. Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. / for sale by the Yokohama Nursery Co., Nursery Catalogue. 68 CATALOGUE OF THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY Co., Ltd. (1912).. BAMBOO GKOVE. ilambiisa seiiaiieiisis, (B. borcalis) a very hardy kind and grows every \v^here ovlmi on mountains or open uplands, and resists the greatest ex- treme of cold^ if allowed it spreads right into the deepest recesses and up to the highest summit of mountain. Fully grown stems attain a girth of about I inch with a height of 10 feet or
. Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. / for sale by the Yokohama Nursery Co., Nursery Catalogue. 68 CATALOGUE OF THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY Co., Ltd. (1912).. BAMBOO GKOVE. ilambiisa seiiaiieiisis, (B. borcalis) a very hardy kind and grows every \v^here ovlmi on mountains or open uplands, and resists the greatest ex- treme of cold^ if allowed it spreads right into the deepest recesses and up to the highest summit of mountain. Fully grown stems attain a girth of about I inch with a height of 10 feet or more ; the green stems are sprit and used for making baskets of various shapes, form- ing one of the ])roducts of northern Japan and also very useful for supporting the crumbling earthworks (pot grown)—height: 1^-2 ft.; per 10, $ ; per 100, $ ^Pliyllostsicliys quadraiii^ularis, four-cornered cane, one of rarest kinds suitable for garden planting, its stems are used for walking canes (pot grown)—height: 1^-2 ft.; per 10, $ Piiyllostachys Quilioi, (P. Bambusoides) common giant bamboo, general garden plant, easy growth, and remarkable for its height often 40 feet, with diameter 4-5 inclies—height : 2-3 ft. ; per 10, $ ; per 100, $ Pliyllostachys Quilioi, variegated leaves very ornamental hardy Bamboo growing to a re- markable size, the leaves are very pretty stri])ed—each 50c. ; per 10, $ PliyllostJichys Mitis, (Feathery Bamboo) one of the largest sorts G inches across, 20-40 feet high. Extensively cultivated for various furni- ture works, water pipes, etc., and especially for its young club-shaped sprout, eaten as a vegeta- liei 9 ' ;ht. ft. (Ph}lloHtac"liys Qniliol-) ble, (pot grown)—height $; per 100, $ PliyllOStacliys nigra, black bamboo, best ornamental, max. 30 feot in height, 1-2 inches across, used as cane, umbrella handles, etc. (pot grown) Phyllostachys heteroc^^la, tortoise-shell knotted species, 3 inches across (pot
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