the jointed stems of bamboo have perhaps the most numerous uses. The Largest stems supply planks for houses and rafts, while both large and small stems are lashed together to form the scaffoldings used on building-construction sites. The stems are also split up to make buckets and pipes or are used to make furniture, flooring, wlking stick, fishing poles, garden stakes and other utensils. Some species of bamboo are used as ornamentals in landscape gardens.