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Bombay, December 17 1906 



It gives me great pleasure to testify to the Excellence of the Gujarati work written 

 by Mr. Jaykrishn^Indraji on Botany, Herbs and shmbs of the mountains and how 

 to recognize them. Mr. Jaykrishna has in his official capacity studied the plants and 

 herbs of Gujrat and Kathiawad for more than a quarter of a century and has committed 

 to paper his observations. 



I have gone through a greater portion of the work and am glad to say that it will 

 be a very valuable addition to Gujrati Scientific literature. 



The language is easy and adapted to the wants of the Country. 



I trust his work will be a standard work on Indian Botany and will be wel- 

 received by the public. 



Bhalchandra Krishna. 



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I have much pleasure in saying that the Gujrati work written by my esteemed friend 

 Mr. Jayakrishna Indraji and named ^JT^TRRira: ^^T^Jfr ^i^tgst, ^ qfr^ 3T^ ^S^^m 

 is a very interesting, learned, and useful one. It is the result of the study and 

 observation of plant-life for over a quarter of a century within my personal knowledge. 

 Mr. Jayakrishna is well-qualified to write such work with credit to himself, and profit 

 to the reader. I have heard read to me by Mr. Jayakrishna himself a good portion 

 of the work and I am sure that the elaborate and learned preface and Introduction 

 he has written will be highly useful to the Gujarati student of Botany. The language 

 is easy, clear, and attractive and richly interspersed with specially-coined words in 

 I Gujrati and Sanskrit to render the meaning of technical Botanical terms readily 

 intelligible and not difficult to remember. I trust that his work when published will 

 meet with the encouragement it deserves, -especially among those students of Indian 

 medicine who interest themselves in the study of Indian Botany, and those who want 

 to utilize Indian plants for the relief of human suffering. 



I wish the work every success, most cordially. 



Bombay, ") K. R. Kirtikar. F. L. S. 



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5th December 1906. ) - U. Colouel. I. M. S. (Retired) 



