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green at temperatures down to about 5° F. This handsome babmoo is useful for mass 

 planting either in full sun or partial shade. Plants should be grcv/n in nursery row 

 the first year and kept v/ell watered. Transplant to permanent situation, 6-8 

 feet apart, the following spring. For trial in the Pacific coast region and in all 

 except the warmest parts of the South. (Chico, Calif.) 



52670. SASA AURICOMA. Bamboo. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris, France. 

 A dwarf hardy bamboo of the running type, to 2 feet high, native to China and Japan. 

 It is a strikingly handsome little species, having green-and-yellow striped leaves 

 about 6 inches long by f of an inch wide. It makes an exceedingly attractive ground 

 cover in protected situations in regions where the mininum winter temperature is not 

 much lower than 0° F. The leaves are often killed at temperatures several degrees 

 higher but recovery of the plants in the spring is fairly rapid. Young plants re- 

 quire frequent watering. Because of the vigor of the underground parts of the plant 

 it becomes weedy if the rhizomes are not prevented from spreading by a deep barrier 

 of some sort. Plants will be furnished in lots of 3 to 10. For trial in the middle 

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



75162. SASA CHRYSANTHA. Bamboo. Presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, England. A hardy Japanese bamboo of running habit, producing culms up to 5 feet 

 high, with branches ffom the upper nodes and with lanceolate leaves 2 to 7 inches 

 long. The plant is useful for mass planting and as a ground cover, either in full 

 sun or in partial shade, and is evergreen at temperatures down to about 10° F. Even 

 when killed back it recovers well in the late spring. Plants furnished in lots of 5. 

 (Supply limited.) For trial in the middle and upper South and the mildest parts of 

 the Northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



52674. SASA PYGMAEA. Bamboo. Presented by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris, France. 

 One of the smallest of 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 auric oma and the habits 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. ) 



52671. SEMIARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA., (Arundinaria fastuosa.) Narihira bamboo. Pre- 

 sented by Vilmorin, Andriux & Co . , Paris, France. An exceptionally handsome, hardy 

 bamboo up to 22 feet high, native to Japan. It is of running habit but the rhizomes 

 are less rampant than those of most hardy bambooes. The smaller culms are densely 

 clothed for almost their entire length by the dark-green lanceolate leaves, which are 

 are up to 7 inches long and borne on numerous upright branches. Taller culms, as in 

 other bamboos, are without branches on the lower part. An area at least 12 to 15 

 feet across is required for the ultimate production of full-sized culms. The plant 

 withstands 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 

 Iieguently in dry weather during the e nti re f irs t se aso n. Plants will be furnished 

 singly, or in lots up to 15 where desired for propagation. For trial from Philadel- 

 phia southward and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



