CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 9 



General considerations 10 



General characters of the Japanese bamboos 14 



Propagation of Japanese 1 >amboos 16 



Suitable location and soil conditions for bamboos 19 



Japanese management of bamboo groves 21 



Profits of bamboo culture in Japan 23 



Culture of the edible bamboo 24 



Different species of bamboos '. 25 



Phyllostachys mitis 27 



Phyllostachys quilioi 27 



Phyllostachys henonis 28 



' ' Madaradake " or " Ummon-chiku " 28 



Phyllostachys nigra 29 



Phyllostachys castiilonis _ 29 



Phyllostachys aurea 30 



Phyllostachys bambusoides 30 



Phyllostachys marliacea 31 



Arundinaria japonica 31 



Arundinaria simoni 32 



Arundinaria hindsii 32 



Arundinaria hindsii, var. graminea . . . 33 



Bambusa veitchii 33 



Bambusa palmata 33 



Bambusa quadrangularis 33 



Bambusa vulgaris 34 



" Shakutan " 34 



Description of plates 36 



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