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 > > > > > > > >
