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when once the snowy mountains of New Guinea through Bamboo 

 jungles have been ascended, or when the Alps on the sources of the 

 Nile, which Ptolemseus and Julius Caesar already longed to ascend, 

 have become the territory also of phytologic researches, not to speak 

 of many other tropical regions as yet left unexplored ! Europe 

 possesses no Bamboo ; Australia, as far as hitherto ascertained, only 

 one (in the interior of Arnhem's Land). Almost all Bamboos are 

 local, and there seems really no exception to the fact that none are 

 indigenous to both hemispheres ; all true bambusas being Oriental. 

 Observations on the growth of many Bamboos in Italy are recently 

 offered by Chevalier Fenzi. 



The introduction of these exquisite plants is one of the easiest imagin- 

 able, either from seeds or the living roots. The Consuls at distant 

 ports, the missionaries, the mercantile and navigating gentlemen 

 abroad, and particularly also any travellers, could all easily aid in 

 transferring the various Bamboos from one country to the other 

 from hemisphere to hemisphere. Most plants of this kind once 

 well established in strength under glass can be trusted out to per- 

 manent locations with perfect and lasting safety at the commence- 

 ment of the warm season. Indeed, Bamboos are hardier than 

 most intratropical plants, and the majority of them are not the 

 denizens of the hottest tropical lowlands, but delight in the cooler 

 air of mountain regions. In selecting the following array from 

 General Munro's monograph, it must be noted that it comprises 

 only a limited number, and that among those which are already to 

 some extent known, but as yet cannot be denned with precision in 

 their generic and specific relation, evidently some occur which 

 in elegance, grace, and utility surpass even many of those now 

 specially mentioned : 



Arthrostylidium excelsum, Griseb. West India. Height to 80 feet, 

 diameter 1 foot. 



Arthrostylidium longiflorum, Munro. Venezuela ; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. 



Arthrostylidium racemiflorun, Steudel. Mexico ; ascends to 7,500 

 feet. Height to 30 feet. 



Arthrostylidum Schomburgkii, Munro. Guiana ; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. Height to 60 feet. 



Arundinaria acuminata, Munro. Mexico. Height to 20 feet. 



Arundinaria collosa, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria debilis, Thwaites. Ceylon ; ascends to 8,000 feet. A 

 tall species. 



Arundinaria Hookeriana, Munro. Sikkim ; ascends to 7,000 feet. 

 Height to 15 feet. 



Arundinaria Japonica, S. and Z. Japan. Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria Khasiana, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



