. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 862 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. JB. ariindifiacea is the well-known old Bamboo of India, one of the earliest species introduced. It has a stout stem, 50ft. to 60ft. high, bearing large bright green leaves. The whole plant presents a very graceful and feathery appearance. In Southern latitudes it can be utilised for sub-tropical gardening, but under our climate it is preferable to give it stove treatment. B. nana {B. glauca^ B. viridis-glaucescens, and. Fig. 575.—Bambusa nana. B. epacrifolia) is a fine, strong-growing plan


. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 862 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. JB. ariindifiacea is the well-known old Bamboo of India, one of the earliest species introduced. It has a stout stem, 50ft. to 60ft. high, bearing large bright green leaves. The whole plant presents a very graceful and feathery appearance. In Southern latitudes it can be utilised for sub-tropical gardening, but under our climate it is preferable to give it stove treatment. B. nana {B. glauca^ B. viridis-glaucescens, and. Fig. 575.—Bambusa nana. B. epacrifolia) is a fine, strong-growing plant (Fig. 575), 6ft. to 8ft. high, with beautiful glaucous-green leaves ; it succeeds very well under stove treatment, but will also do very well in the con- servatory. B. vulgaris {B. striata) is another beautiful species of. 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, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons


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