34 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



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requires to be replanted after flowering in the course of years. 

 Height, 20 feet. 



Arundo Ampelodesmos, Cyrillo. 



South Europe, North Africa. Almost as large as a Gynerium. 

 The tough flower-stems and leaves readily available for 

 tying. 



Arundo Bengalensis, Roxburgh. 



China, India. Closely allied to A. Donax. The long panicle 

 beautifully variegated white and violet (Hance) . 



Arundo conspicua, G. Forster. 



New Zealand and Chatham Islands. Although not strictly 

 an industrial plant, it is mentioned here as important for 

 scenic effect, flowering before the still grander A. Sellowiana 

 comes in bloom. 



Arundo Donax, Linne*. 



The tall evergreen lasting Bamboo Reed of South Europe and 

 North Africa. It is one of the most important plants of its 

 class for quickly producing a peculiar scenic effect in pic- 

 turesque plantations, also for intercepting at once the view to 

 unsightly objects, and for giving early shelter. The canes can 

 be used for fishing-rods. 



Arundo Karka, Roxburgh. 



India, China, Japan. The Burma mats are made of the split 

 stems of this tall reed. 



Arundo Pliniana, Turra. 



On the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. A smaller plant 

 than A. Donax, with more slender stems and narrower leaves, 

 but similarly evergreen, and resembling the Donax Reed also 

 in its roots. 



Arundo saccharoides. Grisebach. (Gynerium saccharoides, Hum- 

 boldt.) 



Northern parts of South America. 20 feet high. Like the 

 following, it is conspicuously magnificent. 



Arundo Sellowiana, Schultes. (Arundo dioica } Sprengel non 

 Loureiro. Gynerium argenteum, Nees.) 



The Pampas Grass of Uruguay, Paraguay, and the La Plata 

 State. A grand autumnal-flowering reed, with gorgeous 



