In spite of Madhya Pradesh being full of patches having saal tree I never found any saal plantation in the State. The Foresters say that the viability of seeds is very short, and silviculture of the tree is a difficult proposition. Instead the forest Dept in MP has gone for the easiest; teak plantation which is so easy to grow in the nurseries, and because of its extremely rough leaves, it is not browsable. I dont know the latest. Probably Sri Nayan Singh may enlighten. It would be interesting to know how this plantation in shantiniketan has been done. Tissue culture? Whatever it is, it would be worth emulating. ak
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:35 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice catch Shantanu Da > tanay > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:04 PM, ajinkya gadave > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> beautiful >> also send this pic to garden department of PUNE city.they need project >> like this >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:53 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Shantanu ji nice photo of Sal trees. >>> Thanks for sharing >>> Mani >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> i visited Shantiniketan- famous for Rabindranath Tagore in April 2010. >>>> I found vast stretches of arid areas where the Forest Dept. of West >>>> Bengal have planted Sal trees (Shorea robusta) thereby increasing the >>>> scenic >>>> beauty of the otherwise dull areas. >>>> regards >>>> Shantanu. >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > 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 > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (Two new blogs have been added on 3 August '10.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
