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at least to cut off all the leaves. For a time it may look bare, but 
young growth will quickly take place and in two months it will 
be again a mass of young leaves. At Gunnersbury it has attained 
to between 6 and 7 feet in height. 
Bambusa japonic a (Bambusa Metake). — This was the first Bamboo 
that I ever planted at Gunnersbury, and we have a fine mass planted 
now next to the water. My experience of it is that it is one of the 
hardiest of all. I planted it nearly forty years ago, and we have had 
some severe winters in that time. Occasionally we give the entire mass 
a very thorough cleaning out. I find this Bamboo to be quite shallow- 
rooting, and it is one of the first to give out in dry weather, or during 
a keen easterly wind, hence I advise that it be planted in a moist 
situation. As undergrowth in shady places, or as a covert plant, it is 
one of the best to grow. With us it reaches a height of 15 feet. 
Bambusa Veitchii (Arundinaria Veitchii) is quite a dwarf species 
with a character quite its own, for when the leaves are just about 
perfect the margins of each leaf fade to a dingy yellow. It does not 
appear to be a burn, nor do the leaves die away or decay. It appears 
to be well defined upon almost every leaf. I thought that the cause 
may have been the result of too much sunshine, but I have had to 
alter my opinion, for in a photograph that I had the opportunity of 
inspecting it was present where it was under the shade of trees, and 
that too in its native country. I find it to be quite hardy, and in 
spite of the peculiarity I have noted it is very well worth growing. 
Bambusa tessellata (B. Ragamowskii) is another dwarf species. It 
possesses the largest leaves of any of the hardy Bamboos and will, 
under good conditions, grow to 2 feet in height. It forms a dense, 
close growth, and is well adapted for use as an undergrowth in 
partial shade, or as an edging to taller Bamboos. It spreads freely 
when once established. I find it to be quite hardy ; protection is 
afforded during a snowstorm from the simple fact that it soon becomes 
covered with snow. It is one of the best for growing on sloping banks 
when once it becomes established. When it is transplanted I advise 
that the foliage be all cut off as in the case of B. palmata. There is 
a similarity of growth in the case of B. tessellata, B. Veitchii, and B. 
palmata. 
Bambusa humilis (B. Fortunei viridis, Arundinaria humilis).* — 
This is a slender-growing species, and if the name of "gracilis " were 
not given to another, viz. as a synonym of Thamnocalamus Falconeri, 
I should have preferred it as descriptive of this Bamboo. It succeeds 
well if treated to the cutting-down process every spring, when the 
old and rather dense growth can be cleared away. It ranges about 
2 J feet high at Gunnersbury, and does well in the shade. 
Phyllostachys aurea. — I consider this to be one of the hardiest of 
Bamboos, as it is at the same time one of the most distinct. It 
is of more erect growth than any other, and forms a distinct specimen ; 
its culms remain well at home, more so, I think, than any kind we grow. 
Its canes are quite stiff and rigid, with short internodes. It with, 
