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77013.  BAMBUSA VENTRICOSA * Buddha bamboo. | From China. Presented by Lingnan 
University, Canton. A clump-forming bamboo growing to about 25 feet high in the 
open but commonly grown by the Chinese as a pot or tub plant. Under this culture 
it is dwarfed to about 3 feet and the internodes of the culms and branches become 
swollen in a characteristic manner, to which fact is due the Chinese name Fut 
t'o chuk (Buddha's belly bamboo). The plant quickly loses its foliage in the 
dry atmosphere and deficient light of ordinary living rooms. The lanceolate 
leaves of the dwarfed plants are 1 to 4 inches long but on larger plants 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.) 

77014, BAMBUSA SP. Chinese goddess bamboo. From China. Presented by Lingnan K{ 
University, Canton. A small, graceful, fern-leaved bamboo 5 to 10 feet high. 
it resembles the Stripestem Fernleaf variety of Bambusa multiplex (P.I. No. 99289) 
in foliage characters but differs in being less stiffly erect, having green 
culms, and being perhaps slightly more cold resistant. The leaves are extremely 
small and closely 2-ranked on slender branchlets or twigs which curl downward 
toward the tips in a characteristic manner. The entire plant is plain green. It 
is unique among bamboos of its class in that the culms are always solid. This 
handsome little bamboo is one of the hardiest of the clump type and at Savannah, 
Ga., has withstood temperatures as low as 15° F., practically uninjured. It is 
commonly grown as a hedge in southern China and is said to resvond admirably to 
pruning. It is elso well suited for growing in individuel clumps in the open or 
for pot culture as a dwarf plant in the moist atmosphere of a well-lighted green-— 
house. In the dry air and subdued light of living rooms, however, the foliage 
Quickly turns yellow and falls. Propagation is by division of the clumps into 
units with one or more stems. For trial outside in the South Atlantic and Gulf 
regions and in the milder parts of the Pacific Coast, and under glass elsewhere. 
(Savannah, Ga.) . 
112744. CHIMONOBAMBUSA QUADRANGULARIS. (Poaceae.) Square bamboo. From Japan. 
Presented by Miss Genevieve Wimsatt, Washington, D. C. A shade-loving bamboo, 
reported to grow to about 25 feet high, that produces angular culms squarish in 
cross section. This character is not prominent, however, in culms of very small 
diameter. The culms are encircled at the nodes by characteristic small projec- 
tions. The lower sections of larger culms, with the rooty bases, are used for | 
making fancy canes. The thin, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, tapering or slightly 
rounced at the base, are up to 11 inches long and 1 inch wide. This bamboo is 
said to be grown only in shaded or semishaded situations in the Orient. It is 
rather easily propagated from 15- to 18- inch cuttings of vigorous young rhizomes 
in the spring. It has endured a minimm temperature of 14° F., with killing of © 
the youngest leaves only, when protected from direct sunlight. Young plants 
should be protected from extreme cold and be given other special care. (Savannah, 
Ga. ) 


