ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 



86'. 



graceful habit and with slender stems, usually 6ft. to 12ft. high, 

 but sometimes under, favourable conditions reaching 20ft. ; it has 

 a purple stem striped with yellow, and will do well in pots in the 

 greenhouse. 



Dendrocalamus. — Another genus comprising several tropical 

 species of very noble habit. Some of them attain enormous 

 sizes, and can only be grown in very large houses. D. giganteus 

 forms forests in India and Malaya. Dendrocalamus require 



a good soil, stove 

 ■^ . , treatment, and an 



abundant supply 

 of water during 

 their growing 

 period. Amongst 

 other species 

 which are some- 

 times seen in culti- 

 vation may be 

 mentioned : £>. 

 membra?iacens, D. 

 sikkimensis, and 

 D. strictus. 



Phyllostachys. 

 — This small 

 genus is only re- 

 presented in culti- 

 vation by a few 

 ornamental 

 Bamboo like 

 plants, with a 

 fairly robust con- 

 stitution. Their 

 culture and pro- 

 pagation is exactly 

 the same as for 

 Bamboos. P. 

 ailrea (Bambusa 

 aured), the Golden 

 Bamboo, is a very 

 beautiful little 

 stove plant (Fig. 

 576), with rather 



Fig. 576. — Phyllostachys aurea. 



thin stenrs, growing in tufts, of 6ft. to 8ft. high; the leaves 

 are light green when young, but change to a golden colour 

 later. P. bambusoides bears a great similarity to the Bamboos ; 

 its unarmed, quite smooth, reed-like culms are 8ft. to 12ft. 

 long; it is highly decorative. P. nigra (Pambusa nigra) is an 



