166 THE BAMBOO GARDEN CHAP. VI 
sends out a Bamboo under the name of BAMBUSA NEUMANNI 
(it is called HERMANNT in the Botanic Gardens at Brest), which 
appears to be the same plant as ARUNDINARIA MACROSPERMA ; 
indeed, both M. Marliac and M. Blanchard, the Director of the 
Brest Gardens, so regard it, although they do not know from 
what country their Bamboo was originally received. The 
shrubby form, ARUNDINARIA MACROSPERMA SUFFRUTICOSA or 
TECTA is the variety grown at Kew and here. It is a very 
active runner and demands plenty of space. 
Mr. Bean in his description of the plant in the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle of 10th March 1894, says: “Mr. Nicholson tells 
me that in the Southern United States he saw immense 
quantities of it frmging the flat, muddy banks of rivers, and 
forming almost impenetrable thickets. These thickets are 
known as Cane Brakes, and in the old slave days of the 
Southern States were of the greatest service to fugitive negroes 
for shelter and concealment.” 
I have tried growing this Arundinaria in dense shade and 
in the open sunlight. I have perhaps not had the plant long 
enough to form a definite opinion as to the merits of the two 
positions, but it certainly seems, so far, to thrive best in 
shade. The growth is taller, the leaves larger, and altogether 
the Bamboo has a better appearance. 
“Carey mentions that this grass, which was once common 
in Kentucky, has become now nearly extinct there,” Munro 
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