1487 
Method of Discriminating Fresh from Old Bamboos 
and Good from Bad Ones. 
"Fresh bamboo shoots are much stronger in yellow 
color than old ones, and new ones impart stronger smell . 
Fresh ones, after they are boiled, obtain much stronger 
bitterness and astringency; old ones emit whitish 
powder and get considerably deprived of yellow color. 
Fresh ones are distinctly yellow, and soft and plea- 
sant to the touch. 
"Bamboo shoots of superior quality are obtainable 
only from those of the earliest season." 
Dodonaea viscosa ( Sapindaceae ) , S. P. I. No. 36813, 
illustrated by Plate No. 246 of this Bulletin, was 
introduced from New Zealand, by the Department of 
Agriculture, in February, 1905. There have been subse- 
quent introductions, from the Sudan, the Philippines, 
and Australia. Fourteen hundred plants, under the 
above introduction number, were distributed in 1915, 
from the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, near 
Rockville, Md., to experimenters living in Florida, 
California, Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, and Porto Rico. 
The following year reports were recieved on about 700 
of these plants; only 245 of them were then living. 
Nearly all of the plants which were well established 
survived light frosts the first winter, and although 
the tips of the foliage were browned by a temperature 
of 28°F. , the plants soon recovered. The plants did 
equally well on bottom land and upland. In spite of 
the large loss of plants the first year, this species 
gives promise of distinct value for hedge use in the 
southern parts of California and Florida. 
