44 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Bambusa asp era, Poiret. 



Indian Archipelagus. Attains a height of 120 feet. Stems very 

 strong and thick. This species ascends to elevations of 4,000 

 feet. 



Bambusa Brandisii, Munro. 



Tenasserim, Martaban and Pegu, naturally up to elevations of 

 4,000 feet. Height of stems to 120 feet, diameter 9 inches. It 

 likes limestone soil. 



Bambusa Balcooa, Roxburgh.* 



From the Plains of Bengal up to Assam. Proved hardy at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Height up to 70 feet. With B. Tulda the 

 principal Bamboo for constructing the large huts or sheds, but 

 Roxburgh already noted that to render the material durable it 

 needs long immersion in water. Mr. Routledge recommends young 

 shoots of Bamboos as paper material. The seeds of Bambusa Tulda 

 I found to retain their vitality for some time and germinate 

 readily. 



Bambusa Blumeana, Schultes. 



Insular India. This Bamboo, with its spiny buds and dependent 

 branchlets, is, according to Kurz, one of the best for cattle-proof live 

 hedges among the Asiatic species. In continental India B. nana 

 and B. arundinacea are much used for the same purpose. Periodic 

 trimming is required. 



Bambusa flexuosa, Munro. 



China. Only 12 feet high, but very hardy, having resisted in 

 South France a temperature of 13 Cels. = + 8 F. (Geoffrey 

 de St. Hilaire.) 



Bambusa spinosa, Roxburgh.* 



Bengal. A Bamboo attaining 100 feet in height. The central cavity 

 of the canes is of less width than in most other species ; thus the 

 strength for many technic purposes is increased. 



Bambusa Senaensis, Fianch. and Savat. 



Japan. A tall and hardy species, distinguished from all other 

 Japanese Bambusacese by its large leaves. Young Bamboo shoots 

 (probably of several species) constitute part of the nourishment of 

 all classes in Japan (Dupont). 



Bambusa vulgaris, Wendland. 



The large unarmed Bamboo of Bengal. It attains a height of 70 feet, 

 and the stems may attain even a length of 40 feet in one season, 

 though the growth is slower in cooler climes. It has proved 



