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feathery foliage, admirably suited for lawns and 

 for decoration. Grows in clumps and never sends 

 out runners. 



Bambusa vulgaris is tall, arching and hardy 

 everywhere. This beautiful, tall and quick-grow- 

 ing bamboo is really invaluable for scenic, tropical 

 effect. A magnificent group can be made by plac- 

 ing the upright growing Dendrocalamus latifolia 

 in the center, massing Bambusa vulgaris around it, 

 and bordering with a dwarf species. 



Dendrocalamus latifolia is the most desirable 

 and most impressive bamboo so far introduced. 

 Stems are four to five inches thick; up to fifty feet 

 in height, straight, and heavily clothed with broad, 

 long leaves which keep their color better than those 

 of any other giant bamboo. 



Phyllostachys viridi glaucescens, from Northern 

 China, the true "fish-pole bamboo," is one of the 

 hardiest, quickest-growing, most effective bamboos 

 ever introduced to our state. It grows like a weed, 

 and one shoot planted in spring will multiply to six 

 or eight before fall. 



ORNAMENTAL FRUIT TREES 



In many sections of California, owing to the mild- 

 ness of winter, we are enabled to grow a score or 

 more of tropical and semitropical fruit trees, nearly 

 all of which are evergreens having a decided orna- 

 mental as well as economic value. In the city or 

 suburban garden of restricted area it is often pos- 

 sible to use fruiting trees and shrubs of this nature 

 as a feature of landscape ornamentation. 



The golden glow of our citrus fruits is the most 

 welcome sight that greets the eye of our first-time 

 visitor, and even the returning Californian gazes 

 upon these familiar objects with a love akin to ven- 



