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are 1 to 4 inches long but on larger pl?,nts 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 little or no injury. For trial outside in the milder parts 

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



42659. PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES CASTILLONI . (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 vigorou.? underground rhi- 

 zomes 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 re- 

 quired to keep the grove within bounds. Culms 3 y ears old are useful for fishing 

 poles, plant stakes, etc. The edible ycung shoots, with characteristic smooth, spotted 

 and blotched sheaths, appear in spring. Plants supplied in lots of 5 or more. The 

 first season the plants should be grown l|- to ?, feet apart in nurse ry row, in well- 

 fertilized soil, and be freely watered in dr^ weather, in the late winter or early 

 spring following, transplant with ball nf earth to permanent situation, on good well- 

 drained land, spaced 8 to 10 feet apnrt each way. Well-rotted manure or a good com- 

 mercial fertilizer should be placed in t]''.e hole. Nev/ plants from rhizomes left 

 in digging should appear in the nursery in spring and can be transplanted later. 

 For trial from North Carolina to the northern Gulf region and on the Pacific coast, 

 (Chico, Calif., and Savannah, Ga. ) 



116768. PHYLLOSTACHYS FLEXUOSA. Bamboo. From China. Collected by F. N. Meyer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. (Formerly sent out as Phyllos tachys s^. , under P. 1. Nos . 

 23234 and 116768.) This is a different species from the bamboo previously sent out as 

 Phyllostachys flexuosa (under P. I. Nos. 52686, 75155, 116965), which is now knov/n to 

 have been misnamed. P. fle xuo sa is a hardy running bamboo, up to 25 feet high, with 

 dense foliage. The leaves are somewhat narrowly lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long and 

 5/16 to \ inch v/ide, usually 2 to 5 on a twig on new culms and reduced to 2 or 3 on 

 twigs of older culms but the twigs are numerous. The plant much resembles P. aurea 

 but there is never any crowding of the lower internodes of the culm as in that spe- 

 cies, and the ligules of the culm sheaths are brownish, truncate, laciniate, and more 

 prominent than in P. aurea : the ligules of the leaf sheaths are also higher than in 

 the latter species. The conditions under which plants will be furnished to experiment- 

 ers and the cultural requirements and uses of culms are the same as for P. bambusoides 

 castilloni . (Savannah, Ga. ) 



73452. PHYLLOSTACHYS HENRYI . Henry bamboo. Originally collected in China by F. N. 

 Meyer, Bureau of Plent Industry. The present plants are grown from material received 

 from E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, La. This is a running bamboo of medium size, 

 growing only to about 26 feet high but with diameters up to 2i inches. It is said to 

 be one of the most highly esteemed edible bamboos of China, the fresh shoots being 

 entirely free from bitterness. The plants develop rapidly under favorable conditions 

 and sometimes produce culms of maximum size v/ithin four years from planting. Culture 

 same as for the preceding. Not less than 10 plants (shipping wt . 12 - 15 lbs.) sent 

 to an experimenter. For trial, in grove form o nl y, in all but the warmest parts of 

 the South Atlantic and Gulf regions and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif., and 

 Savannah, Ga. ) 



