English Banyans

I find it amusing that the English are so proud of their heritage, and yet (in Georgian and Regency England, anyways) so mad for anything foreign. If some new fashion came from France, or Germany, or India, or the Orient, they went for it. (Of course, I’m totally proud of being American and yet melt into a puddle whenever I hear British or Australian accents, so it sorta makes sense.) The banyan is one such…