Gazetteer Ludhiana 1888

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1[Punjab Ganetteery

210 CHAP. L—THE pIsTRICT.

3Ohapter TB. | vasseueor Lees! | poesia Fame

4Bit, Bot. os | Biegpha jujnba

5Pipa: Barta oe Bar [Powerless Fem

6os “indica

7Pikes | lens wns a

8Patwih or Farksh .. | Zmarie orientalis

9x | Dattergia sew

10» | Acocia modeata sm | Grom ta. Bat and Dadi, tn.

11roves! wood iy wal for ‘ool,

12soaking dorm de.

13| Meta wempervirent | Manta ne valli th Bets rom

14"rary fal nea wv we for 1

15Fie Arde ad Gnafe woul

16ihe tree round thee ule (1

17Nin ss | Aaatiraeta tea | Agi te for shades ot or cae

18aed Dal. "Wit i weal

19Tite eae [Marat ne Asabores wood ie wie

20Dh, Jad nd Xai | Baten ronson

21Ren orees Tanga trv (160 above i te Wx)

22Kamba 9 oun ot tno oven of thi

23tio, which otal oy for vad

24Tt is not nocessary to give w detailed list of the various fruit

25trees to be found in the gardens about the city and elaowhero, as

26these aro the tual ones of the Punjab plains. Oranges atid loquata

27eon to do best ; but tho distriot is n bad one for fruit,

28To newly formed land along the river is to be found the usual

29wth of pilehi (Zamaria orientalisy here known as jhao.

30it ia very ‘useful for making baskets, and for lining ‘tom

31wells. There is also an abundant growth of a

32(Brogrie qnovwroide, of which hitb or mating is male

33in placos of « plant called oki which, when young and tender,

34in uyed for foddor, and when old hurdens into a reed, used to make

35ay inferior eortof pon. Tn the Buia there in weed elled jl,

36which is used in clarifying sugar.

37Pe SUSE 8 copie ws

38in many places of the Dhiia, and is largely planted along roads, and

39whoro thore are sand hills, with a view to stop the drift, which it

40does more or less offectually. ‘Tho various vises to which this grasa

41by put need not be detailed. ‘There is a regular system of cultivat-

42ing it. The year's crop is out down in Murch or April, and firo

43applied to the stumps with a view of promoting fresh growth. Tb

44bogins to spring immediately after the rains, and attaing a height of

45ten fect ot upwards. Large sums are realized hy the sile of ‘what is

46rom along the Goverment roads: and in plas round, Ludhidna

47is found profitable to give up the cultivation of inforior sandy

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