CAEEX 



SEDGE OBDEB 



CYPBEUS 971 



known, but easily recognised by the 

 beautiful golden - yellow colour of its 

 stems and branches when young. Plants 

 in cultivation have produced stems over 

 13 ft. high, with a circumference of nearly 

 3 in. at the base. In appearance it very 

 much resembles P. mitis. 



Culture <tc. as above, p. 964. 



P. violescens (Bambusa violescens). 

 A handsome Japanese Bamboo closely 

 related to P. mridd-glaucescens. When 

 fully developed it will probably attain a 

 height of 12-15 ft. or more, the young 

 stems being bronzy-green, sometimes 

 tinted with purple in warm parts of the 

 country, but changing to pale green when 

 approaching maturity. The leaves are 

 5 in. long and over 1 in. wide, bright 

 green above, very glaucous beneath, and 

 minutely serrated on one edge only. The 

 branches are mostly in twos from each 

 node, but occasionally in threes. 



Culture do. as above, p. 964. 



P. viridi - glaucescens {Bambusa 

 viridi-glauceecens). — This is one of the 

 most elegant and graceful of all Hardy 

 Bamboos and should be one of the first 

 planted in every collection. The erect or 

 arching stems grow 12-20 ft. high, and 

 are nearly 3 inches in circumference at 

 the base. They are of a very deep shining 

 oHve-green, much zigzagged, and tra- 

 versed with two channels between the 

 joints, from one cluster of branches to 

 the next. The leaves are 3-4 in. long and 

 about I in. across, serrated on one edge, 

 and having a ring of hairs round the top 

 of the sheath. The foliage retains its 

 freshness and grace during the vraiter, 

 and makes this species one of the most 

 attractive plants. The rhizomes run to a 

 great distance, sending up suckers in a 

 very oblique direction at first, thus 

 spreading the plant over a very large 

 area. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 964. 



CXXVIIL CYPERACE^— Sedge Order 



A large order of tufted grass-like plants with solid, usually jointed, and fre- 

 quently angular stems, and unsplit leaf sheaths. The fiovyers are hermaphro- 

 dite or one-sexed, arranged in panicles or racemes, the individual flowers being 

 enclosed in imbricated chaffy or leathery bracts called glumes. 



Although, according to various authors, 2000-3000 species belong to this 

 order, there are only a few of any garden value, and as they are all more or 

 less closely related, they may be mentioned here in alphabetical order. 



CAREX paniculata (Sedge). — A 

 large British and European Sedge with 

 densely matted rootstoeks forming tus- 

 socks 2-4 ft. in diameter, and sending up 

 stout leafy 3-sided stems 1-4 ft. high, and 

 long narrow flat leaves. The large 

 panicles of pale brown flowers appear in 

 June and July. 



Culture amd Propagation. — This 

 species is found in wet copses and marshes, 

 and similar spots in the garden will 

 suit it. It may be increased by division 

 in autumn or spring. 



C. pendula is another native of the 

 British Islands, being found in dainp 

 woods, bogs &c. It grows 3-6 ft. high 

 with smooth or roughish 3-angled stems, 

 and broad flat pale green leaves. In May 

 and June the beauty of the plants is en- 



hanced by the long slender drooping 

 spikelets of flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



There are 500-800 species of Carex, 

 of which 60 are natives of the British 

 Islands, but most of them are quite 

 uninteresting fi^om a garden point of 

 view. 



CYPERUS longus (GaUngale). — 

 A rare English marsh plant with a stout 

 creeping rootstock, and 3-angled stems 

 2-3 ft. high. In August and September 

 the reddish-brown flower spikes are borne 

 in umbel-lLke cymes, from the base of 

 which arise a few flat keeled and grace- 

 fully recurving leaves 1-2 ft. long. 



Culture and Propagation. — This may 

 be grown at the borders of lakes, 

 streams &e., and increased by division. 



