Gargji, some books which have been published by BNHS, NBC, PD etc badly need revision in terms of photographs, get up etc. I had written to Mr Rahmani about it, but they seem to be having financial constraints therefore they gave a stock reply. The two latest coffee table books are expensive. Probably they should have a reduced price for Indians. I heard about a book 'Trees of India' published by OUP. I dont know anything about it as I haven't seen it. akbhatt
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:52 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > One certainly requires a few good books to get started. I am posting this > again. > > I have combined the feed back received from the members of Indiantreepix > for > the benefit of everybody & reproduced below: > > 1. Trees of Delhi - A field guide by Pradip Krishen (Rs.799)-Dorling > Kindersley publication- A very good book for identifying trees all over > India (though much more relevant to the members from Delhi) as it gives > account of 252 species with 1100 good quality photographs. Kudos to the > author. An excellent publication! It is definitely worth having it on your > bookshelf. > > 2. Shrikant Ingalhalikar's Flowers of Sahyadri, 2001, Corolla Publications, > Pune, (Ph. 020- 24351388) printed by Pragati > Offset, Hyderabad. The flowers are restricted to the Western Ghats, > specifically to Maharashtra. It can also be carried in your daypack. > Concluding > Part of Shrikant Ingalhalikar's Further Flowers of Sahyadri, 2007- Field > guide to additional 1200 flowers of North- Western Ghats of India. Price- > Rs. 800. Though the field guide is titled as Flowers of Sahyadri, it is > useful for most plants of all the regions. Besides it also covers trees > found in urban habitats. May be it is the first ever such publication. Has > breath- taking photographs! Every species described has beautiful > photograph. The design, description, photos and the layout are par > excellence! > > 3. Concise flowers of the Himalayas by Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton > (Rs.450)- Oxford > Publication- A very good book for identifying & knowing about the flowers > of > the Himalayas. It explains about 1002 species of Himalayan flowers with > colours photographs & Drawings. > > 4. The book of Indian Trees by K.C. Sahni- Oxford publication (Rs.275)- > Explains 153 Indian species in quite technical way. A difficult read for > the > beginners, though good for advance readers. Explains species with the help > of > 70 drawings & 20 colours photographs of about 90 species. It is produced by > > the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in Mumbai. > > 5. Common Flowers of India by D.S.Pandey & N.P.Singh by Publications > division > (Rs. 250)- highlights 150 common plants. I have not gone through the book, > though it appears quite good with good quality pictures. > > > 6. Tropical garden plants by Bose, Choudhary and Sharma. Certain names may > have changed since but it has 1661 plates of trees, shrubs, climbers, house > > plants, cacti and succulents. Worth every bit of about Rs 2000/-. One of > the > best books for the layman, and horticulturist > > 7) The BNHS has published *Trees of Mumbai*, 2006. Price Rs. 465/-. Sadly, > it is not even half as good as Trees of Delhi. > > 8) Isaac Kehimkar's book, *Common Indian Wild Flowers*, BNHS, 2000. Price > Rs. 375/-. Highly recommended and can be carried in the field. > > 9) Beautiful trees & shrubs of Kolkata by R.K.Chakraverty & S.K.Jain- > published by Botanical Survey of India, Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah- > Rs.128 (198 pages)- Very good book for Kolkata members although it is quite > > useful for others also. Quality of photographs is not upto the mark. > However > details about Kolkata are very good. > > 10) *Trees of India*, 1999 by Dr Subhadra Menon & Pallava Bagla. A large > book published by Timeless Books, New Delhi. Contains photo descriptions > of > approx. 80 trees. > > 11) "The Secret life of Trees" by Colin Tudge, Penguin Books, 2006. It is > very interesting and absorbing. More so since the author visited Indiatoo. > > 12- Indian Trees- Dietrich Brandis-1978- antic reference book. > > 13- Maharashtra flora-4 volumes-Dr. M.R. Almeida-Good reference book to > get > species account. It is not a field guide. > > 14- North East Indian Orchids- Mohan Pradhan- very good book. > > 15- Some beautiful Indian trees-E.Blatter and Walter Millard- for > beginners. > > 16- Our tree neighbors- Chakravarti. S. Venkatesh- National council of > Educational research and training- OK book with some useful tips. > > 17- Some beautiful Indian climbers and shrubs- N.L. Bor and Raizada- Many > exotics are included in this book. > > 18- Focus on sacred groves and ethnobotany- Prof.V.D.Vartak.- this book > deals > with conservation of trees in older days. > > 19- Endemic plants of the Indian region- M.Ahmeddullah and M.P. Nayar.- > Botanical survey of India.-for further reading it is useful. > > 20- The private life of plant- David Attenborough- Good to have in > collection. Informative. > > 21- The secret life of plants- Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird- > Informative. Good to have. > > 22- Freaks and marvels of plants life- M.C.Cook- antic book. > > 23- Taxanomy of vascular plants- George H.M. Lawrence.-Oxford and > IBH.-scientific information. > > 24- Dictionary of Economic plants in India- Umrao Singh, A.M.Wadhwani, B.M. > > Joshi > > 25- Kolhapur flora, Corbett flora, Tadoba flora, Khandala flora by > Botanical > Survey of india. > > 26- Other antic Marathi books (Vanashree Sristi) also have very good > information on trees and their properties, uses etc. > > 27. Flowering Trees by M.S. Randhawa- Nation Book Trust- Rs. 65/- ( 208 > pages)- explains 56 species with the help of plates & figures along with > details about which species to be planted in Gardens, villages, Towns, > Cities, Avenues, Highways etc. > > 28. Our Trees by R.P.N.Sinha- Publications Division- Rs.40/- (88 > pages).Give > account of most common 51 Indian Trees with lot of emphasis on their > association with Indian Mythology. > > 29. A new coffee table book, "Celebration of Indian Trees" by Dr. Ashok > Kothari, > 2007 has been published by Marg under the aegis of Natural Society of > Friends of the Trees. It is a large format book covering approx. 140 > species > with some full page photographs. The book is very expensive at Rs. 2700 > discounted. > > 30. *'A Revised Survey of the Forest Types of India'*; H.G. Champion and > S. > K. Seth; Government of India Press, 1968 (Reprinted 2005, Natraj > Publishers, > Dehra Dun). This is a classic and and an excellent guide to the vegetation > > and biogeography of plant habitats in India. > > 31. 'Forest Flora of the Chakrata, Dehra Dun and Saharanpur Forest > Divisions, United Provinces'; Upendranath Kanjilal & Basant Lal Gupta; > Government of India Publications 1928 (Reprinted 200?, Natraj Publishers, > Dehra Dun). Another classic, this is somewhat technical, but excellent for > the field identification of plants in Northern India, and especially in > the > Terai region. Natraj Publishers have recently reprinted the book with some > sparse illustrations. > > There is another book, which is in the same genre as Upendranath Kanjilal's > > book, but on the trees of Southern India. As a very limited number of > copies > (1000) were printed, it may be difficult to find (I believe I have one of > the last copies to be sold.). It is profusely illustrated and an excellent > field guide. I hope that there are plans to produce more copies in the near > > future. > > 32. '*Forest Trees of South India'*; S. G. Neginhal, IFS (Retd.); > Navbharath > Press, Bangalore. 2004. > > 33. ""Sen'trees' of Mumbai"", a new coffee table book, rather oddly titled, > brought out on the occasion of the sesquicentennial year of Mumbai > University and supported by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).The full > frame photographs do justice to the size and shape of the trees depicted and > I am happy that there is fair amount of written information. Price Rs. > 2000/- but discounted at Rs.1500 at Strand Book Shop. > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. 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