78 THE BOOK OF SHRUBS 
night during May and June will be highly beneficial in 
promoting a vigorous growth. 
The following comprise some of the most dis- 
tinct and beautiful of the plants popularly known as 
bamboos. 
ARUNDINARIAS..—A comparatively large group, com- 
prising species ranging from two to fifteen feet high, 
and including some of the most beautiful of the bamboos. 
Arundinaria auricoma, a handsome species rising to a 
height of seven or more feet with short bright green 
leaves marked with yellow. 4. Fortunei variegata, a dense 
growing form, ranging from two to three feet high, 
and having long leaves marked with longitudinal white 
stripes. 4. Hindsi, an elegant species, attaining a height 
of seven feet, with long glaucous green leaves. 4. 
Hindsi graminea is a charming variety of the last-named ; 
it is not quite so tall as the type, the growths are 
smaller and more elegant, and the Jeaves are of a 
brighter green. A. japonica (syn. 4. Metaké), a strong- 
growing species, attaining a height of fourteen or fifteen 
feet, and having leaves twelve inches or so in length. 
This is one of the best-known species, and well deserves 
the popularity it enjoys. It forms handsome specimens, 
and will grow in drier soils than the majority of the 
bamboos. 4. nitida, a remarkably elegant species, rising 
toa height of eight or ten feet, with light feathery 
growths; it is quite hardy, and can be strongly recom- 
mended. 4. pumila is a charming little species, less 
than eighteen inches in height, well suited for the 
margin of a group or a sheltered position in the rock 
garden. 4. Simoni is one of the tallest and most robust 
of the Arundinarias, and very quickly forms a remark- 
ably handsome specimen. 
Bampusas.—The bambusas are with few exceptions 
too tender in constitution to bear the cold of English 
winters, and the tender kinds should be planted very 
