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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



B. arundinacea is the well-known old Bamboo of India, one 

 ■of the earliest species introduced. It has a stout stem, 50ft. 

 to 60ft. high, bearing large bright green leaves. The whole 

 plant presents a very graceful and feathery appearance. In 

 Southern latitudes it can be utilised for sub-tropical 

 gardening, but under our climate it is preferable to give it 

 stove treatment. B. nana (B. glauca, B. viridis-glaucescens, and 



Fig. 575.— Bambusa nana. 



B. epdcrifolia) is a fine, strong-growing plant (Fig. 575), 6ft. to 8ft. 

 high, with beautiful glaucous-green leaves; it succeeds very well 

 under stove treatment, but will also do very well in the con- 

 servatory. B. vulgaris (B. striata) is another beautiful species of 



