Trees of Delhi : A Field Guide Paperback – Illustrated, 5 May 2006

A wonderful book that delivers a bit of the natural and recorded history of Delhi as it relates to the trees found here. We found a couple of the trees noted in the book - beautiful specimens identified by the author. I especially like the sections on locations of specimen trees and uses of the trees. Very well written and nicely structured. It is pretty easy to ID an unknown tree using this book. I very highly recommend this book.

I purchased this book to understand which trees are native to Delhi and which have been brought in. I was pleasantly surprised, in fact, I was amazed by the quality of the publication. The printing, pictures and presentation are phenomenal. I learned a lot of fun facts like Tis Hazari is called so because there was a plantation of 30000 trees there during the time of the Mughals! An absolute delight!

I am not qualified enough to write a review for this book. My reviewing is akin to showing light to Sun. The book is a monumental and first of it's kind work in bringing Trees of Delhi closer to the people of Delhi. While most of us are aware of so called greenery in Delhi, when it comes to specifically naming those greens, most of us are at a loss. Let's face it, we know very little about our Green companions and this book introduces them to us in the most simplistic manner possible. It's painstakingly researched, graphically elucidated and ordered in a manner that is easy on eye and light on grey cells. There's very little Botany type lesson here. This is written for common non-botany person and it does a marvellous job at it. Major categorisation is based on type of leaves, which is the easiest to spot in a tree. And then each plate within that category describes fruits, flowers, bark, leaves of ech type of tree. When to expect it's flowers, fruits, shedding, new leaves, what is is most confused with, local name for it and best of all - where to spot it in Delhi. If you are curious about your surroundings and especially trees, would like to know more about them, then this is one book you cannot afford to miss. It's a book for the keeps and I am thankful that we live in the same times as Pradip Krishen.

Excellent books for students and common people too who are interested in identification of trees in the city. Beautiful, colorful pictures of trees leaves , flowers and bark on good quality shining paper and easily to understand language is best feature of this book. What this book does not tell you is about diseases, insect pest , propagation , pruning and fertilization. This is not limited to delhi trees, you can identify whole india trees.

While I always loved trees, I did not come across enough people knowledgeable about it; and if someone was, he was too busy to explain it fully. I thank Pradip Krishen for guiding me to look at trees with new eyes. Though I live in Calcutta, it is still relevant (Botanical Gardens, near Calcutta, get mentioned quite often in the book). His writing is very, very engaging and the layout and photographs are wonderful.

Fantastic read, lucid and the description of leaves and fruits very helpful. It really gets an amateur tree spotter going! Wish list...every tree description to get a dorsal and ventral view of the leaf and relative comparison to an average adult hand.Amazon shipping was a disappointment...packing didn’t protect the covers from being dented during shipment, great book with dog eared corners.

Unique book of its type. Very well written with excellent photos and illustration. The hard work and knowledge of the author is evident.

Well-detailed, great pics - a must buy for anyone who loves trees and especially if you live in or visit Delhi.

- with lots of carefully taken photographs and a story of importing exotic trees to Delhi