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horticultural name bambusa thouarsii, is hardy down to 20° F.) Plants furnished in 

 lots of 1 to 5. For trial in the southern parts of Florida and California and on 

 the Texas coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



77013. BAMBUSA VENTRICOSA. * Buddha bamboo. From China. Presented by Lingnan 

 University, Canton. A clump-forming bamboo growing to about 25 feet high in the open 

 but commonly grown by the Chinese as a pot or tub plant. Under this culture it is 

 dwarfed to about 3 feet and the internodes of the culms and branches become swollen in 

 a characteristic manner, to which fact is due the Chinese name Put t'o chuk (Buddha's 

 belly bamboo) . The plant quickly loses its foliage in the dry atmosphere and deficient 

 light of ordinary living rooms. The lanceolate leaves of the dwarfed plants are 1 to 



4 inches lcng but on larger plants in the open the leaves are nearly twice as long. 

 As grown in the open this bamboo is reported to have withstood temperatures down to 

 about 20° F. with \ittle or no injury. For trial outside in the milder parts of 

 California and the Gulf region and elsewhere under glass. (Savannah, Ga.) 



77014. BAKBUSA SP. From China. Presented by Lingnan University, Canton. Chinese 

 name Koon yam chuk (goddess-of-mercy bamboo). A small, graceful, fern-leaved bamboo 



5 to 10 feet high, of clump type, resembling the variety of Bambusa multiplex under 

 P. I. No. 99289 in foliage characters but differing in being less stiffly erect and 

 being perhaps slightly hardier. The leaves are extremely small and closely 2-ranked 

 on slender branchlets or twigs which curl downward toward the tips in a characteristic 

 manner. The entire plant is plain green. This handsome little bamboo is one of the 

 hardiest of the clump type and at Savannah, Ga., has withstood temperatures as low as 

 15° F. It is commonly grown as a hedge in southern China and is said to respond 

 admirably to pruning. It is also well suited for growing in individual clumps in the 

 cpen or for pot culture in the moist atmosphere of the greenhouse. In the dry air 

 end subdued light of living rooms, however, the foliage quickly turns yellow and 

 falls. For trial outside in the South Atlantic and Gulf regions and in the milder 

 parts of the Pacific coast, and under glass elsewhere. (Chico, Calif., and Savannah, 

 Ga.) 



124504. DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS . (Poaceae.) From Florida. Presented by Julian Nally, 

 Gotha. A tropical and subtropical clump bamboo, growing 50 feet or more high, with 

 thick-walled or sometimes nearly solid culms, up to about 3 inches in diameter. The 

 wood is dense and strong and it is reported that the so-called Calcutta fishing poles 

 exported from India are of this species. The plants are injured or killed at a 

 temperature of 26° or 27° F. For trial only in southern Florida or in protected 

 situations in central Florida and southern California. (Supply limited.) Savannah, 

 Ga. ) 



42659. PKYLLOSTACHYS BANIBUSOIDES CASTILL0NI. (Poaceae.) Castillo bamboo. From 

 Japan. Obtained from the Yokohama Nursery Co. A medium-sized ornamental variety of 

 the giant timber bamboo, growing to about 30 feet high, with golden-yellow culms and 

 branches with a conspicuous green stripe on the flattened side of each internode. 

 The leaves occasionally bear narrow creamy-white stripes. The foliage is evergreen 

 at temperatures down to about 5° F., but at a few degrees lower the plants are killed 

 to the ground or severely injured. The plant spreads by vigorous underground rhizomes 

 from which the new culms arise. It grows to full size only in grove form, in an area 

 at least 30 feet across, and after 10 or more years. Artificial means are required 

 to keep the grove within bounds. Culms 3 years old are useful for fishing poles. 



