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2B, 14, 19,30, and 31*" from Vijayadas ji. On 20 March 2010 12:46, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Garg ji a new volume vol V pertaining to monocots has already come out > by Dr. Almeida as Flora of Maharahstra. I have been informed a sixth volume > too wil be coming out on grasses and so on in some time. > > regads, > Rashida." > > On 20 March 2010 09:55, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have combined the feed back received from the members of Indiantreepix >> for the benefit of everybody & reproduced below (also attached as well as >> available for download from >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/files): >> >> 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. It has breath- taking photographs! Every species described >> has beautiful photograph. The design, description, photos and the layout >> are par excellence! >> >> 2B. Forest Flora of the Bombay Presidency and Sind/ W.A. Talbot. Reprint. >> First published: Poona, Government of Bombay, 1909. 1984, 2 v., 508, 574 >> p., 541 figs., $63. Reprint of The Flora Of The Presidency Of >> Bombay1903-1908 2 Vols. Set by T. Cooke-Publisher: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal >> Singh, 1983 (Reprint), Dehradun. >> >> 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. 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/-. It’s >> one of the best books for the layman, and horticulturist. >> >> 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. 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. It 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. >> >> 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, Dehradun). This is a classic 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, >> Dehradun). 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. >> >> *E-books* >> >> Links to some e-books available on Trees at >> http://www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/ >> >> 1. Flowering Trees & Shrub in India by DVCowen >> >> www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/cowen.pdf >> >> 2. Forty Common Indian Trees & how to know them by RNParkar >> >> http://www.vidyaonline.org/arvindgupta/parkertrees.pdf >> >> 3. Nature Guide Common Trees of India by Pippa Mukherjee >> >> http://vidyaonline.org/arvindgupta/pippatrees.pdf >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, >> Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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