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compatriots as Funkia Sieboldii, Anemone japonica (which 
always seems to show to its best advantage under shade), 
and Ophiopogon, is a very striking and ornamental object, 
which even the most careless observer never passes by 
unnoticed. 
The Japanese evidently consider BAMBUSA PALMATA and 
ARUNDINARIA VEITCH (see p. 77) to be intimately related, 
for many of their gardeners give the name KuMAzASA to 
both, only distinguishing the latter species as the “lesser 
KUMAZASA.” 
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