Bagichanu Pustak

Author(s): Ganesh G Gokhle
Publisher: Ganesh G Gokhle

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as most of my time was occupied in the performance of my duties, and especially as I was not keeping good health for some time past, I was unable, until now, to execute that aim. H. H. Sir Bhagvatsinhjee, Thakore Saheb of Gondal, having very kindly granted me furlough for the benefit of my health, I have been able to devote a portion of my time to the getting up of this small book, mostly from my personal knowledge of this interesting subject. My acknowledgments are due to some of the English authors whom I have consulted. I now place it before the Public, and will consider myself amply rewarded, if it proves useful to some extent to remove the long felt desideratum.
For the convenience of ordering plants from, and sending them to, other countries, I have given their English names; and for the benefit of those desiring to know the botanical divisions of different plants, I have given their family names also.
GUNESH GOVIND GOKHALE. POONA, 459 Jai gate.
October 1888.