. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 86'. graceful habit and with slender stems, usually 6ft. to 12ft. high, but sometimes under, favourable conditions reaching 20ft.; it has a purple stem striped with yellow, and will do well in pots in the greenhouse. Dendrocalamus.âAnother genus comprising several tropical species of very noble habit. Some of them attain enormous sizes, and can only be grown in very large houses. D. giganteus forms forests in India and Malaya. Dendrocalamus require a good soil, stove â ^ . , treatment,
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 86'. graceful habit and with slender stems, usually 6ft. to 12ft. high, but sometimes under, favourable conditions reaching 20ft.; it has a purple stem striped with yellow, and will do well in pots in the greenhouse. Dendrocalamus.âAnother genus comprising several tropical species of very noble habit. Some of them attain enormous sizes, and can only be grown in very large houses. D. giganteus forms forests in India and Malaya. Dendrocalamus require a good soil, stove â ^ . , treatment, and an abundant supply of water during their growing period. Amongst other species which are some- times seen in culti- vation may be mentioned : £>. membra?iacens, D. sikkimensis, and D. strictus. Phyllostachys. â This small genus is only re- presented in culti- vation by a few ornamental Bamboo like plants, with a fairly robust con- stitution. Their culture and pro- pagation is exactly the same as for Bamboos. P. ailrea (Bambusa aured), the Golden Bamboo, is a very beautiful little stove plant (Fig. 576), with rather. Fig. 576.âPhyllostachys aurea. thin stenrs, growing in tufts, of 6ft. to 8ft. high; the leaves are light green when young, but change to a golden colour later. P. bambusoides bears a great similarity to the Bamboos; its unarmed, quite smooth, reed-like culms are 8ft. to 12ft. long; it is highly decorative. P. nigra (Pambusa nigra) is an. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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