Photo: Underwood & Underu'ood. 



CULTIVATED BAMBOO IN A CHINESE PLANTATION 



These giant grasses are sometimes 120 feet high and one foot in diameter. 

 They grow at times at the rate of three feet per day. The bamboo is one of 

 the most important Asiatic economic plants, being used in building houses and 

 in making furniture, implements, utensils, ornaments, and paper. The young 

 shoots are eaten like asparagus. 



