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the spacing in. setting plants permanently should be 6 to 8 feet apart. This 
variety can be grown to full size in an area 20 to 25 feet across. The culms 
are useful for fishing poles, canes, plant stakes, etc. Plants will be sent _ 
in lots of 5 or more, For.trial in the Pecific coast region and in all except 
the warmest parts.of the Southern States. (Savannah, Ga.) 
66784, PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA, Black bamboo. From China. Collected in a ravine 
on Peng Mountain, Lungtau Mts., in Kwangtung Province, and presented by Lingnan 
University, Canton. Willowy black. A handsome variety differing from the pre- 
ceding (P. I. No. 49505) in being more rapid spreading and in that the culms are 
not quite so tall, that they become solid purplish black in the second year, and 
in having somewhat drooping foliage. In China no special use is made of the 
culms but they can be used for purposes for which much strength is.not required, 
Culture is the same as for the preceding. Plants will be furnished in lots of 
5 or more. For trial in all but the warmest parts of the Southern States, and on 
the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 

24761. PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA HENONIS.* Henon bamboo. From Japan. Originally 
obtained by Wm. D. Hills, Bureau of Plant Industry. The present plants are 
grown from material received from E, A. McIlhenny, Avery Island, La. Japanese 
name Hachiku. A hardy giant bamboo of running habit, ultimately producing culms 
50 feet high and 3 1/2 inches in diameter. The edible new shoots appear during 
April and May. The shoots are easily distinguished from those of other giant 
bamboos in that the sheaths which at first enfold them are unspotted mauve, with 
a small crinkly green reduced blade at the apex of each sheath. This is consider— 
ed the hardiest of the giant bamboos but it is more or less injured at tempera-— 
tures lower than 0° F. Culture same as for Phyllostachys bambusoides castilloni, 
but in permanent planting the original spacing should be not less than 10 feet. 
Plants furnished in lots of 15 or more, for growing in grove form only. For trial 
in the milder parts of the Southern States, except southern Florida, and on the 
Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 

89718. PHYLLOSTACHYS SURPHUREA. Sulfur bamboo. From Ingland. Obtained from 
V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Ltd., Chiddingfold, Surrey. A hardy running bamboo of 
striking appearance, 25 to 30 feet high, with the internodes of culms and 
branches a clear sulfur yellow except for 1 or 2 narrow green stripes on the 
rounded part and an irregular green ring just below the node. It is native to 
China. The culms are slightly larger near the base for their height than those 
of most related bamboos. They are useful for any of the purposes for which culms 
of others are suited. The plant probably will withstand a minimum temperature 
of 5° -F.° Culture is the same as descrided for P. bambusoides castilloni. Plants 
furnished in lots of 5. For trial in the South, except southern Florida, and on 
the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 
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