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80875. BAMBUSA TULDOIDES.* Bamboo. From China. Presented by Lignan University, 

 Canton. Chaang ko chuk. A handsome thick-walled bamboo probably up to 50 feet high, 

 used in China for a variety of industrial purposes and especially for punting poles. 

 (A form of this species which has long been known in Florida, under the horticultural 

 name Bambusa thouarsii, is hardy down to 20° F.) Plants furnished in lots of 1 to 5. 

 For trial in the southern parts of Florida and California and on the Texas coast. 

 (Savannah, Ga.) 



77013. BAMBUSA VENTRICOSA.* Buddha bamboo. From China. Presented by Lignan Uni- 

 versity, 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 Cali- 

 fornia and the Gulf region and elsewhere under glass. (Savannah, Ga.) 



80873. BAMBUSA SP.* From China. Presented by the Lingnan University, Canton. Chinese 

 name Fan taan chuk . A bamboo from the northern and western parts of Kwangtung Prov- 

 ince. It is a medium large, thin-walled, semihardy, clump bamboo, used chiefly by the 

 Chinese for making steamtrays for restaurants. It is said to be too brittle for most 

 weaving purposes or for making rope but 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 minimum temperature of about 17° F. with little injury to the 

 foliage. For trial in the Gulf region and in the warmer parts of California. (Savan- 

 nah, Ga.) 



42659. PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES. (Poaceae.) Bamboo. From Japan. Obtained from 

 the Yokohama Nursery Co. Variety Castillon . A medium-sized ornamental variety of the 

 giant timber bamboo, growing to about 30 feet high, with golden yellow culms and branch- 

 es, with a conspicuous green stripe on the flattened side of each internode. The 

 leaves occasionally bear narrow creamy-white stripes. The foliage is evergreen at 

 temperatures down to about 5° F., but at a few degrees lower the plants are killed to 

 the ground or severely injured. The plant spreads by vigorous underground rhizomes 

 from which the new culms arise. It grows to full size only in grove form, in an area 

 at least 30 feet across, and after 10 or more years. Artifical means are required to 

 keep the grove within bounds. Culms 3 years old are useful for fishing poles, plant 

 stakes, etc. The edible shoots, with characteristic smooth, spotted and blotched 

 sheaths, appear in spring. Plants supplied in lots of 5 or more. The first season 

 the plants should be grown l-§- to 2 feet apart in a nursery row , in well fertilized 

 soil , and be freely watered in dry weather . In the late winter or early spring fol- 

 lowing, transplant with ball of earth to permanent situation, on good well-drained land, 

 spaced 8-10 feet apart each way. Well-rotted manure or a good commercial fertilizer 

 should be placed in the hole. New plants from rhizomes left in digging should appear 

 in the nursery in spring and can be transplanted later. For trial from North Carolina 

 to the northern Gulf region and on the Pacific coas*: . (Savannah, Ga. ) 



