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it is magnificent. At Kevv it is killed to the ground ever}' winter. The species 

 has been much confused with A. falcata an inferior bamboo, more tender, not 

 so tall, and really very distinct in its glaucous stems with velvety joints, and in 

 the long, tapered points of the stem-sheaths. 



A. FASTUOSA, Makino. 

 (Bambusa fastuosa, Marliac ; Phyllostachys fastuosa, fforf.") 



Stems up to 22 ft. high, i^ ins. diameter at the base, perfectly erect, very 

 hollow, dark green, round except at the upper internodes, which are flattened 

 on one side ; branches short, very leafy. Stem-sheaths very large, up to 9 ins. 

 long by 4 ins. wide at the base when spread out, purplish and at first downy 

 outside, beautifully glazed within ; they fall off early. Leaves 4 to 8 ins. long, 

 | to i in. wide, wedge-shaped at the base, long and taper-pointed ; dark 

 lustrous green above ; one side the midrib beneath glaucous, the other greenish ; 

 margins toothed ; secondary veins four to six each side the midrib. 



Native of Japan, where it is known as " Narihira-dake." Narihira, Lord 

 Redesdale tells us, was the beautiful hero of one of the classic romances of 

 Japan, vritten in the eleventh century. Although in some respects this 

 bamboo resembles A. Simoni, it is perfectly distinct and a superior plant. 

 If not the most graceful, it is the loftiest and stateliest of hardy species, differing 

 from A. Simoni in the early fall of the stem-sheaths ; in the short, crowded 

 branches at each joint, which give to each stem-growth a columnar appear- 

 ance ; and in the more tufted habit. Although suckers do push through the 

 ground g)od distances away from the parent clump, it is not so rampant as 

 A. Simon. Introduced in 1892, it has not yet flowered in cultivation. It is 

 very hard/, and the foliage of no bamboo suffers less from winter cold. 



A. FORTUNEI, A. and C. Riviere. 



(Bambusa Fortune! variegata, Hort.~) 



Stems ip to 3! ft. high, very slender, the strongest only in. diameter, the 

 pipe up thi centre very small ; joints i to 6 ins. apart ; stem-sheaths persistent, 

 hairy at tie base. Leaves 2 to 7^ ins. long, 5 to i in. wide ; rounded at the 

 base, darkgreen copiously striped" lengthwise with creamy white sometimes 

 it would h more correct to say "white striped with green"; hairy on both 

 surfaces, epecially beneath; both margins toothed; leaf-sheaths hairy when' 

 young ; se ondary nerves three to five both sides the midrib. 



Native )f Japan ; cultivated by Van Houtte of Ghent before 1863. This is 

 the prettiet white variegated hardy bamboo we have, giving a very bright 

 effect from late summer up to Christmas. It is of tufted habit, but spreads 

 rapidly, anl is easily increased by division. 



A. GRAMINEA, Makino. 



A. Hindsii var. graminea, Bean; Bambusa graminea, Hort?) 



Stems ID to 10 ft. high, and about \ in. diameter, at first yellowish ; the 

 central hobw very large, leaving only thin walls ; joints 3 to 6 ins. apart ; 

 ultimately ery densely branched and leafy towards the top, and forming 

 besom-like nasses. Leaves the narrowest in proportion to their length of all 

 hardy bambos, being 4 to 9 ins. long, but never, so far as I have observed, 

 more than tin. wide ; secondary nerves two to four either side the midrib. 



Native c Japan, where it is known as Taimin-chiku ; cultivated by Messrs 

 Veitch in 1*77, and probably introduced by John Gould Veitch during the 



