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| 35 |
The Memorial Well, Cawnpore |
| 36 |
[Gyan Bepte, or Well of Knowledge, Benares] |
| 37 |
[Sensation Rock, Colombo-Kandy Railway] |
| 38 |
[The car of Juggernaut] |
| 39 |
Suttee Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore |
| 40 |
[Giant bamboos at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens] |
| 41 |
Giant bamboos [Peradeniya Botanical Gardens] |
| 42 |
Skinner's Road, Colombo |
| 43 |
Kandy |
| 44 |
Buddhist temple, Kandy |
| 45 |
Fishing canoe (catamaran), Ceylon |
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India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore
| Title |
[Giant bamboos at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens] |
| Reference |
Y3022U/40 |
| Creator |
W L H Skeen and Co |
| Covering Dates |
1880–1889 (The date is approximate.) |
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| Content and context |
266 x 216 mm. Showing a huge clump of Dendrocalamus giganteus growing on the bank of the Mahawalia Ganga in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. A figure is posed at the base as an indication of scale. The largest of the bamboo family and attaining a height of 100-120 feet, this species is a native of Burma and was introduced into the gardens in 1858. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Sri Lanka |
| No further on-line information. |
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