The book presets the detailed account of the growth, distribution and uses of trees and shrubs of India & Ceylon. The complete area has been divided into the forest regions on the basis of the geographical positions and the edapho-climatic conditions. The main species found in these regions have also been mentioned accordingly to the family with their botanical review with special emphasis on the wood anatomy of the timber yielding trees to impart the ...
In 1912 the late Mr. J.S. Gamble, C.I.E., F.R.S., was requested to undertake the preparation of a ‘Flora of the Presidency of Madras,’ a task for which he was remarkably well qualified owing to the exceptional knowledge of the Flora he had acquired during his long service in the Presidency as Conservator of Forests. During the course of his extensive and careful tours he made very complete collections of plants of the Presidency, and formed and ...
