Flowering Garden Trees [of India]

About this book

Language: English

All flowering garden trees can be of help to humans in survival, giving him food, fuel, shelter and herbal medicine since before the dawn of civilisation. The need for more and more land for food, houses, and for food, compounded with the fast growing industrialisation etc. is taking a heavy toll on the plant life. One solution to counter environmental pollution us by planting much-needed afforestation, growing as many plants as possible whether ornamental or economical in gardens, parks and public gardens, and in the wastelands, roadsides, river and pond banks along with sea shores.

Flowering Garden Trees introduces 456 species of various tree genera that can be grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of India, based growth and flowering potential under a wide range of climatic variations with bright sunshine even in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Useful and practical information for growing a wide range of tropical flowering garden trees along with their morphological characters, growth habit and other techniques have been given.

Contents

- Introduction of Garden Plants & Trees
- Naming & Identifying the Garden Plants/Trees
- Importance of Garden Plants
- Role of Garden Plants & Trees on Environment and Pollution Control
- Ecological Adaptation of Plants and Trees
- Planting & Field Management of Garden Trees
- Gardening for Human Resource Development
- Ancestors of Trees & Plants in the Ages of Purans the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
- Description of 456 Garden Trees

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