64 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Bambusa Arnhemica, F. v. Mueller. 



North-Western Australia. Many bamboos, not producing flowers 

 except at long intervals under ordinary circumstances, could prob- 

 ably be forced by strong manuring into flowering and seeding'. 



Bambusa arundinacea, Roxburgh.* 



The " Thorny Bamboo " of India. It likes rich, moist soil, and 

 delights on river-banks ; it is of less height than Bambusa vulgaris, 

 also sends up from the root numerous stems, but with bending 

 branches, thorny at the joints. Used in continental India for 

 hedges. According to Kurz it will thrive in a climate too dry for B. 

 Tulda and B. vulgaris. The seeds of this and some other Bamboos 

 are useful as food for fowls. Whenever seeds of any Bamboos can 

 be obtained fresh and disseminated soon, large masses of these plants 

 could easily be raised in suitable forest-ground of other countries ; 

 Bamboo-seeds moreover, like Palm-seeds, ought to become a very 

 remunerative article of commercial export for horticultural pur- 

 poses under practical and experienced hands. All Bamboos inter- 

 cept and decompose sewage. 



Bambusa as per a, Foiret. 



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

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

 feet. 



Bambusa Balcooa, Roxburgh.* 



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

 of Good Hope. Height reaching 70 feet. With B. Tulda the 

 principal Bamboo used by the natives for constructing large huts 

 or sheds, but, as Roxburgh has pointed out, in order to render the 

 material durable, it needs long previous immersion in water. Mr. 

 Houtledge recommends young shoots of Bamboos as paper-material. 

 The seeds of Bambusa Tulda have been found by me to retain their 

 vitality for some time and to germinate readily. Opportunities 

 should never be missed of sending abroad fresh seeds of any Bam- 

 boos, whenever and wherever such may ripen. 



Bambusa Blumeana, Schultes. 



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

 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 

 Southern Prance a temperature of 8 F. [Geoffroy St. Hilaire]. 



