What we commonly know os Pothos is really a Scin- 
dapsus. Here is the true Pothos Scandens creeping 
up the buttressed roots of a giant Ficus Elastica 
tree at Henaratgoda, Ceylon, 
The giant Bamboo thrives in the tropical climate of 
Ceylon. Stems are a foot thick and grow to 100 feet 
in height. Employed widely for building purposes, 
they are also cut into sections for use as flower pots. 
The young shoots come up so irresistibly that it used 
to be the custom to tie prisoners to the ground in 
bamboo-groves until the young sprouts pushed up 
through their bodies. 
A northern grower begins to question his ability 
when he sees such beauties as these Maranta Zebri- 
na and Alocasia Thibautiana growing happily with- 
out much care in bamboo pots at Peradeniya, 
Ceylon. At home they can barely be coaxed to 
stay alive. 
Ceylon is a happy island because it has everything. 
A house can't cost much when it can be built of 
bamboo and palm leaves. This Singhalese woman is 
making" the walls for a home by folding a leaf of 
the coconut palm and weaving it together. 
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