Bamboos in English Gardens
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A short illustrated article from Garden and Forest describing bamboos, the giant tropical grasses. It discusses the great bamboo of Penang and the Java Gigantochloa at the Peradeniya garden in Ceylon, their rapid growth, the species and genera and their distribution worldwide, and their many uses for food, building, mats, cordage and paper. It closes with remarks on hardy dwarf bamboos for European and American gardens.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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