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HARDY PLANTS FOR THE 



in all their native beauty, nothing can be more miserable in 

 aspect. On cold bad soils and exposed dry places in the 

 British Isles, these bamboos have little chance ; but, on the 

 other ^and, they will be found to make most graceful 

 objects in many a sheltered nook in the south and south- 



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Bambusa uurea. 



western parts of EDgland and Ireland. Nowadays there is 

 a growing taste for something else than mere colour in the 

 flower garden, and these will in many cases be found a 

 graceful help. We have some knowledge of the capabilities 

 of one kind in this country. In a well sheltered moist 



