Yes Each book has its own merits and we should judge them by their respective utilities. The same is true of say the Trees of Delhi, which is good for common man and even we the botanists for identification, but if we want to use it for compiling our eFlora, it may not be of much use as compared to Flora of Delhi or other such books. Let us enjoy getting whatever information we can . Trees of Mumbai, after all solved our problem of Morinda Taxonomy in India.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:39 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > Anand Ji > > Please can i know you are talking about which book,, > because the work done by R.R. Fernandez is purely taxonomic work > compare to others which are for the layman, the book quoted in your > statement... > Fernandez's book is actually his Ph.D. work (1950).. > that time hardly any good cameras were available..... but if you see > the plates they are quite good to identify the trees.. > and this book is nothing to do with BNHS. > > On 5/30/11, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Incidentally I have got a copy of the book, and I was really distressed > to > > see the quality of the photos. Some rank amateur with a cheap camera has > > taken the photographs. The camera it seems was purchased by BNHS for this > > purpose only. BNHS will be well advised to change the plates in the next > > edition if at all there is one. They should hire the services of a > > professional. However the work would be for the entire year, so better > that > > they do it now. The bok is no patch on some other books like Pradeep > > Krishan's book on Delhi trees and Shrikant's on Pune trees. > > ak > > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Trees of Mumbai was published in 1999 in which R R Fernandez on page 174 > >> proposed the combination Morinda coreia var. tomentosa (Hook.f) R R > >> Fernandez, ignoring the earliest basonym Heyn ex Roth. Perhaps this > >> publication may provide clue to nomenclature of the genus in India. Any > >> body > >> having access may help. > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> Retired Associate Professor > >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Anand Kumar Bhatt > > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > > Gwalior. 474 005. > > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > > My blogsite is at: > > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > > (A NEW BLOG has been ADDED ON 12 April 2011.) > > And the photo site: > > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/>(NEW PHOTOS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON 15 > > March 2011.) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, > > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! > > > > > -- > - H.S. > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > stone >
