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to varieties of P. nigra. However much they may have differed 

 from each other in leaf and stem characters, the bamboos here 

 grouped under P. nigra have shown not the least difference in 

 floral characters. In this respect they are absolutely identical 



^!t I U W1- At Kew P - ni #ra itself has not yet flowered, 

 although all the varieties here mentioned have done so. It has 



™ Ve J e ^r fl ^7 ered in ° tner P^ces. In 1900, it flowered with 

 Mr. F W. Moore at Glasnevin, Dublin; in 1901, with the late 



Sao' ^fr eS Fi 19 at Frensham Hal1 near Haslemere ; and, in 

 1902, with Lord Ventry at Burnham, co. Kerry. 



tt.w ^!L var - ^W*« (P- Boryana, MUftmi).— Flowered at 



wfZ m + t? ' and a f, Exeter the P^vious year. Of the original 

 plant at Kew a small portion is still alive ; this may be from a 



Sw $ Aizome which had not flowered. At any rate the entire 

 plant died with this exception. 



hJ^a&S, l ar ' G ™ tillonis (P- Castillonis, Mit/ord). -This 

 !£m ♦? ba ^ b00 vT lth it8 ^Wen-yellow stems, is very different 

 ? pv h e - or ; ft™** black-stemmed P. nigra. Yet when it flowered 

 at Kew, in 1903 and 1904, it was found to be the same species. 



m^m g>a Var * /Ulm ' (R fulva ' ^V"^— Flowered at Kew 



TinLr^S T* H * nonis i ( p - Henonis, Jif^W).— Flowered at 

 K™»X p T ]e ?' S ™ s * X in im > at Me.ml.illy in Cornwall, 

 Tnct thl^' ^ R ° dway H ° U8e near » J riHtol in 1900; and 



Tern J«ta J? ™ T ? ^aa y Savden8 ' At Kew jt flowered iti the 



rirL. t ft recovered and the collection has sustained no 

 severer loss than that of this beautiful bamboo. 



var 



bury in 1900. During 



First flowered at Kew and at Abbots- 



at Kpw Q«/i ;« ° , iCW J* 5 "™ otner plants nowereu 



at Kew and in numerous other gardens. 



co^rv f °w W -? g cnlt [ vated secies have not yet flowered in this 



were lJ«Vtnnn VI be ° f intere3t t0 S ive the dates when they 

 were last known to flower in a wild state. 



Tetn^tT^ ar l 8t ? ta > Gamble.-Now cultivated in the 



KerT Tf fl 8e ?*• K c? W and b ? Mr ' S - T - H ^»-d at Rossdohan, 

 Kerry. It flowered in Sikkim in 1895. 



th?mTw^r\^i chx -- ThiB iB the on] y har ^ b«nboo from 

 1872 and ml fl ° Wered in the S " TJnited states between 



BDotinllnS^f Mi * ford -- Mr - B, H. Wilson collected flowering 



whicWpL I bamb °? in West " rn Hu P eh > China, June, 1900, 

 which were subsequently identified u this species. 



floweHnJ 3 ^ 008 ! eyhlentl y tfo much longer than others without 



uuwenng. Kambusa tessellnfn Un« M I... k ;„ „„n;,rof.-nn 



tor probably over sixty • a 

 having flowered anywhere. 



Monro, has been in cultivation 



seen 



same 



nelrlTnr ™* & Si Rivi6re > which has ***» in cultivation for 

 nearly, or quite, fifty years. 



flow^W i8 .V n i? d v Ubt ' a good deal ? et to be learnt about the 

 uowering ot bamboos. We know. h nw «v^ tw *h» w h«v« two 



