X PREFACE. 



and Garden Crops of the North Western Provinces prepared by 

 Mr. Duthie and Mr., now Sir Bampfylde, Fuller. 



The Government of India, the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 the Agricultural Bureau and the Smithsonian Institution of 

 America, as well as the Board of Agriculture of England, have 

 greatly helped us in the preparation of this work by their sup- 

 plying us with some of their publications bearing on the subject. 



Some of those works on Botany which were not in the library 

 of the late Colonel Kirtikar were very kindly lent to us by 

 Colonel Gage from the Library of the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Shibpur; by the late Mr, Harinath De, M.A., I.E.S., from the 

 Imperial Library, Calcutta, of which, he was the librarian ; and 

 by Mr. Hole from the Library of the Imperial Forest Research 

 Institute, Dehra Dun. To all these gentlemen, our best thanks 

 are due. 



Colonel Gage also very kindly gave instructions to the mem- 

 bers of the staff serving under him to assist us in every way in 

 their power in the preparation of this work. The late Mr. M. S. 

 Ramaswami M.A., and Babu Sashi Bhushan Banerji were of 

 great help to us. 



Professor Bhim Chandra Chatterji, was advertised as one of 

 the joint authors of this work. But his portion of the work not 

 being ready, it is regretted it has not been published with this. 



My best thanks are due to Babu Chintamani Ghosh, the en- 

 terprising proprietor of the well-known Indian Press, who has 

 taken great interest in and trouble for this work. He deputed his 

 talented artist, Mr. Sommer, to Europe to fetch large-sized litho- 

 graphic stones and art-paper for its printing. Without his 

 help and supervision, it would have been impossible to bring out 

 the work in its present get-up, which has exceeded my expect- 

 ations. 



The enlightened Maharaja Bahadur of Cossimbazar, the 

 Hon'ble Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy, K, 0. 1. E., with his accus- 

 tomed munificence, has contributed ten thousand rupees to meet 

 a portion of the expenses incurred in the production of this work. 

 Our heartiest thanks are due to him for this handsome donation. 



Allahabad: B. D. BASU. 



1st January, 1918. 



