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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . hat is often sold under this name. aa. Color of stems yelloteish, or striped yelloic. 25. P. mltis, A. and C. Rivifere {B. mltis, Hort., notPoir.). Height 15-20 or more ft.: stems arched, yellow-ish ; internodes at the base not short: leaf charactersidentical with P.
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . hat is often sold under this name. aa. Color of stems yelloteish, or striped yelloic. 25. P. mltis, A. and C. Rivifere {B. mltis, Hort., notPoir.). Height 15-20 or more ft.: stems arched, yellow-ish ; internodes at the base not short: leaf charactersidentical with P. aurea, with which it is closely Gn. 17, p. 44. —The tallest of all Bamboos, but,unfortunately, not one of the hardiest. 26. P. Castilldnis, Hort. (B. CastilUnis, Hort.).Unique in the genus for having both sts. and lvs. varie-gated. Height 6-20 ft.: sts. 1 in. or more thick, muchzigzagged, bright yellow, with a double groove of green:lvs. sparingly striped yellowish white, 7 in. long, \% , serrated on both margins : leaf-sheath topped bya whorl of dark brown or purple hairs. Jap. —Cult, byDr. Pranceschi. Santa Barbara, Calif. 27. B. stritlta, Lodd. Height 4-5 ft.: stems stripedyellow and green, as thick as the thumb ; internodes 4-6in. long: Ivs. 6-8 in. long, ?i-l in. broad. EE. Lvs. shorter, S-6 in. (Here might be soughtA. pumila, No. 2.) 21. B. pygmsea, Miq. Height ^-1 ft.: stems very slender, much branched : lvs. 3—t in. long, abo it X in wideserrate, pubescent, bright green above glaucous andpubescent beneath. Jap. —The smallest of Bamboos andremarkably hardy. It is especially valuable for makinga thick carpet in wild places, but its rampant growthmakes it a nuisance in a border. The sts. are purple :the nodes prominent, and furnished with a waxy, glau-cous band round the base. 22. A. httmilis, Mitford (A. Fdrtunei, var. vXridis,9 171Si* *^
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