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so tall, that they become solid purplish black in the second year, and in having 

 somewhat drooping foliage. In China no special use is made of the culms but they can 

 be used for purposes for which much strength is not required. Culture is the same as 

 for the preceding, P. I. No. 49505. Plants will be furnished in lots of 5 or more. 

 For trial in all but the warmest parts of the Southern States and on the Pacific 

 coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



75159. PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA. Black bamboo. From England. Presented by the Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. These plants probably represent the type of the species, 

 which was originally described more than a century ago, from plants in the grounds 

 of the London Horticultural Society. The culms, which become black in the second 

 year, attain heights of up to 25 feet. The habits of growth and methods of culture 

 and control of this bamboo are the same as for the preceding. For trial on the 

 Pacific coast, in all but the warmest parts of the South, and in the milder parts of 

 the Northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



24761. PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA HENONIS. Henon bamboo. From Japan. Originally obtained 

 by Wm. D. Hills, Bureau of Plant Industry. The present plants are grown from material 

 received from E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, La. Japanese name Hachiku. A hardy 

 giant bamboo of running habit, ultimately producing culms 50 feet high and 3| inches 

 in diameter. The edible new shoots appear during April and May. The shoots are 

 easily distinguished from those of other giant bamboos in that the sheaths which at 

 first enfold them are unspotted mauve, with a small crinkly green reduced blade, at 

 the apex of each sheath. This is considered the hardiest of the giant bamboos but it 

 is more or less injured at temperatures lower than 0° F. Culture same as for Phyl- 

 lostachys bambusoides castilloni . but in permanent planting the original spacing 

 should be not less than 10 feet. Plants furnished in lots of 15 or more, fo r g rowing 

 in grove form only . For trial in the milder parts of the Southern States, except 

 southern Florida, and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif., and Savannah, Ga.) 



49357. PHYLLOSTACHYS SULPHUREA VIRIDIS. Green sulfur bamboo . From France. Presented 

 by A. Robertson-Proschowsky, Nice. A Chinese bamboo of running habit, up to 45 feet 

 high, with 2 to 3 leaves up to 5 inches long at the tips of the twigs, or branchlets. 

 The culm sheaths are glabrous, smooth on the margins, the lowest ones, when fresh, 

 brownish yellow and those higher on the culm gradually becoming yellowish green, 

 all more or less blotched, spotted, or speckled with dark to light brown. As indi- 

 cated by the name, this is a green-stemmed variety of the sulfur bamboo, Phyl - 

 lostachys sulphurea . It grows considerably taller than the species and is believed 

 to withstand somewhat lower temperatures — down nearly to 0° F. Culture the same as 

 for P. bambusoi d es castilloni . For trial from southern Virginia to the northern 

 Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



77257. PHYLLOSTACHYS SULPHUREA VIRIDIS. Green sulfur bamboo . From France. Obtained 

 from Gaston Negre, Generargues. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 49357). 

 (Savannah, Ga.) 



55713. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP . Bamboo. From China. Collected by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. A hardy evergreen bamboo of running type, to 25 feet high. This 

 species is easily distinguished from others of similar appearance by the yellowish 

 color of the flattened sides of the internodes of culms and branches during the first 

 year or two, while the rounded parts are green. Grows to full size only in grove 

 form, in an area at least 25 feet across, and after several years. Culms useful for 



