Smithsonian Report, 1957.— McClure 



Plate 9 



The garden of Sankichi Ishida, near Tokyo, Japan. Japanese bamboo gardens are ad- 

 mirably managed. The exacting procedures for spacing the culms and harvesting the 

 edible shoots require care, skill, and experience. (Photograph by P. H. Dorsett, from the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



