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from the other. Take as examples Arundinaria nitida with its slender 
culm of perhaps 6 feet in height and no lateral shoots, and Bambusa 
palmata with its culm almost developed but with signs of shoots 
pushing forth at the apex, and Phyllostachys aurea, which has lateral 
shoots fairly well advanced before it has attained its full height. 
As far as height is concerned in each case the limit is reached the first 
season ; the cane does not lengthen afterwards. 
List of useful Species.' — We find the following the best at 
Gunnersbury ; they have stood the test of some years now and are 
well established. 
Arundinaria anceps.- — This Bamboo stands well except in the 
severest of winters, and then it is the younger shoots which suffer 
most. It is in every way distinct, being of somewhat erect growth, 
the terminals only drooping because of the weight of foliage. It has 
a tendency to spread freely ; the culms will at times appear a few 
feet away from the parent stock. These can be cut off, and if this be 
persisted in the growths will be quite dense. It is a fine Bamboo 
for massing, and it grows very freely with us. The canes are some- 
what slender, but yet stiff in habit. It thickens out well down the 
stem and forms thick masses of foliage. For emergency use in a 
cut state it is one of the best, the single stems being so well clothed 
as to produce a good effect. Its height is about 10 feet. 
Arundinaria fastuosa. — In my opinion this is the noblest of all 
our hardy Bamboos. It is of comparatively recent introduction, 
having been brought into prominence by M. Latour-Marliac at 
Temple-sur-Lot, in southern France, and sent out by him in 1895. 
With the advent of this species Arundinaria Simoni is in my opinion 
quite superseded. It is of similar and quite erect habit. In growth 
it is rigid, whilst even with its greater height it withstands the wind 
well. It is denser in growth than A . Simoni, and of the two its leaves 
are of a darker green ; it carries its leafage well through the winter- 
As a rule its culms remain at home, or at least but a little way removed 
from the parent plant. Its culms thicken out well during the 
second and third years of growth. With us its greatest circumference 
is 5 inches, and the height about 18 feet. (By some authorities 
this is put into the genus Bambusa and by others in Phyllo- 
stachys. Lord Redesdale, in his work " The Bamboo Garden/' 
classes it with the former, and some well-known nurserymen with the 
latter. I place it under Arundinaria on account of its mode of 
growth.) 
Arundinaria nitida. — If Arundinaria fastuosa be considered the 
noblest of all Bamboos, I consider A. nitida to be decidedly the most 
graceful. When seen in its full beauty towards the end of the summer 
there is nothing in the wide range of hardy fine-foliaged plants 
more beautiful. Its foliage develops earlier than that of any other 
Bamboo. It is often in good leafage when many others are look- 
ing somewhat unsightly and forlorn. It has a denser habit than 
many, with more lateral shoots which, in process of time, because 
