Abstract
IN a prefatory note to his monograph entitled “A Preliminary Survey of Forest Types in India and Burma”(Ind. For. Rec., N.S. 1, Ho. 1, Govt. Press, Delhi, 1936), Mr. H. G. Champion, sylviculturist at the Dehra Dun Forest Research Institute, defines the purpose of the work. From the point of view of the average forest officer in India, Gamble's “Manual of Indian Timbers” and Brandis' “Indian Forest Trees” fulfilled ordinary requirements, to which Troup's “Sylviculture of Indian Trees” and Stamp's “Vegetation of Burma” afforded additional information. Mr. Champion's objective was different from that of forest botany pure and simple. As he correctly states, “The need of a standard classification for the important forest types of India has long been felt in connection with sylvicultural work, particularly in its application to forest management under working plans, and this need has led to the adoption of local standard types ha some provinces”.
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