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100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook

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Title 100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook
 
Creator McCann, Charles
 
Subject 582.16 Trees
 
Description It is said that, 'Dripping water even wears away a stone', and this work is mainly the result of a similar action: the repeated enquiries by friends and others, for a popular book dealing with the common, everyday trees seen about towns, villages, and in the jungle. These constant enquiries clearly indicated that there is certainly room for a 'best seller' on the subject. A great difficulty is the selection of the trees to be included in such a book. India already has a large number of indigenous species, and the number has been greatly enhanced by the introduction of numerous exotics from all quarters of the globe, either for their beauty or their utility. The 'foreigners' make the task a little more difficult owing to the absence of popular names, or on account of their rarity in the country. However, it required more than enquiries to divert me from the road of research to embark on such an undertaking. It required a 'war' and its consequent 'Micawberian' complaint! Nevertheless, if the work justifies its existence, and contributes to the study of Botany in India, it will be a happy diversion from the path of research-the narrowing towards specialization for the favoured few.
 
Publisher D. B. Taraporevala Sons and Co. Private Ltd.
 
Date 1959
 
Type Book
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/1220/1/40043.pdf
McCann, Charles (1959) 100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook. Second Edition (M500). D. B. Taraporevala Sons and Co. Private Ltd., Mumbai, India.