Monday, July 19, 2010

SIM’s Park, Coonoor, India


SIM’s Park, Coonoor. This park is famous for Old Trees from different parts part of our world. I felt difficul to see the top of most of the trees. I never seen such a single stem tree grew more than 100 feet.

Paper tree SIM's Park, Coonoor, India
Both the sides of the pavement (Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway) there was a veriety of flowers planted in different shaps and rows.
We saw a 100 years old paper tree. Most of the visitors touched the paper tree. some of them scratched it to check weather in bears paper directely.
SIM’s park is a natural garden. The terrace was completely covered with colorful flower beds, lawns and rockeries (A garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants). It was an initiative by Government of Tamilnadu, Department of Horticulture.

FLowers in SIM's park, Coonoor - India
Eestablished : 1874
Average rain fall : 150 cm
Area : 12 Ha
Maximum temperature : 30 degree C
Minumum temperature : 5 degree C
Species : more than 1000
Generas : 255
Some of the tree names as mestioned
Camphora Lauraceae, 1890, China and Jappan
Cupressus Lindleyna Confiferae, 1929, Taxas U.S.A.
Supressus Obtusa Coniferae, 1926, Jappan
Pinus Cribaea Coniferae, Ganary Island, 1923

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