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Acknowledgement |
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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