. 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 long, %-2 in. broad, smoothish or pubescent: sheaths very persistent: stems arborescent, rigid, simple the first year, branchinfr the second, afterwards fruitiiiK at indefinite periods, andsoonafterdecaying. Banksof the. m I larger rivers N. C. to Fla., forming and the next are the
. 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 long, %-2 in. broad, smoothish or pubescent: sheaths very persistent: stems arborescent, rigid, simple the first year, branchinfr the second, afterwards fruitiiiK at indefinite periods, andsoonafterdecaying. Banksof the. m I larger rivers N. C. to Fla., forming and the next are the only two species of Bamboos native to the U. S. They are rarely cult, in Calif, and Eu. as 5. A. tfecta, Muhl. (^rma, var. suffntticbsa, Muriro). Small Cane. Switch Cane. Scutch Cane. Height 2-15 ft.: stems slender: Ivs. 3}^-8 in. long, 4-12 lines wide, roughish: sheath bearded at the throat. and moist soil, Md. and S. Ind. southward. 1:233. âSometimes fruiting several years in suc- cc. Species not native to the U. S. D. Plants relatively hardy. E. Branches home singly in the axils. 6. ,;Zucc.(,Sieb.). Height C-10 ft.: Ivs. G-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 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 scale instead of a complex scaly one, and also by the less amount of waxy bloom on the st. Particularly recommended for cities. BAMBOO EE. Branches borne in dense, semi-verticillate clusters I which easily distinguishes the Himalayan spe- cies from Phyllostachys). F. Plants sometimes variegated. 7. A. Simbni, A. and C. Riviere (B. Simoni, Carr. B. riridi-striala, Hort. A. and B. JVarihha, Hort.).
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