TO SIR DIETRICH BRANDIS, K.C.I.E., Ph.D., F.R.S. (LATE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF FORESTS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES AS A TRIBUTE OF PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP AND OF ADMIRATION FOR AN OFFICIAL CAREER WHICH, MARKED THROUGHOUT BY DEVOTION TO THE PUBLIC GOOD HAS BORNE FRUIT IN LASTING BENEFITS TO THE INDIAN EMPIRE |