I owe sincere
thanks and appreciations to many of my friends, associates and
family members, many of whose names I might have missed out.
I must make a special mention of Dr. S. K. Basu who helped me
untiringly by editing each section of this book. He is the one
who motivated me to write an elaborate handbook after coming
across my small pocket book on Palms a couple of years ago.
I am highly indebted to Mr. Kampon Tansacha with whose support
I have been able to gather knowledge about various species of
palms during my several visits to Nong Nooch Tropical Garden,
Thailand. He allowed me to photograph many palms and landscapes
which I have used in this book.
Mr. Michael D. Ferraro has been my teacher by giving me initial
lessons on Palms and has generously helped me all over in giving
technical details for the book.
Mr. Shanta Perera from Sri Lanka has also been a major helping
hand in editing some parts of the book.
Mr. T. A. Suby of Sri Lanka was my primary source of inspiration
on Palms when I visited his nursery near Colombo in 2003. I
must give my sincere thanks to him for providing me with continuous
support and guidance. |
Dr. M. Sanjappa,
Director Botanical Survey of India and Dr. G. S. Giri, Joint
Director Indian Botanical Garden, extended ample opportunity
to me to learn in depth about palms by signing an MOU with my
organization for Palm collection at Indian Botanical Garden.
Dr. S. S. Hameed of IBG has always been a very helpful hand
in exchange of information with us in every field.
I must extend my sincere thanks to Smt. & Sri Lala Shridhar
for their continuous support & encouragement.
Sri Prabir Malik, Sri Sujit Parui and Sri Kaushik Mukherjee
have put in their best efforts day and night to ensure that
the book gets a high quality appearance. My sincere thanks to
them indeed.
I must thank my wife Maya and son Dinmay who motivated me and
provided whole hearted support to write this book.
Last but not the least, I must give my heartfelt appreciations
to my sweet daughter Chandni who helped me day and night for
proof correction and editing.
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