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feet high, not or little branched below, 2-4 inches in di- 

 ameter; nodes not swollen, the lower ones fibrous-rooted; 

 internodes one to two feet long, white-scurfy when very 

 young, ringed with white below the nodes, the walls thin, 

 three to five-tenths inch; branches many from nearly all 

 the nodes, those of the lowest ones thin, nearly leafless, 

 horizontal. " (J. S. Gamble, Bambuseae of British India, in 

 Annals of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, vol. 7, p. 30.) The 

 culms of this bamboo supply the well-known Calcutta cane, 

 in such great demand for f ish-rod-maklng, and at present 

 almost unobtainable. Plants introduced in 1907 have pro- 

 duced canes 70 feet in height at Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 

 This bamboo should be tried for windbreaks in Porto Rico, 

 and may succeed in frost-free parts of Florida where great 

 depth of soil is to be had. (S. C. Stuntz.) Both of the 

 species mentioned above are described in this number of 

 Plant Immigrants. 



Canarium commune L. (Burseraceae. ) 40827. Seeds from 

 the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java. "A large handsome 

 Malayan tree, characterized by a remarkable buttressed 

 trunk and laterally compressed aerial basal roots; the 

 latter develop enormous erect flanges of uniform thick- 

 ness, so that solid circular pieces may occasionally be 

 cut out from them to form ready-made cart wheels. The 

 tree is much cultivated for shade or ornament in Java. It 

 bears in great abundance large pendant clusters of dark- 

 purple fruits, which are of the size of small plums; these 

 are produced all the year around, but chiefly in June. 

 The kernel of the fruit is edible, being similar in flavor 

 to sweet almonds; it yields, by expression, an oil used 

 for burning in lamps and for cooking purposes. A desir- 

 able tree for planting in avenues, etc. It thrives in hot 

 and moist districts up to about 1500 feet elevation, and 

 prefers deep, well-drained soil. Propagated by seed, 

 which may be sown in nursery beds, and kept moist and 

 shaded until germinated. " (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical 

 Gardening and Planting.) 



Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro . (Poaceae. ) 40887. Seeds 

 of a bamboo from Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. William 

 Bembower, Collins, Ohio. "A deciduous, arboreous, tufted 

 bamboo, with glaucous-green culms 30 to 40 feet high, two 

 to three inches in diameter, and rather thin walled, the 

 walls usually about one-half inch thick. It is one of the 

 chief bamboos of Burma and one of those most frequently 

 found in association with teak. This beautiful species 



