GIANT BAMBOOS. 
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2 .—Length of Growing Region of Dendrocalamus. 
On July 3 to 10 a series of the lower internodes of No. 1 
were measured with the following result :— 
Table VIII. 
Length in mm. of internodes 12-17 from base of halm on 
July 3-10. 
July 
3rd. 
4th. 
5th. 
6th. 
7th. 
8th. 
9th. 
10th. 
© 
17 
421 
451 
467 
486 
486 
'■Ö 
o 
16 
— 
— 
— 
490 
510 
510 
510 
510 
Ö 
15 
433 
454 
473 
484 
484 
484 
484 
484 
J 
14 
476 
490 
490 
495 
495 
495 
495 
495 
HH 
13 
440 
445 
443 
445 
445 
— 
— 
_ 
12 
433 
440 
440 
440 
440 
— 
— 
— 
And from these measurements together with those of the 
total growth of the culm previously recorded the following 
table is obtained :— 
Table IX. 
Date. 
Height 
Distance of Base 
of 
of lowest grow¬ 
1903. 
Halm. 
ing Node from Apex. 
July 3 
7*379 m. 
5*549 m. 
4 
7*723 
5*453 
5 
8*013 
4*810 
6 
8*320 
4*647 
7 
8*617 
4*520 
8 
8*898 
4*701 
9 
9*183 
4*986 
10 
9*497 
4*814 
So that during this period the average distance of the base 
of the lowest growing node from the apex of the halm was 
4*935 metres. 
When No. 1 was broken down by the wind on August 
14 the lengths of the successive internodes were carefully 
