Digital age is wonderful , isn't it these pics were taken with a sony non-dslr... yet came out ok
and in the 80s we used to think digital was just a passing fancy!!! how wrong we were... I am happy get your words of appreciation Usha di == On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful.............. > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very good photographs >> Thanks Ushadi. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Jacaranda mimosifolia* *Tree* >>> >>> *Originating in Brazil , it is widely grown in tropical climates. >>> * >>> >>> *Quite popular in southern US and most tropical countries including >>> India, >>> * >>> >>> *though it does not put up a spectacular show in Calcutta, as >>> spectacular as is seen >>> * >>> >>> *in xeriscaping areas of the world… because in presence high rainfall >>> the leaves >>> * >>> >>> *appear before the flowers, otherwise afterwards, allowing the flowers >>> to shine, >>> * >>> >>> *as in these pictures from San Diego California in 2008.* >>> >>> >>> * >>> * >>> * * >>> >>> * I thought it was funny that I happened to have stopped to take >>> pictures >>> * >>> >>> *of the street trees on India Street in San Diego that day. >>> * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> * * >>> >>> *It has struck me as funny since I had vaguely connected Jacaranda to >>> India,* >>> >>> * since in 1946 AP Bentall had written in his book The Trees of >>> Calcutta >>> * >>> >>> *( pg 342) that “ this very beautiful tree is a native of Bengal” but >>> he >>> * >>> >>> *contradicts himself on pf 341 by stating correctly that the name >>> originates in Brazil…* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> * … so the pic of India Street is just that, not indicative of point of >>> origin…. >>> * >>> >>> *Well!! so much for fun.* >>> >>> >>> *And to think that AP Benthall was a son of a famous botanist >>> apparently. >>> * >>> * * >>> >>> * * >>> * * >>> >>> *And even though it is very extensively planted for xeriscaping, >>> producing tonnes >>> * >>> >>> *of pollen, it does not seem to have created an epidemic of allergic >>> reactions….* >>> >>> >>> >>> *-- >>> Usha di >>> ===========* >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & > Horticulture Incharge > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Usha di =========== --
