26 THE BAMBOO GARDEN CHAP. III 
mediately placing in their permanent positions some hundreds 
of Bamboos of different sorts received from the South of France 
in the month of November 1891. The chief sufferers were 
mitis, nigra, and viridi-glaucescens. Had these been potted ' 
for the winter and kept indoors, as I have recommended 
above, many valuable lives would have been spared, and in 
all cases a great saving of time would have been effected. 
It is not pleasant to acknowledge failures, but a chronicle of 
errors is sometimes more instructive than the most jubilant 
record of success. 
1 In transplanting into their permanent positions Bamboos which have 
been grown in pots, if the roots protrude from the pot, break the pot rather 
than disturb them. 
