
          23233. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP.
Mao tsoh Bamboo. From Frank N.
Meyer, Tangsi, Chekiang, China.
Large timber bamboo for grove planting 
in the south, attaining ultimately
100 feet; prefers rich, red loam mountain 
slopes; responds quickly to manure; 
requires continual mulch to
induce grove formation. Most useful
plant for temporary structures, ladders, 
fruit-tree poles, vine stakes,
pipes.

23261. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP.
Chu tse Bamboo. From Feng tai, near
Pekin, China, through Frank N. Meyer. 
Suitable for timber plantings
southward, but deserves trial as ornamental 
as far north as Philadelphia.
Valuable for ladders, furniture, tree
props, stakes, fences, basketry; spreads
rapidly by rhizomes, requiring deep
ditches to check it. Requires continual
mulch, good soil, careful planting.

29133. PHYTOLACCA ACINOSA. 
var. esculenta. A perennial found
wild only in moist mountain forest
undergrowth in Japan. The leaves
are eaten boiled in miso soup by the
native rural people; the root is somewhat 
poisonous and is used as a drug
by the herb medical school; the berries 
are not edible.
        