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Distributed as Tilia species- Bremen, Germany 
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Malvaceae week: Linde (Tilia) from Knoops Park in Bremen (google.com) 
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On Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 3:35:26 PM UTC+5:30 Ushadi wrote:

> no no feel like writing..? do so..
> i'll come back when repairs are done!!!
> Usha di
> =
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> hummmmmmm
>> so end of thread
>> Madhuri
>>
>> --- On *Sun, 11/9/11, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:81231] Re: Malvaceae week: Linde (Tilia) from 
>> KnoopsPark in Bremen
>>
>> To: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <
>> [email protected]>
>> Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 3:23 PM
>>
>>
>> dear all:
>> my fan overhead had has just died...
>> was doing my math homework... need to stop.. too hot...
>> but could not resist one last look at in box...
>>
>> so here goes....
>>
>> Lime tree.. because the flowers have a citrus-y smell and are lime 
>> yellow, get it ...
>> colloquial names are funny...
>> had  nothing to do with binomials... 
>> but they preceded the binomials by hundreds years,  sometimes millenia...
>> hence are here to stay...
>>
>> usha di
>>
>> -----
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> In bracket it was given where it is said that niel had that plant on his 
>> home farm.
>> But anyway doubt clear.
>> Madhuri
>>
>> --- On *Sun, 11/9/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:81223] Re: Malvaceae week: Linde (Tilia) from 
>> KnoopsPark in Bremen
>> To: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>, "Ushadi 
>> micromini" <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 2:16 PM
>>
>>
>> Madhuri ji
>>
>> I could not locate lime in the link. But any how Lime tree is also used 
>> for Tilia, the Linden tree. Other names used are basswood tree.
>> It is the duplicity of common names that led to more complex Scientific 
>> names. We may have several common names even in the same language for a 
>> single species, and we may have same common name (e.g lime above) for more 
>> than one species. I frequently give my students the example of Safeda, 
>> which in Delhi is Eucalyptus and in Kashmir oit is Populus.
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanx di for the link.
>> Ya it is inteesting. Could not read the whole link as it is pretty big. 
>> But the history of name is interesting.
>> So actually his fate was predecided that he is going to be a plant lover 
>> and Taxonomist.
>> Ya i enjoyed.
>> But now my question this lind plant in the link is written lime plant 
>> that is a variety of citrus! Am i right? So from where it has come in 
>> Malvaceae?
>> Madhuri
>>
>> --- On Sun, 11/9/11, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > Subject: [efloraofindia:81164] Re: Malvaceae week: Linde (Tilia) from 
>> KnoopsPark in Bremen
>> > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 9:44 AM
>> > madhuri ji
>> >
>> > very interesting history of linneaus's father chaning...
>> > making up a
>> > surname for himself before carl was born...
>> > read it here...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus
>> >
>> > enjoy
>> > ushadi
>> > -
>> >
>> > On Sep 11, 8:39 am, [email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Oh! Great.
>> > > Till now had heard about trees getting names from
>> > scientists who I'd them, or place where they are found.
>> > Hearing first time scientist getting name from plant.
>> > > Though it is common in common people like in Marathi
>> > Aboli, Jai, Jui and so on.
>> > > But a scientist that to a geneus or father  of
>> > Taxonomy getting a name. But why so?
>> > > Madhuri
>> > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > >
>> > > Sender: [email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>
>> > > Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:21:28
>> > > To: efloraofindia<[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > > Subject: [efloraofindia:81145] Re: Malvaceae week:
>> > Linde (Tilia) from Knoops
>> > >  Park in Bremen
>> > >
>> > > On Sep 11, 7:26 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > wrote:
>> > > > Our famous naturalist Carolus Linnaeus got his
>> > name from Linden tree (his
>> > > > earler name Linne)
>> > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>> > >
>> > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Na Bha <[email protected] 
>> <http://mc/[email protected]>>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > > Linde (Tilia) Tilioideae within the family
>> > Malvaceae.
>> > > > > Fotos taken on 15.6.2011 in Knoops Park in
>> > Bremen. The tree is 10 meter (or
>> > > > > higher?)
>> > >
>> > > > > The flowers have a very pleasent fragrance
>> > and attracts not only human
>> > > > > beings but many insects.
>> > > > > Wood is soft and is used in carving, used in
>> > churches especially for
>> > > > > Altars, for making furniture or veneers.
>> > >
>> > > > > Flowers attract honeybees and the goldcolor
>> > honey has typical flavour of
>> > > > > Linde. Dried flowers are used to prepare tea
>> > which is good against cold.
>> > >
>> > > > > Linden-tea with a little bit of lindenhoney,
>> > a good book to read, in a
>> > > > > rocking chair near the fireplace, listening
>> > to the crackling of the fire.
>> > > > > Winter can come.
>> > >
>> > > > > In former days there used to be at least one
>> > Linde in every village. The
>> > > > > village court was held under the lindentree,
>> > so the tree was called
>> > > > > court-tree. After an epidemy or a war a
>> > peace-linde was planted. In one of
>> > > > > the tree-walks I learnt that many existing
>> > lindentrees in our area were
>> > > > > planted to commemorate the german-french war
>> > in 1870/71.
>> > > > > In Schluttenbach in Southgermany there is
>> > one linde supposed to be more
>> > > > > than 1000 years old.
>> > >
>> > > > > Linde is a very popular avenue tree. and the
>> > road is typically called
>> > > > > "unter den Linden" (under the lindentrees)
>> > More or less in every city or
>> > > > > village there is one "unter den Linden".
>> > Lindenallee, atleast a drugstore
>> > > > > "linden apotheke".
>> > > > > One of the very famous "unter den Linden" is
>> > in Berlin. Festivals,
>> > > > > Demonstrations, Talks by politicians, public
>> > viewing Football, everything
>> > > > > takes place "unter den Linden"
>> > > > > Berlin-portal says:
>> > > > > "Unter den Linden is the oldest shopping
>> > street of the city and stretches
>> > > > > from the Brandenburg Gate to the castle
>> > bridge. The first trees were planted
>> > > > > in 1647 on order of the Elector Friedrich
>> > Wilhelm."
>> > >
>> > > > > One finds many stories and poems dedicated
>> > to Linde. One very famous
>> > > > > volksong is "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore, da
>> > steht ein Lindenbaum" and more or
>> > > > > less everyone can sing it.
>> > >
>> > > > > Regards
>> > > > > Nalini
>> >
>>
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