour in a young state, ultimately changing 
into a yellowish hue. Hardy in most parts of the country. See 
Fig. 203. 
B. Fortunei (Fortune’s).* l. linear-lanceolate, abruptly pointed, 
somewhat rounded at the base, on very short hairy stalks, serrated 
and often fringed with long hairs on the margin, downy on both | 
sides, and distinctly variegated, the transverse veins often of a 
bottle-green colour, A. lft. to 2ft. Japan, A dwarf tufted specie: 
with very slender stem. Quite hardy. "There are only varie- 
gated varieties of this in cultivation, viz., variegata ani 
vittata. (F. dS. 1863, t. 1535.) 
B. glauca (milky-green). A synonym of B. nana. — 
B. japonica (Japanese). Synonymous with Arundinaria Metake, 
B. Maximowiczii (Maximowicz’s). Synonymous with Arundi- 
naria Maximowiczii, : 
B. Metake (Metake). Synonymous with Arundinaria Metake, 
B. mitis (small). J. deep green, lanceolate, acute, striated, clas 
=e Se Se simple, erect, close; spikes long, aen 
Stem tapering. h. 40ft. Cochin China and Japan. This 
