ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Plate m I. Commercial grove of black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra), near Kyoto, 



Japan Frontispiece. 



II. A well-kept forest of timber bamboo (PJtyUoslacJu/s quffioi) on good 



soil - 36 



III. Fig. 1. — A well-kept forest of timber bamboo (Phyllostachys quffioi) 



on poor soil. Fig. 2. — A badly kept forest of timber bamboo (PJn/I- 

 lostachys quffioi) on good soil 



IV. Bamboo groves in Japan. Fig. 1. — A hillside forest of edible bam- 



boo, 20 years old. Fig. 2.— A grove of edible bamboo more than 

 100 3-ears old. Fig. 3. — Twelve-day-old shoot of Phyllostachys quilioi 



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V. Bamboo groves in Japan. Fig. 1. — -Clump of Arundinaria simoni, 

 showing persistent sheaths. Fig. 2. — Grove of Phyllostachys <jiii!i<>i, 

 age unknown. Fig. 3. — Plat of a species of. bamboo called "Han- 



" chiku" 



VI. Fig. 1. — Black bamboo plant, showing the effect of the death of the 

 rhizome. Fig. 2. — Properly dug young plant of black bamboo. 

 Fig. 3. — Rhizome of bamboo, with young shoots and roots spring- 

 ing from nodes .:...'. 



VII. Fig. 1. — A few dwarf bamboos. Fig. 2. — Embankment of Bambusa 

 i, it cli ii in Tokyo. Fig. 3. — Sawdust on surface of shoot, indicating 

 presence of culm-boring larva. Fig. 4.— Longitudinal section of 



shoot, showing culm-boring larva 



VIII. Bamboos in California. Figs. 1 and 3. — Phyllostachys quffioi (?) on 

 the grounds of a nursery company at Niles. Fig. 2. — Clump of 

 Phyllostachys quffioi, the second year after transplanting at Xiles . 



