PI. 266. 
CALCUTTA BAMBOO, 18 MONTHS OLD FROM SEED. 
(Bambos tulda Roxb. See S. P. I. No. 44240.) 
The Japanese timber bamboos as a rule produce seed only at long intervals. This Burmese 
species seeds oftener, and a bushel of its seed was secured in 1916 and planted in a seed 
bed in the Brooksville Plant Introduction Garden where it was carefully watched. It 
made a remarkable growth the first season. It was killed back in February, 1917, but 
has recovered and has made a growth of 13 feet. It has the property of hardening its 
stems or culms while still green. It produces the best material for the manufacture of 
split bamboo poles. Near Orlando, at Dr. Nehrling's place, this species has made a 
Eowth of 50 feet, and appears to be one of the best species yet introduced into America, 
irge clumps have been established in Panama and Porto Rico. See S. P. I. No. 21002. 
(Photographed by David Fairchild, Brooksville, Fla., November 21, 1918; P24648FS.) 
