216 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



G-igantochloa Alter, Kurz.* 



Java, at elevations of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet. Height of stems 

 reaching 70 feet. One of the species much grown for rural and 

 industrial purposes. 



Gigrantochloa maxima, Km-/.* 



Java. Height sometimes 120 feet, the stems nearly a foot thick 

 One of the most extensively cultivated of all Asiatic Bamboos, 

 ascending into mountain-regions. 



G-igrantOChloa nigTO-ciliata, Kurz. (Oxytenantliera nigro-ciliaia, 



Munro.) 



Continental and insular India. ' Stems to 130 feet long. 



Gigantochloa robusta, Kurz. 



Mountains of Java. Height to about 100 feet. Kurz noticed 

 the early growth to be nearly 18 feet in a month, the principal 

 branches only commencing when the shoot had reached a height of 

 about 70 feet. Some Java-bamboos are known to measure 22 

 inches in girth at a height of about 120 feet. 



G-ig;antOChloa Thwaitesii, Kurz. (Oxytenanthera Thwaitesii, Munro.) 



Ceylon, at cool elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. This- 

 pretty Bamboo reaches only 12 feet in height. 



Gigrantochloa verticillata, Munro. (Bambusa verticillata, Blume.) 



The Whorled Bamboo of India. It attains a height of fully 100 

 feet ; in damp heat it grows at the astonishing rate of 40 feet in 

 about three months, according to Bouche. The young shoots fur- 

 nish an edible vegetable like G. apus and Bambusa Bitung. 



GinkgTO biloba, Linne.* (Salisburia adiantifoiia, Smith.) 



Ginkgo-tree. China and Japan. A deciduous fan-leaved tree, 

 to 100 feet high, with a straight stem to 12 feet in diameter. The 

 wood is pale, soft, easy to work and takes a beautiful polish. The 

 seeds are edible, and when pressed yield a good oil. The fruits, 

 sold in China under the name of "Pa-Koo," are not unlike dried 

 almonds, but the kernel fuller and rounder. Ginkgo-trees are 

 estimated to attain an age of 3,000 years. Mr. Christy observes, 

 that the foliage turns chrome-yellow in Autumn, and that it is the 

 grandest and most highly esteemed of all trees in Japan ; it will 

 grow in dry situations. In America it is hardy as far north as 

 Montreal, in Europe to Christiania. 



