Gurmeet Thukral

A lavishly produced book on the wild flowers of the Himalayas, mainly western Indian. There is an introduction by the eminent Indian author Ruskin Bond, an Anglo-Indian who has made his home in the Garhwal Himalaya. The rest of the book is filled with outstanding photographs of individual species by Thukral, with accompanying notes on the classification, affiliations, natural history, uses, etc. of the species. Apart from being an appreciation of nature's bounties and a beautiful addition to one's library, this book will also be of practical help in identifying the many small flowers that one encounters on a walk in the mountains.… (meer)