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55713. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP. Bamboo. From China. Collected by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. A hardy evergreen bamboo of running type, to 25 feet high. This 

 species is easily distinguished from others of similar appearance by the yellowish 

 color of the flattened sides of the internodes of culms and branches during the first 

 year or two, while the rounded parts are green. Grows to full size only in grove 

 form, in an area at least 30 feet across, and after several years. Culms useful for 

 plant stakes, fishing poles, etc. This bamboo was for a time sent out under the name 

 Phyllostachys n evinii but is now considered to be of another, apparently undescribed, 

 species. Its climatic and cultural requirements are the same as for Pj. bambusoides . 

 (P. I. No. 42659). Plants furnished in lots of 15 or more. For trial in the milder 

 parts of the South, except southern Florida, and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif., 

 and Savannah, Ga.) 



116768. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP . Bamboo. From China. Collected by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. (Formerly sent out under P. I. No. 23234.) A hardy running bamboo, to 

 25 feet high, with dense foliage. It resembles Phyllostachys aurea but there is never 

 any crowding of the lower internodes of the culm as in that species. The conditions 

 under which plants will be furnished to experimenters and the cultural requirements 

 and uses of culms are the same as for P. bambusoides (P. I. No. 42659). (Savannah, Ga.) 



89709. PLEIOBLASTUS CHINO . ( Arundinaria chi no) ■ (Poaceae.) Bamboo. Obtained from 

 V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Chiddingfold, England. Variety L aydeker . A dwarf hardy bamboo 

 of running habit, Z\ to 3 feet high. The slender culms, usually without branches the 

 first year, bear 10 to 12 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate dark-green leaves and in the 

 second year the branches bear 5 or 6 leaves, mostly toward the tips. The leaves are 

 2 to 5 inches long, the longer and more slender ones being near the tips, and they are 

 sometimes irregularly mottled with pale green or dull yellow. This bamboo is not 

 very attractive but because of its vigor may be useful as a ground cover where more 

 desirable plants do not thrive. It should be watched for possible development of a 

 weedy habit. Plants will be furnished in lots of 5 or more. For trial in the middle 

 and upper South and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



52673. PLEIOBLASTUS PUMILUS (Sasa pumila) . Bamboo. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux, 

 Co., Paris, France. A dwarf hardy running maboo, native to Japan, often growing only 

 6 to 10 inches high in warm localities but up to 2 feet in partial shade or in cooler 

 regions. The narrow lanceolate leaves 1-g- to 3i inches long are borne 8 to 10 in num- 

 ber, near the tips of the culms and branches. The plant thrives in fairly moist 

 soil and in suitable situations is useful as a ground cover. In drier locations the 

 leaves tend to curl in hot dry weather. Because of its small size, grasslike leaves, 

 and rampant underground rhimzomes, the plant becomes a weed and is difficult to eradi- 

 cate when it escapes. In proximity to a garden it is especially important to curb it. 

 Plants furnished in lots of 3 or more. For trial in the middle and upper South and the 

 milder parts of the Northern States. (Savannah, Ga.) 



75166. PLEIOBLASTUS PUMILUS (Sasa pumila). Bamboo. Presented by the Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. These plants differ from the preceding (P. I. 

 No. 52673) in having nearly twice the number of leaves, which often are a little wider 

 and more crowded on the culms and branches. (Chico, Calif.) 



