. 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. BAMBOO in others the Ivs. fall from the culms before the fls. appear, or the inflorescence is produced on leafless, radi- cal stems. Fruotiflcation does not exhaust the vitality of some species ; but others, on the other hand, perish even to the portions underground, leaving their places to be filled by their s
. 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. BAMBOO in others the Ivs. fall from the culms before the fls. appear, or the inflorescence is produced on leafless, radi- cal stems. Fruotiflcation does not exhaust the vitality of some species ; but others, on the other hand, perish even to the portions underground, leaving their places to be filled by their seedling offspring. Owing largely to the difficulty in obtaining flowering specimens, the systematic arrangement ornomenclatureof the Bamboo is in a sad plight. As it is sometimes even impossible to accurately determine the genus without fls., the correct positions of some forms are not known. Four subtribes of Bambusesa are regarded by Hackel, namely: 3; palea 2-keeled : fr. with the seed grown fast to the seed-wall. To this belongs Arundinaria. MJubambusem. —Stamens 6 : fr. with the seed fused to a delicate seed-wall. Bambusa is the only garden genus. Deiidrocalameee. —Stamens 6 (rarely more): palea 2-keeled : fr. a nut or berry. Here belongs Dendrocalamus. JlfeJoca«nece. —Characters of last, but palea not keeled. Melocanna is an example. The genera Arundinaria, Bambusa and Phyllostachys contain the most important species in cultivation, some of which are briefly described below. Roughly, the species of Arundinaria may be separated from Phyllo- stachys by the persistent sheaths and cylindrical stems. In Phyllostachys the sheaths are early deciduous, and the internodes, at least those above the base, are flat- tened on one side. Arundina- ria and Bambusa cannot be separated by horticultural characters. It is probable that many of. the forms now classed as species of Bam- busa will eventually be found to belong to Arundinaria. Extended information i-
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