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size of the bamboo in 1915 and 1917, it may be predicted that 
a considerable number of usable canes would be produced in 
another two years. 
TABLE 2.—Heights of bamboo clumps and diameters of canes at Division 
of Investigation, Bureau of Forestry, Los Banos, Laguna, P. I., 
October, 1917, five years after planting. 
[Figures represent number of clumps.] 

Height of clumps in meters, October, 1917. 










Species. | | | 
Less ps se " ei Pere |e y; | 
‘than 1. eee Bay |leserl Ror oat edo: | 13-1525) dati | 
| | | 
? aee . | 
Bambusa spinosa________-____- 2 26 24 32 53 55 44 26 hen 
Bambusa vulgaris_____________ 1 6 8 5 7 | 5 7 p ip) ane te 
Gigantochloa ‘levis |S Ss ae 1 | 1 | i 3 | t |e 
[Figures represent number of canes.] 
Diameter of canes in centimeters, 
October, 1917. 
Species. 
Less | 
Shans. 5s | 16: 1: 8. 9; 10. lib 
= et eet dee. Seow 7 i S3 = | 
| } 
Bambusa epimosay. = oso a 94 | 150} 97| 80| 71| 29) 17)|_--_-- | 
Bambusa yulcarish—< 22: es eee oF Se ee 158 | 11] 10 5 4°)... 22/2 222 eee | 
Gigantochloatlevig-=.2) hoe ee ee 33 | 11 | Siies | 4 2] -2 3 



In Table 3 is given a summary of the number of cuttings 
planted in 1912 and the condition of the plantation at subsequent 
dates. 
TABLE 3.—Summary of bamboo cuttings planted at Division of Investiga- 
tion, Bureau of Forestry, Los Banos, Laguna, P. I., in 1912, and 
condition of plantation at subsequent dates. 





Species. 
Summary. Gee | 
Bemus Bambuse| tachlon 
= levis. 
Number of cuttings planted in 1912__.-__.-..--_..------------------ | 1,015 145 105 
Number of clumps alive, January 10, 1914____________-_____________ | 349 46 6 
Per cent of original planting alive, January 10,1914_________-______ | 34. 38 31.72 5.71 
Number of clumps, December, 1915_-__- -----"------ ==. | 285 47 7 
Total number of canes, December, 1915________________- oven Pt AN 628 | 98 30 
Average height, December} 1915 — -2_- 2. == --._ -----_---- 22 == 3.01 2.81 5.57 
Numberiotclumps Octobers19 lige see ee ee eee 269 40 i! 
Total number of canes, October, 1917 ___-_.--________. ___________-=- 1, 440 183 | 66 
| Average number of canes per clump, October, 1917 ___. -__. --_____- 5.04 4.56 | 9. 40 
Greatest diameter of canes in centimeters, October, 1917______. ___- 10 | 8 11 
Greatest height in meters, October, 1917_........_._...-...--------. 16.87] 18.11| 18.14 
‘Averare heightun October: 19172 ts 8 ee eee 8.51 6.87 10. 40 


