. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IHBRTADIBR-fllllADftPHIA-M- ARDY PERENNIAL PbANTi 195 HARDY BAMBOOS (Bambusa). Mr. Geo. W. Oliver has written the following cultural notes on these plants especially for this book: "All of the Hardy Bamboos grow best where the soil is rich, moist and well-drained. They do not thrive in stiff, hard clay. During the summer months it is advisable to mulch small or newly planted specimens until well established
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IHBRTADIBR-fllllADftPHIA-M- ARDY PERENNIAL PbANTi 195 HARDY BAMBOOS (Bambusa). Mr. Geo. W. Oliver has written the following cultural notes on these plants especially for this book: "All of the Hardy Bamboos grow best where the soil is rich, moist and well-drained. They do not thrive in stiff, hard clay. During the summer months it is advisable to mulch small or newly planted specimens until well established with a mixture of leaves, moss, and manure. Especially is this the case with plants which do not make very rapid progress for a season or two after planting. The mulch should not be removed, but rather added to on the advent of cold weather, and with species which have been untried in any locality they should get protection over the crowns in winter, because, while well-established plants might prove perfectly hardy, those which are in the process of becoming established are more likely to succumb to freezing weather. During the growing period the plants should receive an abundance of water. Bamboos require a sheltered position, that is, a place in which the soft, tender shoots will not be whipped about by the wind. They stand out most strikingly with a background of almost any of our native trees, with the possible exception of the willow, the leaves of which, to a certain extent, are too much similar in outline to give a striking contrast. Nothing is more effective than clumps of Bamboos on the borders of ponds, lakes or the banks of streams, especially where there is rising land ; A urea. A distinct and beautiful species; grows 15 to 20 feci high, with straight yellowish stems and light green foliage $ each. Large specimens, 6 to 7 feet high, $ each. Henonis. A graceful species, with shiny green foliage of dense growth, and much branched yellowish-green
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