Dear Nalini: nice to know.... sometimes aphids are a big menace .... don't like to crush them as some books suggest, may be spraying with soapy water works, but if tobacco water can get them to scurry away that would be nice... may be they 'll go elsewhere away from my small balcony forest... I'll definitely try this ... Usha di .
On Apr 22, 3:34 pm, "Na Bha" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the flowers are beautiful and water boiled with tobaco leaves, is used > to get rid of greenfly. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gurcharan Singh > To: Ushadi micromini > Cc: efloraofindia > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 9:19 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:67801] Re: Dalhousie id al210411 > > Well written Usha di. Tanay what made tobacco your beloved, or your friends > ever gave you a mix to try on any sweet holi day?......Nashaa abhi tak kayam > hai...........................Now our whole Delhi University campus is a no > tobacco cum zero tolerance zone, but there was a time when tobacco smoking > was very prevalent, still our College was a no tobacco zone, and few teachers > who could not resist for long, would come out our College area for some time > to satisfy their need. Luckily now more and more people (especially the > educated class) have known the hazards of tobacco smoking, and most don't use > it now. Luckily our youngsters have realised this much faster. > > -- > 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 Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Ushadi micromini > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All: made me laugh when I read that Tanay thinks its a beloved > plant... yes beloved of tobacco giants, bidiwallas, and tamaku > chewers, and the family that got rich by mixing selling p**para* > (please don't say it, its a brand name) ... and the share holders who > got rich on tobacco equities over the last three hundred years in five > continents.... > .... > but not beloved of those of us who deal with misery of LUNG CANCER, > MOUTH and Larynx and Pharynx CANCERs, TONGUE CANCER, URINARY BLADDER > CANCER and childhood ASTHMA... to name a few.... > > Although I must say the pink flowers are indeed attractive.... > Usha di > > On Apr 21, 8:00 pm, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting...!! This plant was growing along the highway from Pathankot > > to Chamba... guess the locals must have let it spread... but there is > > local tobacco used here which I guess could be from this... > > Thank you > > Dinesh ji, Gurcharan ji and Tanay ji for the id... > > regards > > Alok > > > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 07:26 -0700, tanay bose wrote: > > > Great idea Dinesh Ji Nicotiana tabacum one of our beloved plant > > > Tanay > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > Nicotiana tabacum > > > > -- > > > 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 Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Dinesh Valke > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... related to tobacco ? (guessing based on colour and > > > shape of flowers). > > > Regards. > > > Dinesh > > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, > Indiawww.hive.interconnection.orgwww.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlif...
