23233. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP. 



Mao tsoh Bamboo. From Frank N. 

 Meyer, Tangsi, Chekiang, China. 

 Large timber bamboo for grove plant" 

 ing in the south, attaining ultimately 

 100 feet; prefers rich, red loam moun« 

 tain slopes; responds quickly to ma- 

 nure; requires continual mulch to 

 induce grove formation. Most useful 

 plant for temporary structures, lad- 

 ders, fruit-tree poles, vine stakes, 

 pipes. «^ 



23261. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP. 



Chu tse Bamboo. From Feng tai, near 

 Pekin, China, through Frank N.. Mey- 

 er. Suitable for timber plantings 

 southward, but deserves trial as orna- 

 mental as far north as Philadelphia. 

 Valuable for ladders, furniture, tree 

 props, stakes, fences, basketry;spreads 

 rapidly by rhizomes, requiring deep 

 ditches to check it. Requires continual 

 mulch, good soil, careful planting. 



29133. PHYTOLACCA ACIN- 



08 A. \SiY» esculenta. A perennial found 

 wild only in moist mountain forest 

 undergrowth in Japan. The leaves 

 are eaten boiled in miso soup by the 

 native rural people ; the root is some- 

 what poisonous and is used as a drug 

 by the herb medical school ; the ber- 

 ries are not edible. 



