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Method of Discriminating Fresh from Old Bamboos 

 and Good from Bad Ones. 



"Fresh bamboo shoots are much stronger in yellow 

 color than old ones , and new ones impart stronger smell . 

 Fresh ones, after they are boiled, obtain much stronger 

 bitterness and astringency; old ones emit whitish 

 powder and get considerably deprived of yellow color. 

 Fresh ones are distinctly yellow, and soft and plea- 

 sant to the touch. 



"Bamboo shoots of superior quality are obtainable 

 only from those of the earliest season." 



Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae ) , S. P. I. No. 36813, 

 illustrated by Plate No. 246 of this Bulletin, was 

 introduced from New Zealand, by the Department of 

 Agriculture, in February, 1905. There have been subse- 

 quent introductions, from the Sudan, the Philippines, 

 and Australia. Fourteen hundred plants, under the 

 above introduction number, were distributed in 1915, 

 from the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, near 

 Rockville, Md . , to experimenters living in Florida, 

 California, Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, and Porto Rico. 

 The following year reports were recieved on about 700 

 of these plants; only 245 of them were then living. 

 Nearly all of the plants which were well established 

 survived light frosts the first winter, and although 

 the tips of the foliage were browned by a temperature 

 of 28F. , the plants soon recovered. The plants did 

 equally well on bottom land and upland. In spite of 

 the large loss of plants the first year, this species 

 gives promise of distinct value for hedge use in the 

 southern parts of California and Florida. 



