This book deals with comprehensive study of plants which covers about 650 sq. kms, of forest in this district and stretches between 12 degree 55 minutes and 13 degree 47 minutes N Latitude and between 75 degree 5 minutes and 75 degree 50 minutes E longitude; the major part comprise the W. Ghats of the district.

Chapter -I The scope of Botany, Chapter-II The general characteristics of plants, Chapter- III The microscope, Chapter-IV Historical Technique, Chapter-V Life history of the Male Fern, Chapter VI Vegetable cytology, Chapter- VII Plant Tissues, Chapter-VIII The Root, Chapter-IX The Bud, Chapter-X The Stem, Chapter- XI The Leaf, Chapter- XII The Inflorescence, Chapter- XIII The Flower, Chapter- XIV The Fruit, Chapter- XV The Seed, Chapter- XVI The Classification and the naming of plants, Chapter-XVII The Algae, Chapter- XVIII The fungi, Chapter- XIX The Lichens, Chapter- XX The Bryophytes, Chapter- XXI The Pteridophytes, Chapter-XXII The Spermatophytes, Chapter-XXIII The Dicotyledons, Chapter- XXIV The Monocotyledons, Chapter-XXV Ecology and Index.