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52671. SEMIARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA. ( Arunciinaria fastucsa).* (Poaoeae.) Narihira 

 bamboo. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co.. Paris, France. An exceptionally hand- 

 some, hardy bamboo up to 25 feet high, native to Japan. It is of running habit but 

 the rhizomes are less rampant than those of most hardy bamboos. The smaller culms 

 are densely clothed for almost their entire length by the dark-green lanceolate leaves, 

 which are up to 7 inches long and borne on upright branches. Taller culms, as in 

 other bamboos, are without branches on the lower part. An area at least 15 feet across 

 is required for the ultimate production of full-sized culms. The plant withstands a 

 minimum temperature of 0° F. with little injury to the foliage but is killed back to 

 the ground at a few degrees lower. . Young plants must be watered very frequently in 

 dry weather during the entire first season. Plants furnished in lots of 1 to 5 or up 

 to 15 where desired for propagation, For trial from Philadelphia southward and on 

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



75157. SHIBATAEA KUMASACA.* (Poaceae.) Bamboo. From England. Presented by the 

 Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Japanese name Okamez asa. This odd little Jap- 

 anese bamboo, which in the past has carried .several different botanical names and which 

 looks but little like a bamboo, grows 3 to 6 feet in heiglit. It is of running habit 

 but spreads rather slov.'ly. There are usually 5 diminutive branches at a node, each 

 bearing a single, terminal, ovate-lanceolate, dark-green leaf 2 to 3 inches long and 

 nearly an inch wide. The foliage is more or less injured at temperatures below 10° F. 

 The culture is much the same as that of other running bamboos. (Chico, Calif., and 

 Savannah, Ga.) 



89716. SHIBATAEA KUMASACA.* Bamboo. From England. Obtained from V. N. Gauntlett 

 & Co., Chiddingfold, Surrey. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 75157). 

 (Savannah. Ga. ) 



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