
          New Plant Introductions, 1916-17.

Plate XIV.

SEVEN-YEAR OLD CLUMP OF BAMBOO (PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES) AT THE CHICO
GARDEN.

This is the great hardy timber bamboo of Japan. Almost every Japanese farmer has a clump of it
where he can get material for various uses about the place. The shoots of this species are not
edible. Photographed (P15917FS) October 7, 1914.
        