Hi all, I feel that Indian Trees and shrubs etc, are a much unknown kind and this post gave me an opportunity to explore a very fascinating slice of history-of how trees, shrubs etc. were actively used to and were an instrument of colonisation and of establishing an empire! I am glad that this forum enables the discovery of different facets of our plant life-botanical, and the cultural, as well as political. Janaki Turaga
On 2/16/09, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hedges are mostly constructed using tree spp. In this case, the link > mentions Indian Plum. Keeping in mind that the post dealt with heritage > trees, I had posted here. Apologies if you fel that this is spam. > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Fascinating! But I wonder whether it has any relation with Indian >> Trees, particularly tree pics. >> >> On Feb 15, 8:04 pm, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks for posting this. >> > The original book by Sleeman is available at: >> > >> > http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15483 >> > Janaki Turaga >> > >> >> > On 2/15/09, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > In the years before the Mutiny, the British constructed a hedge, a >> very >> > > large and long hedge, halfway across India for the mundane reason of >> > > preventing salt smuggling. John Company, it seems, also fattened >> itself by >> > > making poor labourers pay two months wages for a year's supply of >> salt. This >> > > hedge was manned and guarded like the Maginot line. An Englishman, >> read >> > > about it in Henry Sleeman's ''*Rambles and Recollections of an Indian >> > > Official* '', came to India and found it.... >> > >> > >http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/taxmans-hedge/ >> > >> > > Enjoy... >> > >> > > Ashwin >> > >> > > -- >> > > Warm regards, >> > >> > > Ashwin Baindur >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > Col Ashwin Baindur >> > > OIC Corps Archive & Museum, >> > > CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 >> > > ------------------------------------------- >> > > Tel:020-27147976 (R), Mob :09923454462 >> >> > > Alternate >> > > email:[email protected]<email%[email protected]> >> <email%[email protected] <email%[email protected]>> >> > > Blog:http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/ >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > ''We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.'' >> > >> > > - Quarry worker's creed >> >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> > > > > -- > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Col Ashwin Baindur > OIC Corps Archive & Museum, > CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 > ------------------------------------------- > Tel:020-27147976 (R), Mob :09923454462 > Alternate email:[email protected]<email%[email protected]> > Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ''We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.'' > > - Quarry worker's creed > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
