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coming quite popular. They are mostly from the 
warmer regions. 
Phalaris, in lo species, includes the striped “ribbon 
grass,” and P. Canadensis, which yields Canary seed. 
Stipa, “feather grass,” has loo species in tropical and 
temperate regions. S. pennata, which especially bears 
the common name, is widely distributed in Europe and 
Asia ; a form (Neo Mexicana) is in the southwest U. S. 
Cynodon, in perhaps 3 or 4 species, is the famous 
“Dhoub,” or “hurriallee” grass, of India, known in the 
Southern States as “Bahama grass,” “Bermuda grass,” 
etc., and as “Dog’s-tooth grass” on the south coast of 
England. It is the most enduring lawn grass for the 
tropics and dry, warm regions. In India, too, it is re- 
garded as the best green fodder for horses. It is as 
hard to exterminate as couch. 
Gynerium is in 3 species, natives of the pampas of 
sub-tropical and tropical South America. G. argenteum 
is one of the handsomest large grasses in cultivation, 
and is largely grown in California for its silvery plumes, 
which vary sometimes to pinkish and brown. It is 
generally hardy on the Atlantic side north to the Caro- 
linas, beyond which it requires protection. 
Arundo, “marsh reeds,” have 6 species, widely scat- 
tered over the warm parts of America, Africa, Southern 
Europe, India, Malaysia, the Mascarene Islands and 
New Zealand. Of the latter country A. conspicua, with 
3^ellowish plumes, is a handsome species. A. phrag- 
mites, the common British reed, is often quite orna- 
mental, too, with fine silvery plumes. A. Donax and 
its variegated forms are commonly cultivated, and be- 
coming naturalized in the Southwest. 
Briza, “cjuaking grasses,” are among the popular 
smaller kinds, many of which are offered by seedsmen. 
The Bambuseae consists of about 25 genera and 185 
species, the greater numbers of which are tropical and 
sub-tropical — a few extending well northward in India, 
China, Japan and North America. 
I will merely mention such as seem most hardy in 
cultivation and urge their experimental planting in sun 
and shade, especially through the cotton belt. 
Aniudinaria has 24 species in warm, temperate, sub- 
tropical and tropical Asia, North America, South 
America, and perhaps a few in Africa. A. macro- 
sperma is the species of the southern canebrakes, and 
grows from 12 to even 30 or 40 feet high in the most 
tropical parts of its range. It extends north to South- 
ern \drginia, the variety suffruticosa to Southern Mary- 
land, and this is about as far as the hardier exotic bam- 
boos can usefully be planted. A few are kept somewhat 
further north, but become hay-brown in winter, which, 
of course, spoils their beauty. A. Japonica, “metake,” 
is perhaps the most hardy and grows in Central New 
Jersey, from 6 to 8 feet high. It seems to do best 
in rich, sandy loam, and should have lots of room, for 
its running rhizomes will spread the growths 50 feet 
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or more in a few years ; in fact, to avoid mixing it will 
be well to give the whole tribe ample room in tne 
warmer parts of the country. A. Simoni grows from 
10 to 20 feet high and is often variegated ; A. spathi- 
flora, a N. W. Himalayan undergrowth species, 6 to 
20 feet; A. nitida, which needs shade, 10 feet or more; 
A. falcata, an herbaceous N. W. Himalayan sort, 6 to 
10 feet ; A. chrysantha, sometimes with golden variega- 
tion, 5 feet ; A. auricoma, with handsome golden va- 
riegation, 3 feet ; A. Fortune!, with beautiful silvery 
variegation, 3 feet ; and A. pumila, i foot high. 
Phyllostachys may have 20 or more species, several 
of which live north to Philadelphia. P. Borayana, 
which, like several others, may be expected to spread 
considerably, grows 10 to 20 feet high ; P. nigra and 
its variety, punctata, 10 to 20 feet; P. viride-glaucesens. 
GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM. 
15 to 18 feet; P. fastuosa, 12 to 15 feet; P. Henonis, of 
fine habit, 8 to 14 feet; P. sulphurea, 13 feet; P. Cas- 
tillonis, with fine orange, yellow to creamy, variegation, 
8 to 10 feet ; and P. Marliacea, 8 feet. 
Bambusa has about 50 species, among them several 
gigantic tropical kinds which do well at the frostless 
southern points of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 
Amiong the hardier dwarfs, B. palmata, with leaves 12 
by 3 ins., grows to 5 feet high ; B. tessellata, with 
leaves 18 by 4 ins., 2}^ feet; B. Nagashima, ij 4 feet; 
B. angustifolia, i foot ; and B. pygmea, which is an in- 
veterate runner, i foot. Many of the comparative 
heights are those given by Mitford in his “Bamboo 
Garden,” and may sometimes be exceeded in warmer 
southern climates. James MacPherson. 
