Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c2.5

c2.5

In each Book, and in each of its sections I have dealt with a particular topic, and the information supplied in different heads will, I hope, sufficiently show that though much of the knowledge is common place, there is abundance of scientific observations, classifications, generalisations, theories and applications. While I leave the following pages to speak for themselves, I must say that in my opinion the supreme value of such a study as mine is rather historical. When I say this I think I have said much. An acquaintance with the accumulated experiences of those who have gone before us, and attempts to grapple with the problems suggested by the phenomena which confronted them, is sure to serve as an inspiration and strengthen us in our belief that the patient investigations which the modern students are carrying out in the field of Botany are of paramount importance for the progress of human knowledge and increase of human comforts.