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Cambridge 1966, Harvard Univ.Half tan cloth spine over brown cloth covers, very good,347p., glossary, bibliography, index & 93 b.w. photos and illustrations, figures in dust jacket. The first part of this book describes the plant's component parts, its vegetative and reproductive states, and its role as a memeber of different genera and species. The author shows how to look at a bamboo and how to think about a bam- boo, and suggests the challenging and rewarding adventure that awaits the perceptive investigator. The book continues with a systematic treatment of 7 important species, each from a different genus, and a thorough discussion of propa- gation methods. Also describes the flowering & fruiting be- havior of some thirty different species, as a basis for classification, and concludes with a discussion of bamboos from the point of view of taxonomy. Detailed, a must for the bamboo collector & enthusiast. A scholarly Harvard work. Now out-of-print, and considered quite S C A R C E.
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