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territoiy also of pliytologic researches, not to speak of many 

 other tropical regions as yet left unexplored. Europe pos- 

 sesses no Bamboo; Australia as far as hitherto ascertained 

 only one (in the interior of Arnhem's Land). Almost all 

 Bamboos are local, and there seems really no exception to 

 the fact, that none are indigenous to both hemispheres, all 

 true Bambusas being Oriental. Observations on the growth 

 of many Bamboos in Italy are recently offered by Chevalier 

 Fenzi. 



The introduction of these exquisite plants is one of the easiest 

 imaginable^ either from seeds or the living roots. The 

 consuls at distant ports, the missionaries, the mercantile and 

 navigating gentlemen abroad, and so particularly also any 

 travellers, could all easily aid in transferring the various 

 Bamboos from one country to the other — from hemisphere to 

 hemisphere. Most plants of this kind here with us, once 

 well established in strength under glass, can be trusted out to 

 permanent locations with perfect and lasting safety at the 

 commencement of the warm season. Indeed, Bamboos are 

 hardier than most intra-tropical plants, and the majority of 

 them are not the denizens of the hottest tropical lowlands, 

 but delight in the cooler aii' of mountain regions. In select- 

 ing the following array from General Munro's monography, 

 it must be noted, that it comprises only a limited nimiber, 

 and that among those, which are already to some extent 

 known, but as yet camiot be defined Avith precision in their 

 generic and specific relation, evidently some occur which in 

 elegance, grace and utility surpass even many of those now 

 specially mentioned : — 



Arundinaria Japonica, S. and Z. Japan. Height to twelve 

 feet. 



Arundinaria verticillata, Nees. Brazil. Height to fifteen 

 feet. 



Arundinaria dehilis, Thwaites. Ceylon; ascends to 8000 



feet. A tall species. 

 Arundinaria acuminata, Mimro. Mexico. Height to twenty 



feet. 



Arundinaria tesselata, Munro. South Africa; ascends to 



6500 feet. Height to twenty feet. 

 Arundinaria callosa, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 6000 



feet. Height to twelve feet. 

 Arundinaria Khasiana, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6000 



feet. Height to twelve feet. 

 Arundinaria Hookeriana, Munro. Sikkim; ascends to 7000 



feet. Height to fifteen feet. 



