McCann, Charles.

Trees of India. A Popular Handbook.

First Edition. Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1947. 25cm x 15cm. viii, 63, 156 pages. With 78 coloured plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece photograph: The Stem of a young Baobab. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine separating from block. Endpaper signed by preowner.

Includes for example the following chapters: Morphology/ Pollination and Fertilization/ Seed Dispersal/ Forests/ Intersting Points About Trees/ How to Preserve Plants/ List of Trees etc.

The coloured illustrations show for example: Tar. Palmyra or Brab Palm / Marking Nut or Bibba / Badam or Bengal Almond / Goldar / Asupala / Sithapal or Custard Apple / Ramphal or Bullock’s Heart / Sithapal or Custard Apple / One-Stamened Bauhinia / Patana Oak or Kumbha / Bendhi Tree / Ambli or Imli – Tamarind / Lignum Vitae / Sesban or Agasta etc. etc.

• Keywords: Botanik · Botany · Garden Collection – Ann Geneva · Garden Design – Collection · Library & Collection Building
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 41546AB