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