Bui. 1329, U. S. Dept. of Agriculturs 
Plate II 
Typical Grove of the Giant Timber Bamboo 
This is the Barbour Lathrop grove {Pfiyllvstachijs barnbitsoides), near Savannah, Oa. It is 
now about 35 years old. Note the clean, straight culms and nodes close together near the 
base but farther apart higher up 
