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JAPANESE BAMBOOS. 
As may be gathered from the very able treatise entitled “ The Bamboo Garden ** 
by Mr. A. B.. Freeman-Mitford, C.R., published by Messrs. MacMillan & Go., Japan- 
ese bamboos, — whose delicious green and artistic featherness may be regarded as the 
main factors in creating the innate loveliness of all Japanese scenery — are perfectly 
capable of being successfully grown in the more temperate parts of Europe and 
the United States. Indeed several of the more hardy varieties thrive here in places 
that are covered with many feet of snow during the winter months. We feel confi- 
dent that, as they get better known, these beautiful plants will become an important 
and widely sought-after feature in European landscape gardening. On account of the 
few authorities worthy of reference on the subject, we are sometimes at a loss to give 
the proper botanical names of some of the rarer varieties of the bamboo. In all 
cases, however- we furnish the native name of every variety exported by our firm. 
On account of the fact that bamboos are not yet extensively cultivated in pots in this 
country ; we would feel obliged if interested customers could let us know some 
months in advance what they think they will require, so as to give us time to cul- 
tivate the plants desired for export purposes. 
Bamboo runners, if packed in moist material, will, even after long voyages, pro- 
duce good plants, but if allowed to become dry very few will survice. Pot-grown 
plants on the contrary— their roots being compact and uninjured — are much les: 
likely to suffer from transport and iu this way more than repay the difference in cost 
Bambusa, tall growing varieties, 5 inch pots... per 10 yen 8.50... per 100 yen 25.00 
„ fancy and rare varieties, pot-grown.. „ 10 „ 5.00... „ 100 „ 85.00 
„ root-cuttings 1-2 feet long » 100 „ 6.00 
— „ 1,000 „ 50.00 
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