VI BAMBUSA MARMOREA 95 
summer was wet and sunless, so the culms were not well 
ripened ; the plants, moreover, were not thoroughly established 
and were altogether at a considerable disadvantage. In spite 
of all this with the succeeding spring they shot up with great 
vigour. For two winters my plants have had absolutely no 
protection. If they had been screened with a little bracken 
I think their case would have been different. It is certainly 
a very unique species, as pretty as it is strange, well worthy 
of any pains that may be bestowed upon it. 
