FIG. 84. BAMBOO (Bambusa arundinacea). 



The Bamboo is a gigantic grass, growing to a height of 50 or 60 feet. It is a 

 and China. In the latter country it is also carefully cultivated as one of the most i 

 the Chinaman gets almost everything he requires. 



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ive of the East Indies 

 of plants from which 



