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we counted, together, 266 good-sized canes about 

 thirty feet tall. One is 12f inches in circumference 

 1 inch above the ground. The range is from 5 to 12| 

 inches in circumference. On each side of his house, 

 Mr. Fant has plantings of the true Moso bamboo, Phyllo- 

 stachys pubescens, or P. mitis as it was formerly called. 

 On the right the clump had been cut back and was 

 low and bushy; on the left the culms were tall, 

 almost to the roof of the two-story house. Mr. Fant 

 explained that the clump on the right had been killed 

 or at least seriously injured by a freeze of 2 F. , 

 which occurred February 15, 1918. He had cut the 

 bamboo to the ground as soon as the new growth began, 

 April 15, so that the dead culms were annoying for 

 only two months. By May 10, the bushy growth had at- 

 tained its present height. This is an important fact, 

 for it indicates how quick will be the recovery from 

 frost injury and of how little consequence is the 

 fact that once in a while the grove will be killed 

 down. The house protected the clump on the sheltered 

 side." (Fairchild, Report of Southern Trip, 1918.) 



Rosa gentiliana (Rosaceae), 47359. Rose. From 

 Witcombe, Gloucester, England. Seeds presented by 

 Lady Harriet Thiselton-Dyer , "The Ferns." A rose which 

 is abundant in the mountainous region of western Hupeh 

 and eastern Szechuan, where it forms tangled masses 6 

 meters (18f ft.) or more in height. The numerous, 

 large, white flowers are very fragrant and the anthers 

 are golden yellow. The species is easily distinguished 

 by its glabrous pale gray shoots and the three- to 

 five-foliate leaves which are shining green above and 

 very pallid beneath. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 312.) 



Xanthosoma sp. (Araceae), 47361. Yautia. From 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, B. W. I. Corms presented by 

 Mr. Claude Connell, through Mr. F. W. Urich, entomolo- 

 gist, Board of Agriculture. "A yautia, with reddish 

 buds, received under the name of 'nut eddo. ' The flesh 

 of the corms is yellowish when cooked and of fair 

 flavor." (Young.) 



Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 



In a letter dated April 9, 1919, Mr.A.B. Stout, 

 director of the laboratories, New York Botanical 

 Garden, makes the following report: "I am having a 



