. 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. 1S6. Phi'llostachj-s nicra. glaucous beneath : leaf-sheaths a peculiar feature, be- ing pinkish brown, deeplv mottled with purple spots. Cult. S. s>nd in Cj> cc. irs. not spotttil Witt ftrowM. p. Habit siiqMtty sigsag. 30. P. Hendnis, Mitfor<l(B. ZTi-Hi^Mi*. Hort,K Height 6-15 ft.: stems arch
. 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. 1S6. Phi'llostachj-s nicra. glaucous beneath : leaf-sheaths a peculiar feature, be- ing pinkish brown, deeplv mottled with purple spots. Cult. S. s>nd in Cj> cc. irs. not spotttil Witt ftrowM. p. Habit siiqMtty sigsag. 30. P. Hendnis, Mitfor<l(B. ZTi-Hi^Mi*. Hort,K Height 6-15 ft.: stems arched : Ivs. 2-3 in. long, a little under Sin. broad, narrowed below the middle to the base and lon,e attenuate at the apex, bright green: sheaths decid- uous, yellowish, inclined to purplish: intemodes 5-p. JTiibit stroHgli/ sigsag. 31. P. viridi-glanc^scens. A. and C. RiviJre (B. viridi- glaHt/fffus, Carr.». Height 10-lS ft.: stems slender, ligxag. arched, bright green at first, fading as they ripen to a dingy yellow : Ivs. 3—t in. long, about Sin. wide or little more, bright green above, whitened below. China, tin. 7. p. 279. a.(.\ lU. 15:433 : name is unfortunate because not distinctive, as .-Ul Bamboos have green Ivs. with more or less whitened lower surfaces. Very hardy and common. 32. P, bamhnsoides, Sieb, Jc Zucc. Height about 5 ft. in the second year : stems zigiag, green at first, ripen- ing to yellow, the branch-bearing side flattened rather than grooved, as in other species of Phyllostachys : in- temodes long in proportion to length of stem, sometimes S in.: branches in 3's, the longest at the middle of the St., and only about 9 in.: Ivs. of various sizes, the largest S in. long. IVi in. wide, edges serrate, sharply on one side. Jap.—Cult, bv Dr. Franceschi, Santa Bar- bara, Calif, BB. ITdght S ft. or less: habit :igiag. Xi. P, ruscifilia, Hort, Kew, (P. Ktimnsdea, Munro, P. Kiimiisiisti. Mitford. B. ruscifilio, !>ieb. B. vimi- Hchiu China. Adv. by
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