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leaves. The greatest stem is 20 fts. high, having a circumference
of 5-6 inches. That with a black-spotted stem is called Gomatake,
and that with a black stem Kuro-chiku. It is used to make
sticks, handles of several articles, tables, book stands, and other
various kinds of furnitures.
594. Bambusa senanensis, Fr. et Sav. y
Jap. Sudsutake
; a bamboo growing wild in mountains, attaining to a height
of 5-6 fts., with broad pointed leaves 5-7 inches long. The stem
is slender, but strong, being used to make baskets and mats by
splitting.
It sometimes yields fruits which are used as food.
594. b. Bambusa, Jap. Nemagari-take, Magari-take, Jintake
; a bamboo growing in northern provinces. It resembles the
preceding in form and quality, its stem being bent near the roots.
595. Bambusa Chino, Fr. et Sav., Jap. Hakone-dake,
No-dake ; a celebrated bamboo of Hakone mountains in Province
Sagami. It grows to a height of about 10 fts. It is used for
making hedges and also to make Japanese pipes, brush handles,
fans, baskets, ropes etc.
Note. Though the timbers and bamboos above mentioned
are principally used for buildings, furnitures, or fuel, yet some of
them yield edible fruits, some are employed
for various other
purposes, as paper-making, fastening, etc., and some are also
planted as ornaments in gardens and avenues. Generally speaking,
if we refer to the uses of woods, there is no plant whatever that
has not a certain use. Even a small shrub and a tiny bamboo
may be used as handles of various articles, sticks, whips, etc.
There are also many other plants which stems are used as woods ;
for examples Pyrus ussuriensis (189), Zizyphus vulgaris (188),
Photinia japonica (192), and Juglans sieboldiana (219) in the
chapter of fruit trees ; Camellia japonica, Elasococca condata (813),
Khus succedanea (320), and Rhus vernicifera (321) in the chapter
of oil and wax plants ; Charnyerops excelsa (711), Rhapis flabelliformis
(712), and Bamboos in the chapter of evergreen gardentrees
and shrubs. The various trees found in southern islands arc
omitted here.