Hi Alok, Besides the previously mentioned books would also recommend 'Flowers of the Himalayas' by Rupin Dang. Haven't met the gentleman, but his father Hari Dang was a member of the Indian Everest Expeditions along with my dad in 1962 & 1965. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Sun, 2/20/11, raju <[email protected]> wrote: From: raju <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:63181] Re: himalayan field guides... To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 12:08 PM Dear Pankaj Sir, I am too a late riser. can you please send me the DVDs of relevant floras and reference books in pdf. on the following address. Raju Das Nature's Foster P.Box 41, Shastri Road P.O.Bongaigaon PIN 783 380 ASSAM On Feb 19, 11:27 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, few months back, I was giving a free offer of sending DVDs > of relevant floras and reference books in pdf. > I didnt count, but I must have sent dvds to more than 25 members for > free. > If you are interested then do let me > know.https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c0... > Regards > Pankaj > > On Feb 19, 7:35 pm, Alok & Isabelle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Garg ji and Snehal ji, > > Have downloaded the online versions and will enrich my library when I > > descend to earth... :)) > > Regards sincerely > > Alok > > > On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 12:34 +0530, J.M. Garg wrote: > > > Thanks, Snehal ji. > > > Alok ji, you may also like to check Efloraofindia Website link for > > > Books on Indian Flora: > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/books-on-indian-trees-plants > > > > On 18 February 2011 21:10, snehal patel <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > Hi Mr. Alok > > > yes, there are many field guides on himalayan plants. some > > > of which are > > > > 1. Flowers of the Himalaya by polunin and adam > > > 2. Supplement to the flowers of the himalaya by polunin and > > > adam > > > 3. Beautiful flowers of the Kashmir by Fr. Ethebert Blatter. > > > > and many more books are available for himalayan region. > > > > Please go through the linkwww.biodiversitylibrary.org, you > > > will find thousands of free books on himalayan plants in the > > > form of pdf files. You can download them free of coast. > > > > If you are interested I can send you pdf file of Beautiful > > > flowers of Kashmir. > > > > Please let me know. > > > Regards, > > > Snehal Patel > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Alok & Isabelle > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends > > > Which are the best field guides/botanical reference > > > books for himalayan > > > region... can anyone giude... > > > Alok > > > -- > > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > > Village Khudgot, > > > P.O. Dalhousie > > > District Chamba > > > H.P. 176304, India > > > www.hive.interconnection.org > > > hivetrust.wordpress.com > > > > -- > > > With regards, > > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species > > > & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > > alphabetically & place-wise): > > >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > > > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each > > > image. > > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > > > Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepixor > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(morethan 1500 members & > > > 60,000 messages on 15/1/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on > > > 15/12/10) > > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, Indiawww.hive.interconnection.org > > hivetrust.wordpress.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
