Thanks, Usha ji, for continuously organising TAW. Such movements should be started in all the cities.
On 6 September 2011 14:37, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > *Dear Friends,* > > * * > > *Ultimately one had to surrender to Mother Nature........whether it is the > incessant rain in Mumbai or the Irene’s fury in New York.....So it was > decided on Sunday early morning to respect the moods of Mother Nature, stay > at home & watch Annaji break his fast with Coconut water which is one of the > most well-known and useful Palm in the world!* > > * * > > *We have rescheduled our Palm Walk of Heritage Garden, to be held now on > 11th September at 8.am at Heritage Gardens, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai.* > > * * > > *Meanwhile here are some interesting quotes & observation about Palms..... > * > > * * > > * Arecaceae is the family of palms. It includes more than 2600 species in > more than 200 genera. Palms are scattered all over the world in varied > locations of tropical & sub-tropical regions…..mainly in Asia, Australia > ,America and surprisingly few species in Africa. They are found in > rainforest of Amazon or Himalaya[Cane Palm], in desert of Arabia[Date Palm > ], on coral reef [Coconut], on land [Palmyra Palm, Tad ], on high > mountains[Wax Palm], and even among the mangroves [ Nypa Palm].India > has about 96 species of which 24 are native. Mharashtra has about 60 > species….more and more exotic palms are cultivated in private gardens so the > number is increasing every day and exact number is not known.* > > * * > > * * > > *Linnaeus (The father of Taxonomic Botany born 1707-1778) paid his homage > to the whole race in declaring "that the human race should be classed as * > *palmivorous,** as those whose birthplace was the land of palms." "Man > dwells naturally within the tropics," he exclaimed, "and lives on the fruit > of the palm tree; he exists in other parts of the world, and there makes > shift to feed on corn and flesh."* > > * * > > *Here is request .......please do register your name with us if you decide > to join the Walk and give your phone number too....incase of some > difficulties …. it becomes easy for us to inform you.* > *Please also save our phone number in your cell phone..... > > Shubhada 9819887277 Dr Sheila 9820357751 Renee 9869429032 > Katie 9819002696 Hutokshi 9820085929 Dr.Usha 9869718368 > > > > Hope to meet you all on 11th September,11 at 8am > > Yours truly, > > > > Dr Usha, Renee Shubhada, Katie, Rajesndra,Dr Sheila, Hutokshi > > > > > * > ** > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1700 members & 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species)
