Bamboos

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Excerpt from Bamboos: Their Culture and Uses in the United StatesIlong before the department inaugurated its systematic work on agricultural explorations, bamboos were being brought into the country in various ways. These unusual and often strikingly beauti ful plants naturally attracted the attention of travelers, who found they could be lifted in clumps and kept alive for several weeks. Isolated plantings were thus early established along our southern seacoasts, and some of these have developed in a very striking manner. An interesting case in point is the grove on the Ogeechee Road, 14: miles south of Savannah, Ga. This grove is now more than 30 years old, covers an area of something over an acre, and many of the plants are 50 to 60 feet in height.Mr. Lathrop's continued interest in the bamboo is shown by the fact that when this remarkable planting of oriental bamboos was called to his attention he purchased it, together with 40 acres of surrounding land, and deeded the property to the Government for plant-introduction work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.