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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



" Native of China, cultivated in England since 1845, probably be- 

 fore. It is the most striking of dwarf bamboos, with larger leaves 

 than any other, tall or dwarf, and forms broad, rounded masses, the 

 outer stems of which arch outward to the ground, and out of which 

 spring each summer the spikelike new growths. It has never been 

 known to flower under cultivation. Very hardy. It differs from A. 

 palmata in the dwarfer habit but larger leaves." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 219, under 

 Arundinaria ragamowski. ) 

 38916 and 38917. Bambos sp. 



38916. B. 4. 38917. B. 5. 



38918. Bambos aurea-striata Kegel. 

 38919 and 38920. Phyllostachys spp. 



38919. Phyllostachys atjrea A. and G. Riviere. 



Stems pale yellowish green, 10 to 15 feet high in this coun- 

 try, stiffly erect, growing in tufts and spreading slowly, the joints 

 often 5 or 6 inches apart, except at the base, where they are 

 crowded. Beneath each joint there is a curious swollen band, 

 about one-fourth inch wide, which distinguishes this from all 

 other hardy bamboos. Leaves 2 to 4^ inches long, one-third to 

 seven-eights inch wide, broadly tapered at the base, slenderly 

 pointed, dark green above, glaucous beneath, smooth on both 

 surfaces, minutely toothed on the margins; secondary nerves 4 

 or 5 each side the midrib ; stalk one-sixth inch or less long ; 

 the leaf sheath surmounted by two tufts of bristles at the sum- 

 mit. 



" Native of Japan, cultivated in Europe since the ' seventies ' 

 of last century. It flowered at Bitton with Canon EUacombe, 

 and with the late Signor Fenzi, at Florence, in 1876. It is a 

 pleasing bamboo if planted in a goodly sized mass, although not 

 so graceful as the majority. It is only likely to be confused 

 with P. mitis, which is, however, a taller bamboo without the 

 crowded joints at the base of the stem and without the swollen 

 band beneath the joint, which is so distinctive a character in 

 P. aurea. {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. U9-150.) 



38920. Phyllostachys bambusoides marliacea Houzeau. 

 {Phyllostachys quilioi marliacea Bean.) 



" Stems 18 to 20 feet high in this country, three-fourths to 11 

 inches thick at the base, deep green. Branches long; stem 

 sheaths pinkish when young, conspicuously mottled with deep 

 purple. Leaves among the largest in the hardy Phyllostachys 

 group, varying from 2^ to 6 inches long, one-half to li inches 

 wide (occasionally they are even larger), bright green above, 

 glaucous beneath ; smooth except for some down at the base of 

 the midrib beneath ; one margin toothed ; secondary veins 5 to 

 7 each side of the midrib ; leaf sheath with a conspicuous tuft of 

 bristles at the top, one-fourth to one-half inch long. 



" Native of Japan, introduced into France by Admiral Du 

 Quilio in 1866. It is one of the finest of the hardy bamboos, 



