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77010. ARUNDINARIA SP.* Bamboo, From-China. Collected at Taaihohhan, Anhwei 
Province, by F. A. McClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. Chinese name Liu chuk. 
A running bamboo with cylindrical solid or nearly solid culms up to 7 feet high, 
numerous small acutely ascending branches, and dark-green rather large drooping 
leaves, 31/2 to 7 inches long by 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches wide. At Savannah this 
species spreads slowly, forming an unusually dense growth of attractive appear-— 
ance. It is closely allied to Arundinaria longiaurita. For trial from Phila- 
delphia and the Ohio River southward to the Gulf and on the siorhpiapeios coast, 
(Savannah, Ga.) 
93573. BAMBUSA LONGISPICULATA. (Poaceae.) From India. Presented by R. NN. 
Parker, Forest Botanist, Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun, United 
Provinces, A tropical clump bamboo growing to 50 feet high, with 10 to 12 leaves 
up to 9 inches long on a branchlet. For trial in the warmer parts of southern 
Florida and southern (California. (Savannah, Ga.) 
99289. BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX. Hedge bamboo. From Florida. Presented by Jas. H. 
Wells, formerly of Baldwin, Florida, who obtained it from C. E. Pleas, Chipley, 
Fla. Variety Stripestem Fernleaf (also known as Variety Disticha Striata). An 
Oriental fern-leaved dwarf variety of the hedge bamboo, differing from the 
Ordinary Variety Fernleaf in being of.much smaller size and in having pinkish 
culms with slender green stripes; the plant is very erect in habit. The varietal 
characters are somewhat unstable, however, and if small plants are grown in rich 
soil in the open there is a tendency to revert to the larger »oarent form; the 
striping of the culm then disappears and the foliage changes from the fern-leaf 
type. In its dwarf phase the plant grows about 6 feet high but in the reverted 
form it attains 15 feet or more. Like other clump bamboos, this variety is 
easily propagated by division of the clump into l- or 2-stemmed units in the 
spring. (Savannah, Ga.) 
80872. BAMBUSA TEXTILIS. From China, . Presented by the Lingnan University, 
_ Canton. Chinese name Fan taan chuk. <A bamboo from the northern and western 
parts of Kwangtung Province. It is a medium large, thin-walled, semihardy, clump 
bamboo, used chiefly by the Chinese for making steam-trays for restaurants. It 
* is said to be too brittle for most weaving purposes or for making rope but it is 
extremely ornamental on account of the compact clump habit and the tall straight 
culms, which are gray with siliceous powder. The culms are naked of branches to 
a height of 12 to 15 feet in mature plantings. This bamboo has withstood a mini- 
mum temperature of about 17° F. with little injury to the foliage. For trial in 
the Galf region and in the warmer parts of California. (Savannah, Ga.) 
110510. BAMBUSA TULDOIDES. Puntingpole bamboo. From China, Presented by 
_ iLingnan University, Canton. A handsome thick-walled bamboo probably up to 50 feet 
high, used in China for a variety of industrial purposes and especially for punt- 
ing poles. (A form of this species which has long been known in Florida, under 
the horticultural name Bambusa thouarsii, is hardy down to 209 F.) Plants 
furnished in lots of 1 to 3. For trial in the’ southern parts of Florida and 
California and on the Texas coast. ch Serene, Ga. ) 

