218 THE BAMBOO GARDEN 
after a vowel sound, DAKE) is a pure Japanese word signify- 
ing Bamboo. CHIKU is a Japanese corruption of the Chinese 
word CHu, Bamboo. The former of these is applied only to 
the tall or arboreous Bamboos. The latter is generic and is 
used for dwarfs and giants alike. SAsSa, in composition ZASA, 
is a Japanese corruption of the two Chinese words Hsiao 
CHU, signifying small Bamboo, and is only applied to the 
dwarf species of Professor Sargent’s “forest floor.” I have 
alluded to this before, but it may be convenient to repeat it 
here. 
