N49             continuation of Tree Lover

  

  Here are some of my likes;

In the book “ Silk Road “ there are some places where they mentioned poplar trees. It is said to be tall and not wide spread. When I looked up for its images I saw that they are pretty trees. When they are planted on roadside in rows they look magnificent. I would like to plant Poplar trees in our country.

   

As I have often written in my blogs and articles I would like to plant new species of Cherry trees in Taunggyi. The few trees that we can see in Taunggyi are some of the leftovers after destroying and cutting down by people who do not love nature and use them for their own purpose. But this year people of Taunggyi has become alert and are starting to plant new trees and Cherry trees as well. But as I have said it will be better if we can plant new species from abroad to adorn our roadside and make them into boulevards for people to enjoy when the blooming season come and maybe we can have Cherry blossom festivals like in Washington and Kyoto.

   

  When I see beautiful trees I always appreciate them. When I went to Shwe  Li some years ago I saw some pine trees there. They cover the whole hill where the Shan monastery we visited situated. The pines or maybe Spruce are so beautiful with the perfect shape of Christmas trees  that I want to bring some home. But I did not put some efforts to do so. So the images of the trees remains only in my mind.

   

  While in Australia I saw some beautiful trees . They have beautiful perfect shapes of a tree and the colours are so green and lustrous. Maybe the environment is so clean that even the trees are not covered with dust like ours. Their parks are generally green lawns dotted with big trees and benches to sit on. There are not even colourful flowers but they are perfect places for strolls and leisure.

   

  In Tasmania we visited a place call Plenty. It is a fish hatching plant where they raise Trout and Salmon. The fish ponds are not just rectangular ponds but with different shapes and sizes to suit the eyes. Beside those pretty fish ponds and green lawns they also have big trees in their compound. They were brought there from many countries a long time ago and they have grown big. They take care of their trees and put label on each tree like Englisha Elm, Japanese Spruce and so on.

     

Big trees in our country , whichever can be used for something have been cut down. I think only Banyan trees remain as they cannot be used for people’s uses.

People  have been moving from place to place since the start of civilization. In this way plants and trees, cultures, religions had spread throughout the world. Trees also had spread from place to place through the efforts of tree loving people like Ernest Wilson.There is no harm in having new trees. In fact they benefit people in many ways. So we should we should 

 welcome new  trees to our land. But it can be realized only if there are people who are willing to bring them in. So I hope tree loving people like Ernest Wilson or some institutions will emerge in our country to make it more greener and livable with green and beautiful trees.