Volume 1

Essay on the productive resources of India / By J.F. Royle.

  • Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes), 1798-1858.
Date:
1840
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Credit: Essay on the productive resources of India / By J.F. Royle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTICES OF THE WORK. “Tt is not too much to say of this very remarkable work, that it is indispen- sable to all who would acquire a knowledge of the vegetation, climate, and soil of the north of India.”’—Atheneum., ‘This work unquestionably contains a greater amount of valuable practical information upon useful matters than any work yet written upon the foreign posses- sions of any other European power.’”’—Dr, Lindley in Botanical Register. ; ** The observations respecting the geographical description of the Flora of Northern India are very interesting; and the work will be valuable in supplying a_ rich mass of facts on’the Natural History, of a part of the world of which our know- ledge has hitherto been very vague and partial.”’—Loudon’s Gardener’s Magazine. “We may now congratulate the public on a great blank in the physical geography of India being satisfactorily filled up by the appearance of this important work. ‘The plates are remarkably good.’’—Asiatic Journal, ‘“‘ A perusal of the very interesting letter-press, and a careful examination of the well- engraved and beautifally-colored plates of Himalayan plants and animals fully realize the very favorable opinion we expressed of Mr, Roy.n’s Illustrations, an opinion founded on the well-known and highly-esteemed practical skill of our author as a naturalist, and his activity and intelligence as a traveller.” —Jameson’s Edinburgh Philo- sophical Journal. “ Replete with varied and important facts and inferences, no one can peruse this work without advantage and great satisfaction. So perfect do we regard this work in all its departments, that we are sensible of no desideratum, except that of the remaining portion of it, which, we trust, will speedily be laid before the public. The plates are very beautifully executed and colored.””—London Medical Gazette. History than by the splendid work of Mr. J. Forszs Royiz, The work, in short, is highly deserving of public patronage.” — Times. “Of this region, (the Himalayan) an invaluable account is given by Mr. Royies in the above work, to which we are indebted for the principal part of our data regard ing the vegetation of India.”—Penny Cyclopedia. * The constant attention which is paid in this work to useful matters, and the skilful manner in which general views are made to bear upon particular cases of practical value, render it of immense importance to all who have a stake in our Endian possessions. We particularly refer to the articles on Cotton and Tea, both which deserve the most serious attention of the Indian Government. The value of such a work js scarcely to be appreciated.”,—Atheneum, 18384, Second Notice. “ Such an authentic and almost official book, in express contribution to an ex- tension of ourinformation, must be welcome, must be valued, must be taken into possession.” —Loudon’s Magazine of Natural History. ‘© We feel justified in pronouncing this to be by far the most valuable practical work which has yet been published with reference to the vegetable resources of the British territories in Asia; and the most calculated to show how the vegetable kingdom is capable of extending our revenues in the most valuable part of our Colonial possessions.” —Asiatic Journal. Second Notice. ‘¢ We rise from an attentive examination of this work, in doubt whether the botanical knowledge which it displays and imparts, or the patriotic spirit which pervades it, calls for the higher admiration, We are, however, certain that every Botanist who desires to demonstrate what are the practical uses of his study, may appeal to it with satisfaction, to shew its bearings upon the affairs of life ; while the Merchant who is interested in the produce of the East should patronize it, as contributing largely to promote a just knowledge of the resources of that vast empire, the improvement of which would materially increase the commercial greatness of Britain and of India.”— London Medical Gazette. Second Notice. “ No one who would be acquainted either with the ornamental, the cultural, or the medical qualities of the Indian Flora, can dispense with the possession of Dr. Roy.z’s highly-valuable labours.” —Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, ‘““Mr. Roytz’s work presents a most systematic and complete view of the Natural ——