Thanks for sharing precious memories Dr. Chadwell. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 3:44 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 10 December 2016 at 03:33 > Subject: Botanizing in Kashmir Part III > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Not as adventurous this time but very cold on Nichinai Pass in the > autumn en route to Vishensar Lake > from Sonamarg then on to near Mt. Harmukh and Ganderbal. > > Despite the temperature being well below zero, my British companion came > out of his tent > in shorts, first thing in the morning. I by comparison, had a number of > layers on! > > 1. Trekking route to Nichinai Pass from Sonamarg > > 2. Androsace mucronifolia growing on a boulder above Nichiani Pass > > 3. Near Nichinai Pass with Primula rosea & Caltha palustris > > 4. Chris Chadwell camped on the Nichinai Pass below hanging glaciers - > home to abundant Primula reptans & Saxifraga jacquemontiana > > 5. Chris Chadwell camped on the Nichinai Pass below hanging glaciers - > home to abundant Primula reptans & Saxifraga jacquemontiana > > 6. Chris Chadwell's colleague striding off from Nichinai Pass towards > Vishensar in hail storm - our companion, a gardener from Srinagar, employed > by P.Kohli & Co. was not happy, saying he thought he was going to "die of > cold". His employers thought he could learn more about plants accompanying > me on a trek but he was not cut out for the mountains fortunately, my > guide, interpreter, cook and by then, friend, Ghulam Rasool Beigh most > certainly was > > 7. Primula reptans, common in Kashmir incl. on Nichinai Pass > > 8. Saxifraga jacquemontiana, common in Kashmir incl. Nichinai Pass (Oleg > Polunin) > > 9. Saxifraga jacquemontiana (at he fruiting stage) common in Kashmir incl. > Nichinai (Oleg Polunin) > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
