NEAR VIEW OF 6-YEAR-OLD CLUMP OF EDIBLE BAMBOO IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
(Phyllostachys pubescens Houzeau. See S. P. I. No. 47370.) 
This grove has withstood a temperature of 2° F. and is apparently 
as vigorous as any groves of equal age in Japan. Its young 
shoots, produced in March or April, are a delicious vegetable, 
much prized by foreigners in the Orient. They remind one of 
sweet corn in flavor and are in great demand by the Chinese 
restaurants of this country. (Photographed by David Fairchild, 
Anderson, S. C, November 14, 1918; P24592FS. Near view of 
the grove shown in the preceding plate, which see.) 
