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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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