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The Postcard
A postally unused postcard published by John & Co. of Ceylon. Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
The card has a divided back.
The back of the card has been hand-stamped with the following name:
'The Jones Library Inc.,
Amherst,
Massachusetts'.
Sri Lanka (antiguamente Ceilán) es una nación insular al sur de la India, en el océano Índico. Sus diversos paisajes varían desde el bosque pluvial y las llanuras áridas hasta las mesetas y las playas de arena. Es famosa por sus antiguas ruinas budistas, incluida la ciudadela de Sigiriya del siglo V, con su palacio y sus frescos. La ciudad de Anuradhapura, la antigua capital de Sri Lanka, tiene muchas ruinas de más de 2,000 años de antigüedad.
Plâté began life when the young couple A.W.A and Clara Plâté, travelled to Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) over a century ago, in 1890. Enthralled by the friendly locals, scenic landscapes and endless beauty of the island, the couple decided to pursue a career in photography in Sri Lanka. With further help from their relatives - the Heinemann’s, Plâté expanded at a gradual pace over the years venturing into other areas of business.
This postcard is circa 1960
Light Ceylon sapphire with two diamonds and two tiny ones on the sides of the central collet as well.
Shot in Thattekad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger, is a relatively small frogmouth. The frogmouths are a group of tropical nocturnal birds related to the nightjars.
This species is found only in the Western Ghats in southwest India and Sri Lanka. Its habitat is dense tropical forest. A single white egg is laid in the fork of a tree and incubated by the female at night and the male in the day.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth is about 23 cm long. It looks large-headed, and has a large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape. The female is rufous, lightly spotted with white. The male is grey and more heavily spotted.
Like other frogmouths, this species rests upright on branches during the day, camouflaged by its cryptic plumage and appearing like a broken branch. At night, it hunts insects with its large gape. The flight appears weak and fluttery, but they are capable of flying quietly under the forest canopy.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth is best located at night by its song, which is a loud descending cackly and frog-like series of Klock-klock-klock-klock-klock calls. It has a the quality of sound produced by rattling pebbles. This is the call of the male and it is often answered by the female whose call is low long harsh Krrshhhh.
growing outdoors in Northern California! This is the first time I've had this variety bloom, will be interesting to see how it tastes! this plant gets blasting full sun from sun up all the way to sunset! It's been a relatively cold spring and summer up here, but a few heat waves and many luke warm days keep these plants growing. Took 2 years from planting to first flower.
The Ceylon Woodshrike is a nondescript, sparrow sized bird of mostly grey plumage. The male has a dark mask across the eye. A prominent feature which stands out in this drab plumage is a white rump bordered below with black upper tail coverts. The female is browner with a less prominent mask. The Wood Shrike is a common bird in the low country dry zone and ascends the hills to about 1200 metres especially on the dryer, eastern side. It is scarce and local in the wet zone.
RIUM, WP, Malaysia.
Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle. Poaceae. CN: [Malay - Serai wangi, Ceylon citronella, Citronella, Giant turpentine grass, Nard grass, New citronella grass, Oleum Siree, Lenabatu. Native obscure; claimed from tropical Africa and tropical Asia. Herbaceous perennial; leaves with tufts of narrow leaf reaching up to ca 2 m height. The panicles are narrow, 115.3 cm long. Widely cultivated for its essential oil, principally citronellal, geraniol, citronellol and generically referred as citronella oil. Uses include for perfumery, insecticides and many others including in folk medicines. The leaves are used by natives to prepare decoction and poultices for aromatherapy and post-natal treatments.
Synonym(s):
Andropogon confertiflorus Steud.
Andropogon nardus L.
Andropogon nardus var. validus Stapf
Cymbopogon afronardus Stapf
Cymbopogon confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf
Cymbopogon nardus var. confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf ex Bor
Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Burtt Davy
and many more; see The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-406227
Ref and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-406227
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12810
www.floridata.com/ref/c/cymb_nar.cfm
neyberltda.com/productos/aceiteesencial/eng/I._ACEITE_ESE...
beneforce.com/informationfaq/herbal-medicines/citronella.htm
Auburn University football fans can meet, play with and take photos of real tiger cubs Friday, Sept. 14, at The Hotel at Auburn University. From 3-6 p.m., Auburn supporters can play and pose with Fatima and Ceylon, two 11-week-old tiger cubs from the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. More... wireeagle.auburn.edu/news/4561
Photo courtesy of the Hotel at Auburn University
"The Ceylon Covered Bridge is located in Congressional Township 25 North, Sections 21 & 16, and Range 14 East two miles northeast of Geneva on County Road West 950 South, Adams County (latitude: 40°36'51.36"N; longitude 84°56'34.42"W). Originally crossing the Wabash River, over time the river shifted leaving the structure straddling a back channel. Of the 23 known covered bridges to have once traversed this important river this is the last still standing."
Reliable producer here in Northern California, but the tall pseudostems always need propping and will snap in wind storms.
I had the main growth point snap off of one p-stem, and a bunch of bananas formed. it had zero leaves, but 2 pups emerged. Surprisingly, the pups "fed" the developing bananas and they made it to maturity!
Flavor of pisang ceylong is outstanding, but they really need to start getting black spots on the peel before they're really sweet.