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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS aeundinaeia 



likely to stand our changeable climate 

 than those from imported clumps or 



A. anceps. — A beautiful Bamboo, 

 probably of Chinese origin. The stems 

 are brown when mature, the leaf sheaths 

 are hairy, and the leaf-stalk yellow. 



Cultv/re dc. as above, p. 964. 



A. aristata. — A pretty species from 

 the north-eastern Himalayas, where it 

 grows at an elevation of 11,000 ft. It 

 grows 6-10 ft. high, and has purpUsh 

 stems and tessellated foliage. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 964. 



A. auricoma (A. Fortunei aurea). — A 

 distinct Japanese Bamboo 3-4 ft. high, 

 having round purple-green stems and 

 leaves 5-7 in. long and 1 in. or more 

 broad, beautifully striped with golden- 

 yellow, and furnished with hairs on top 

 of the purple-green sheaths. A. Maximo- 

 wiczi is very near if not identical with 

 this. 



Culture rfc. as above, p. 964. 



A. chrysantha {Bambusa chryaantha). 

 A beautiful Japanese Bamboo 3-4 ft. or 

 more high, with numerous branches at 

 each joint and leaves about 7 in. long, 

 over 1 in. wide, alternately striped 

 vidth green and yellow. The under sm-- 

 face is distinctly glaucous on one side of 

 the midrib but not the other. 



Culture do, as above, p. 964. 



A. falcata (Bambusa falcata). — This 

 fine Bamboo is found on the Himalayas 

 at an elevation of 8000-10,000 ft. It is 

 cut down to the ground in winter, but in 

 spring pushes up stoutish yellow-green 

 stems 7-10 ft. high, with purplish joints. 

 The branches are in dense whorls having 

 bright green leaves, rather glaucous under- 

 neath, with hairy sheaths. 



A plant known as Bambusa gracilis 

 seems to be a form of A. falcata, but 

 differs from it chiefly in having smooth 

 instead of hairy leaf-sheaths. 



Culture lie. as above, p. 964. 



A. Falconeri (Thamnocalamus Fal- 

 coneri). — This is sometimes called A. 

 falcata, but is a quite different plant, 

 and recognisable by its smaller leaves 

 and more slender stems. It is a native 

 of the Himalayas at an elevation of 

 8000 ft. Its stems are usually killed 

 down to the gromid in winter, but new 

 ones 7-8 ft. high shoot up every spruig. 

 They arc rather slender, having the 



branches arranged alternately and di- 

 stichously in half-whorls at each joint. 

 The smooth light green leaves are about 

 6 in. long. In the south of England and 

 Ireland it attains a greater height and a 

 more luxuriant aspect. At Fota Island, 

 Cork, this species throws up numerous 

 canes 20-25 ft. high every year, and 

 would grow quite as well doubtless in 

 Cornwall. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 964. 



A. Fortunei. — This was formerly 

 Itnown as Fortunei variegata. It has 

 dense tufts of stems 2-4 ft. high, branched 

 or uabranched close to the ground. The 

 leaves are about 6 in. long, and less than 

 1 in. wide, the surface being longitu- 

 dinally striped with white, while the 

 under surface is downy, and the margins 

 and leaf-sheaths are hairy. There is a 

 form of this called compacta, which is 

 often grown in pots, and is only 3-6 in. 

 high, but, planted out, attains a greater 

 height. A. Fortunei variegata, unlike 

 the green form, loses its leaves during 

 the winter, but is perfectly hardy. The 

 variety known as Fortunei aurea is a 

 stronger-growing plant than variegata, 

 and has broader leaves striped with 

 golden-yellow instead of white. All the 

 forms are , natives of Japan, and are 

 beautiful garden plants. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 964. 



A. Hindsi (SamiMso. ereota).- — A beau- 

 tiful Japanese plant 6-12 ft. high, readily 

 recognised by the almost erect direction 

 of the branches issuing from the joints 

 on the main stems, jvhich are of a very 

 dark olive-green, covered with a waxy 

 bloom when young. The green linear 

 leaves, slightly glaucous underneath, are 

 about 8 inches long and ^ in. wide, 

 with a few hairs on the edges and on top 

 of the leaf-sheaths, while the vems are 

 beautifully and conspicuously tessellated. 

 The variety graminea (known also as 

 Bambusa graminea) is a more slender 

 plant and not quite so vigorous a, grower. 

 It has yellowish stems and narrower but 

 longer grassy leaves, the veins of which 

 are not so conspicuously tessellated. 



Culture ch\ as above, p. 964. 



A. humilis. — This name has now been 

 given to a plant formerly known as the 

 green-leaved form of A. Fortunei. It is 

 a Japanese plant, and grows 2-8 ft. high, 

 the round green stems having reddish 

 sheaths, hairy at the ends and sides, and 



