Where has Bottle brush come from? The flowers in the AT picture are NOT Bottle-brush flowers. They are not even close :-).
At 7:22 PM +0530 4/1/08, mc mahant wrote: >"Bottle Brush" is close to the Weeping Willows which interfered >with my Punting(kind of push barging) along Cambridge University's >Cam (river) which was/is about 20' wide and 5' deep-- but to some- a >Romantic name and Tourist attraction in England. >mm> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Date: Tue, >1 Apr 2008 19:13:06 +0530> Subject: Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz: >Chutiya Xalika> > > Flowers of "Bottle Brush"- a decorative bush >introduced into Assam Around 1950-- not from Indian Subcontinent.We >have a big "Bottle Brush" bush at the entrance to our ancestral home >at Namti. I remember bringing that sapling+Mahogany ones from a >Banamahotsav at Sivsagar in 1980> mm> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:41:26 >-0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: >Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz: Chutiya Xalika> > Looks like the >bird's genus and name are now known. I am not too sure if the flower >has been identified quite definitely yet. I do remember seeing >flowers like in the photo that we used to call Modar. Aren't there >different varieties of Modar?> Dilip> >==========================================================> > Chan >Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Thanks Bikash for reminding >us of the Sutiya Xaalika name. Back at > Namti we called it that as >well--completely forgot about it.> > > > > > > > > > > At 3:15 AM >+0100 3/30/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote:> >Haaa... Dada This is >known in Darrang and Kamrup as CHUTIYA SHALIKA > >/XALIKA ( Chutiya >Shalka).They are the direct version of original > >Indian Mynah all >because they call talk like you and me. I had one > >before leaving >for Military.She used to talk and if I run will fly > >behind me and >sit on my shoulders... now when I saw this- I only > >tear for >her..She was with us for long and will sit in front of us > >always >like a part of family and look at us.Here also I tried to > >keep >one, but died due to some food poison.Its too painful to >miss > >them.So no more birds to sit on my shoulders..> > This bird >is very humanly and available in Bangalore also.But > >here people >are not like we Axomiya !! Forget about bird, they dnt > >know the >next home.> > Hope al doubt is clear now-> > Bikash> >> >Chan >Mahanta wrote:excellent Chitta! And > >thanks for sharing the >autherntic Oxomiya> >name, Kath Xaalika.Incidentally the widespread >, lowly Xaalika Sorai > >is a Mynah too. It is called Common Indian >Mynah.> >> >> >> > > >---------------------------------> > Why >delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click >away.> >_______________________________________________> >assam >mailing >list> >assam@assamnet.org> >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > >_______________________________________________> assam mailing list> >assam@assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > >_______________________________________________> assam mailing list> >assam@assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >_________________________________________________________________> >Education: Are exams worrying you all the day long? Write to MSN >education experts for help.> http://education.in.msn.com/> >_______________________________________________> assam mailing list> >assam@assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >_________________________________________________________________ >Technology : Catch up on updates on the latest Gadgets, Reviews, >Gaming and Tips to use technology etc. >http://computing.in.msn.com/ >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
