This Compendium On 'Applied Botany' Being Revised, Corrected And Enlarged Edition Of Perspectives In Botanical Museum Has Been Prepared By The Authors As A Sort Of Encyclopedia On The Subject With Reference To India. It Deals In Ecology (Adaptations, Vegetational Aspects), Evolution With Indian Examples Of Fossils With Their Reconstructional Landscape Of Important Periods, Interesting Floristic Components Of Indian Flora, Men Behind Indian Botany, Numerical Taxonomy Etc.The volume also contains plants affecting different organs of human body,their properties,use in homoepathic and Ayurvedia and Unani medicines besides various uses of plants as gums,resins,fibres,oil,insectisidal plants,plants for furniture,industrial plants as beads,mats,toys,ply works etc.