STOVE, OR TROPICAL HOUSE VINES’ 163 
best managed if planted in a big pot or tub and 
stood in a corner of the house; it will then crawl 
up the side walls to the height of thirty feet; but 
it is very easily knocked loose. 
The ceriman bears a peculiar, odd-looking, 
edible fruit, with the flavour of a mixture of 
pineapple and banana. It reminds one of a pine 
cone at first glance, but is covered with small, 
flat, six-sided scales, or plates. When the cone is 
ripe, these are easily removed, exposing the 
whitish, soft flesh. 
Of interest to the plant student, and grown in 
the same way, is the shingle plant (Monstera 
acuminata) which in the young state has small 
leaves and is suitable for training on the rafters 
in the stove house. When the plant attains 
considerable size, it develops the enormous per- 
forated leaves of the genus. 
