Have you tried English cucumbers yet? They're a little different from the  regular garden cucumbers usually found in grocery stores and at  farmer's markets, although they look almost the same. The main  difference is English cucumbers have a thinner skin (so they're better for  slicing and they don't have to be peeled) and fewer seeds than garden  cucumbers.  Another difference is that English Cucumbers are wrapped  in plastic wrap (instead of a wax coating) to maintain freshness.

When you need a cool and refreshing midday snack on a hot summer's  day, or you want something attractive yet easy to prepare for an  afternoon tea party, serve cool and refreshing English Cucumber  Sandwiches.Several small (party style) squares (per person) of various breads like  rye and pumpernickel

Combine all but about a teaspoon (reserve this for garnish) of the dill dip  mix with the softened SHOWER NOZZLE FULLY ADJUSTABLE cream cheese. Put this mixture in the refrigerator  for at least an hour, so the onions in the dip mix soften.

Spread a thin layer of the dill/cream cheese mixture onto each square of  bread, then top with a couple of thin slices of cucumber (overlapped).  Sprinkle a little of the reserved dry dill dip mix over the cucumber slices  for garnish. Cut the slices into triangles, if desired, or serve as is.

NOTE: Refrigerate the sandwiches if not serving them right away.*Divine Dill Dip Mix from the Three Angels Gourmet Co. is suggested for  use in this recipe.Another grave blunder which is being practiced till day is, plantation with eucalyptus after clearing indigenous forest areas for the purpose of quarrying or mining purposes.In thiis case, the animals and other flora and fauna will be severely affected as indigenous species of that particular forest are replaced by eucalyptus and the area supporting their food and shelter requirements gets compressed and increases interspecific and intraspecific competetion.

 In these cases of reforesting the cleared forests, a mix of the existing species can be used for plantation.These species may not be economically rewarding like eucalyptus or grow fast as eucalyptus or any other exotic species. But they have lot of ecological significance and cannot be valued monetarily. More ideally the cleared area has to be filled in with mud from the existing forest so that the microclimate of the forest is replicated and helps the cleared area to gel uniformly in course of time.

Moreover the indigenous plants or trees survive in the natural rainfall and hence need no additional inputs.I just gave an example of Eucalyptus, as it is widely planted in India, the similar is the case with unjudicious use of many other exotic plants.I am not against exotic plants in general, but it has to be avoided when going for large scale plantations.In gardens they can be monitored well and can be accomodated 10 percent.Let the remaining 90% beauty be attined from indiginous species.

I request the readers not to get confused with what i mean indigenous or exotic.By indiginous i mean that belongign to a particular microclimate or small area with in a district or state or a country.By exotic we mean a plant not naturally occuring in that particular area or micro climate.