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plant stakes, fishing poles, etc. This bamboo was for a time sent out under the name 

 Phyllostachys nevini i but is now considered to be of another, apparently undescribed, 

 species. Its climatic and cultural requirements are the same as for P. bambusoi des 

 castilloni . Plants furnished in lots of 15 or more. For trial in the milder parts of 

 the South, except southern Florida, and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



116768. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP. Bamboo. From China. Collected by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. (Formerly sent out under P. I. No. 23234.) A hardy running bamboo, 

 to 25 fe-:t high, with dense foliage. It resembles P hyllostachy s a urea but there is 

 never any crowding of the lower internodes of the culm as in that species. The 

 conditions under which plants will be furnished to experimenters and the cultural 

 requirements and uses of culms are the same as for P. bambuso i des castilloni . (Chico, 

 Calif., and Savannah, Ga.) 



75149. PLEIOBLASTUS NAGASHIMA (Arundinaria nagashima) . Bamboo. Presented by 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. A small hardy running bamboo, ultimately pro- 

 ducing culms about 2| feet high, often with branches from the upper nodes and with 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 to 6 inches long. It is native to Japan. 

 The plant is evergreen at temperatures down to about 5° F. and is attractive for mass 

 planting as a ground cover, either in full sun or partial shade. On account of the 

 hardiness and vigor of the underground parts of the plant, it may become weedy if the 

 rhizomes are not prevented from spreading beyond the desired limit by a deep barrier 

 of some sort. The small plants as received should be grown the first year in a nursery 

 row and be freely wat ered , especially during the first two month s. Early the next 

 spring they may be transplanted, with a ball of earth, to the permanent situation, 

 in good well-drained land; well-rotted manure or a good commercial fertilizer should 

 be placed in the hole. Plants furnished in lots of 3 to 10. For trial in the middle 

 and upper South and the mildest parts of the northern States. (Savannah, Ga.) 



52673. PLEIOBLASTUS PUMILUS (Sasa pumila) , Bamboo. From France. Presented by 

 Vilmorin, Ar.drieux & Co., Paris. A dwarf hardy running bamboo, native to Japan, 

 often growing only 6 to 10 inches high in warm localities but up to 2 feet in partial 

 shade or in cooler regions. The narrow lanceolate leaves 1| to 3-§- inches long are 

 borne 8 to 10 in number, near the tips of the culms and branches. The plant thrives 

 in fairly moist soil and in suitable situations is useful as a ground cover. In 

 drier locations the leaves tend to curl in hot dry weather. Because of its small 

 size, grasslike leaves, and rampant underground rhizomes, the plant becomes a weed 

 and is difficult to eradicate when it escapes. In proximity to a garden it is 

 especially important to curb it. Plants furnished in lots of 3 or more. For trial 

 in the milder parts of the northern States. (Savannah, Ga.) 



75166. PLEIOBLASTUS PUMILUS (Sasa pumila) . Bamboo. From England. Presented by the 

 Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Same -description as for preceding (P.I. No. 52673). 

 (Savannah, Ga.) 



101174. PSEUDOSASA DISTICHA. (Poaceae.) Fern bamboo. From France. Obtained from 

 V. Lemoine & Sons, Nancy. A dwarf bamboo of running habit, growing sometimes 3 to 5 

 feet high, with rather narrow leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The conspicuously 2-ranked 

 leaf arrangement suggests the name fern bamboo. This attractive little species is a 

 somewhat less rampant spreader than Ple ioblastus pumilus. For trial in the upper 

 South and the mildest parts of the northern States. (Savannah, Ga.) 



