I 



DATED STEMS OF THE EDIBLE BAMBOO. 



In Japan 

 grown in large 

 as asparagus is 

 ink with the 



four 



this 

 1644 



years later they 

 species are now 



the edible bamboo (Pfayllostachys mitis] , is 

 groves and the young shoots are marketed 

 sold in America. The stems are dated in 

 character for the year of their birth, and 



are cut for 

 established 



timber. Small 

 in Louisiana. 



groves of 

 Photo No. 



by David Fairchild, Kyoto, Japan, 1902 



