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B AMBOOS 



For the convenience of experimenters, the bamboos of which plants are available 

 are listed all together here. The shipping weight ranges usually from 1 to 2 pounds 

 per plant. Bamboos in general require a moderately moist but well-drained soil, of 

 good fertility. Attention of experimenters is directed to the fact that small ba mboo 

 ElSHi2> lien more than m ost other p lant s, require frequent watering until well 

 established; this means for at least 2 or 3 months after planting. 



77C10. ARUNDINARIA SP. From China. Collected at Taaihchhan, Anhwei Province, by 

 F. A. McClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. Chinese name Liu chuk. A slow-spreading 

 running bamboo with cylindrical solid or nearly solid culms up to 15 feet high, 

 numerous small acutely ascending branches, and dark-green rather large drooping 

 leaves up to 7 inches long by 3/4 to 1 inch wide. At Savannah this species spreads 

 slowly, forming an unusually dense growth of attractive appearance. For trial from 

 Philadelphia and the Ohio River southward to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Savannah, Ga.) 



93573. EAMEUSA LONGISPICULATA. (Poaceae.) From India. Presented by R. N. Parker, 

 Forest Botanist, Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun, United Provinces. 

 A tropical clump bamboo growing to 50 feet high, with 10 to 12 leaves up to 9 inches 

 long on a branchlet. For trial in the warmer parts of southern Florida and southern 

 California. (Savannah, Ga.) 



99289. BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX. Hedge bamboo. Presented by Jas. H. Wells, formerly of 

 Baldw' .n, Fla., who obtained it from C. E. Pleas, Chipley, Fla. Variety D isticha 

 striata . An oriental fern-leaved dwarf variety of the hedge bamboo in which the 

 culms, or stems, are more or less pinkish, with slender green stripes. The varietal 

 characteristics are somewhat unstable, however, and if small plants are grown in rich 

 soil in the open there is a tendency to revert to the larger parent form; the striping 

 of the culm then disappears and the foliage changes from the fern-leaf type. In its 

 dwarf phase the plant grows about 6 feet high but in the reverted form it attains 15 

 feet or more. It endures temperatures down to about 16° F. with littie or no injury 

 to the foliage. For trial in the Gulf Region. (Savannah, Ga. ) 



80373. EAMBU5A TEXTILIS . From China. Presented by the Lingnan University, Canton. 

 Chinese name Fan taan chuk . A bamboo from the northern and western parts of Kwangtung 

 Province. It is a medium large, thin-walled, seraihardy, clump bamboo, used chiefly 

 by the Chinese for making steam-trays for restaurants. It is said to be too brittle 

 for most weaving purposes or for making rope but it is extremely ornamental on account 

 of the compact clump habit and the tall straight culms, which are gray with siliceous 

 powder, The culms are naked of branches to a height of 12 to 15 feet in mature 

 plantings. This bamboo has withstood a minimum temperature of about 17° F. with 

 little injury to the foliage. For trial in the Gulf region and in the warmer parts 

 of California. (Savannah, Ga.) 



80375 and 110510. BAMBUSA TULDOIBES. Puntingpole bamboo. From China. Presented by 

 Lingnan University, Canton. A handsome thick-walled bamboo probably up to 50 feet 

 high, used in China for a variety of industrial purposes and especially for punting 

 poles. (A form of this species which has long been known in Florida, under tne 



