. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 128 BAMBOO BAMBOO long, %-2 in. broad, smoothish or pubescent: sheaths very persistent : stems arborescent, rigid, simple the first year, branching the second, afterwards fruiting at indefinite periods, and soon after decaying. Banks of the. ;f^ /^ 184. Arundinaria nitida. larger rivers N. C. to Fla., forming c
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 128 BAMBOO BAMBOO long, %-2 in. broad, smoothish or pubescent: sheaths very persistent : stems arborescent, rigid, simple the first year, branching the second, afterwards fruiting at indefinite periods, and soon after decaying. Banks of the. ;f^ /^ 184. Arundinaria nitida. larger rivers N. C. to Fla., forming cane-brakes. —This and the next are the only two species of Bamboos native to the U. S. They are rarely cult, in Calif, and Eu. as ornamentals. 5. A. t6cta, Muhl. (,YRT. siiffruiicdsa, Munro). Small Cane. Switch Cane. Scutch Cane. Height 2-15 ft.: stems slender: Ivs. 33^-8 in. long, 4-12 lines wide, roughish: sheath bearded at the throat. Swamps and moist soil, Md. and S. Ind. southward. 1:233. —Sometimes fruiting several years in suc- cession. CO. Species not native to the U. S. D. Plants relatively hardy. E. Branches home singly in the axils. C. A, Jap6nica, ; Z\iiic.{,Sie\>.). Height G-10 ft.: Ivs. 6-12 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, above smooth and shining, below whitened and finely pubescent : sheaths conspicuous. Jap. M. 1. III. 15:239: 18:185. —The commonest of all hardy Bamboos, and readily distinguished from all other tall kinds by the broader and larger Ivs. and by the broad, persistent sheaths which almost cover the sts. It is especially dis- tinguished from A. Simoni by the bud being a simple flattish scale instead of a complex scaly one, and also by the less amount of waxy bloom on the St. Particularly recommended for cities. EE. Branches borne in dense, semi-vertinillate clusters (which easily distinguishes the Himalayan spe- cies from Phyllostachys). P. Plants soinetimes variegated. 7. A. Slmdni, A. and C. Rivifere (B.
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