Nice catch these plant are grown over the garden gates over the arches hence I think is the name !! Tanay
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Kiran ji > Not heard about this one but Viola tricolor the common pansy many > intriguing names: > > > http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:p75yE-T2wCoJ:www.plantlives.com/docs/V/Viola_tricolor.pdf+meet-her-in-the-buttery-kiss-her-in-the-pantry&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShs6-wKMHYU7Vh9GCBtwfC89lm4vaagfcovfepdc6apj5CJ97EalUVXxaEaBE64VCR-RYWbytGhee8NDR_k3dMCQJC9ukSdtX2ZTLM3oKJcCmRmR8KOwfT03yDq829v_-iWl5BD&sig=AHIEtbQEG2yoioaTj7u0eL-YeGFSflIZ0A > > There are many many more. May be some young energetic member can compile > such a list. > <http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:p75yE-T2wCoJ:www.plantlives.com/docs/V/Viola_tricolor.pdf+meet-her-in-the-buttery-kiss-her-in-the-pantry&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShs6-wKMHYU7Vh9GCBtwfC89lm4vaagfcovfepdc6apj5CJ97EalUVXxaEaBE64VCR-RYWbytGhee8NDR_k3dMCQJC9ukSdtX2ZTLM3oKJcCmRmR8KOwfT03yDq829v_-iWl5BD&sig=AHIEtbQEG2yoioaTj7u0eL-YeGFSflIZ0A> > -- > > 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 Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:27 PM, kiran srivastava <srivastava.jo@ > gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hmm! 'Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate' is intriguing. Somewhere in Kashmir >> there must be another plant called, >> 'I'll-kick-your-butt-across-the-field'...if the father was watching from one >> of the windows. >> >> Cheers, >> Kiran Srivastava >> Mumbai >> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach (syn: Polygonum orientale L.), growing >>> in moist areas, sometimes grown as ornamental. Photographed from Hazuribagh >>> garden in Srinagar on June 16, 2010. >>> >>> Common names >>> English: Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Prince's-feather, P >>> rincess-feather >>> Chinese: Hong liao >>> French: Renouée orientale >>> Beng: Bara pani mirch >>> >>> Eaten as pot-herb; used as tonic and vulnerary. Concentrated infusion >>> poisonous to fish. Nuts used for tubercular swellings and flatulence. >>> * >>> * >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
