Trees of the Sikkim Himalaya. 1994. numerous colour photos. 120 p. Lex8vo. Cloth.

A very small fragment of landform within the Himalayan enormity isfound in the eastern flange of the Himalaya where, it is said, Naturechose to create her garden. That place, or rather the garden of bounty,is also known as the Sikkim Himalaya. The diversity in plants, wildlifeand land formations are the three interesting features of thisHimalayan Atlantis, and inch-for-inch the situation is perhaps hard tobeat anywhere in the world. This book picks out just a small fractionout of the totality - the trees. A major part of the representative treeflora is shaped up to meet the requirement of environment people,foresters, ecologists, students, and of course, the modern-daynaturalists. Species include a selection of the best-known and also theleast-known, from the most useful to the less useful ones. Thispioneering work for the first time highlights a hitherto unlit cornerin the photo-journalism of Sikkim Himalayan floristics.