Beautiful Shots Sir
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:42 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > I share your joy > nice to see it flowering here > Usha di > == > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Saw this Cherry laurel two years back planted in famous Hazuri Bagh (now >> Iqbal Garden) in heart of the city, but flowering had finished. Was lucky >> to click it in flowering and with young fruits. Had seen plenty of it in >> California. >> >> *Prunus laurocerasus* L., Sp. pl. 1:474. 1753 >> syn: *Cerasus laurocerasus* (L.) Loisel.; *Laurocerasus vulgaris* >> Carriè >> >> Common names: Cherry laurel; English laurel >> >> Evergreen shrub or small tree; leaves ovate-lanceolate, shining, >> leathery, serrate, 8-20 cm long, with almond like smell when crushed; >> flowers creamy white, 8-10 mm across in erect up to 15 cm long racemes with >> up to 40 flowers; stamens numerous, protruding with yellow anthers; fruits >> cherry-like, 12-18 mm across, turning black when mature. >> >> Photographed from Hazuri Bagh (Iqbal Garden in Srinagar on May 7, 2012. >> >> -- >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
