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52674. SASA PYGMARA. Bamboo. From France. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux 
& Co., Paris. _One of the smallest known bamboos, often growing only 6 to 10 
inches high. It is of the hardy running type and is a native of Japan. The 
leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, are green above and whitish pubescent beneath. The 
cold resistance of.the plant is about the same as that of Sasa aureo-striata and 
the hadits and cultural requirements are also much the same. Plants furnished 
in lots of 3 to 10. For trial in the middle and upper South and on the Pacific 
coast.. (Savannah, Ga.) 


92508. .SASA VARIEGATA. From Ingland. Obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., 
Chiddingfold, Surrey. Variety Fortunei. A hardy dwarf bamboo with attractive 
green-and-white striped leaves. There are up to about 12 leaves on a branch, and 
they range up to 4 inches long by three-eights of an inch wide. The species 
grows to a height of 12 to 18 inches and spreads rather rapidly by means of 
underground rhizomes. For trial in the South and on the Pacific coast. 
(Savannah, Ga.) : 
77004. SHEMIARUNDINARIA FARINOSA. (Poaceae.) Bamboo. From China. Oollected at 
Chiuhwashaan, Anhwei Province, by F. A. McClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. 
Chinese name Koo chu. A hardy running bamboo up to 15 feet high, with tough, 
fairly thick-walled culms up to 3/4 inch in diameter, purplish green when young. 
The pith is chambered, with the diaphragms nearly 1 1/4 inches apart. The nodes 
are prominent and the branches 3 to usually 5, acutely ascending, the middle one 
the largest. The leaves are somewhat drooping, oblong—lanceolate, acuminate, 
3 to 7 inches long and 1/2 to-1 inch wide. The plant resembles Semiarundinaria 
fastuosa in general habit, and the culm sheaths mostly fall the first year. The 
culms are useful for plant stakes. For trial from the northern Gulf region to 
North Cerolina and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 
52671. SENMIARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA (Arundinaria fastuosa).* Narihira bamboo. 
From France. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris. An exceptionally 
handsome, hardy bamboo up to 25 feet high, native to Japan. It is of running 
habit dut the rhizomes are less rampant than those of most hardy bamboos. The 
smalier 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 vrithstands 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. (Savannah, Ga.) 
123847. SEMIARUNDINARIA SP. Bamboo. From Biltmore, North Carolina. Previously 
from cultivation in Burope, but native country unknown.) Presented by C. D. 
Beadle, Biltmore Estate. A handsome running bamboo up to, 9 feet high, with 1 to’ 
6 branches at a node of the culm and the culm internodes often slightly flatten- 
ed above the branches; the culm is straighter and the sheaths less persistent 
even than in Semiarundinaria fastuosa, but the plant bears a general resemblance 
