The book entitled 'Indian Botanic Gardens', edited by eminent horticulturist, Dr. RK Roy and young plant conservationist, Dr. JS Khuraijam, is an attempt to review the plant conservation efforts and R&D activities being carried out in different botanic gardens across India. The book contains twenty two chapters written by eminent scientists, researchers and academicians from across the country who are directly involved in the activities of botanic gardens. This edited book is intended for all people who are interested in botanic gardens, plant conservation and floriculture. Preface v 1. Botanic Gardens of India: Treasure house of plant diversity 1 J.S. Khuraijam and R.K. Roy 2. Botanical Garden of CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur (H.P.): An Introduction 15 Brij Lal, Gopichand and Alka Kumari 3. Primary Hemi-epiphytes: A Challenge for Ex-situ Conservation in AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah – A Case Study 23 Basant Kumar Singh, Arabinda Pramanik and C.M. Sabapathy 4. Conservation of Plants of different Phyto-geographical Region of India in Botanic Garden of Indian Republic (BGIR), Noida 47 Sheo Kumar 5. Contributions of National Botanic Garden, Trombay (NBGT) in In-situ vis-à-vis Ex-situ Conservation 63 H.A. Barbhuiya and C.K. Salunkhe 6. Conservation Profile of the Bhagalpur University Botanical Garden, Bhagalpur (Bihar) 77 T.K. Pan and C.B. Singh 7. Ex-situ Conservation of Threatened Plants of India at Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun 85 Amber Srivastava, S.K. Srivastava and L.R. Dangwal 8. Wild Medicinal Plant Species in Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Noida 93 Sheo Kumar and Damini Sharma 9. Fernery of Government Botanical Garden, Udhagamandalam 109 K. Anitha, R. Surendranath, K. Kayalvizhi and P. Rajasekar 10. Conservation of Orchids at TNAU Botanic Gardens 117 M. Kannan and P. Ranchana 11. Conservation of Trees and Shrubs in GNDU Botanical Garden 127 Gurveen Kaur, Jaskirat Kaur and Avinash Kaur Nagpal 12. Herb Garden: An Important Component of Botanic Garden for Ex-situ Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 139 R.C. Nainwal, D. Singh, R.S. Katiyar, S. Sharma, A.K. Singh, P.K. Singh and S.K. Tewari 13. Conservation and Evaluation of Canna Cultivars for Cultivation on Partially Sodic Waste Land of Northern Plains of Uttar Pradesh 153 Devendra Singh, R.C. Nainwal, R.S. Katiyar and S.K. Tewari 14. Germplasm Conservation of different Canna Cultivars at National Botanic Garden, Trombay (NBGT), Mumbai 161 C.K. Salunkhe and H.A. Barbhuiya 15. Bougainvillea at CSIR-NBRI Botanic Garden: Germplasm Collections, Agro-technology and Development of New Varieties 169 Shilpi Singh and R.K. Roy 16. Fragrant Tuberoses for Enhancing Beauty of Botanic Gardens 179 P. Ranchana and M. Kannan 17. Agro-technology for Commercial Cultivation of Gerbera in Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse: A Floricultural Activity of the Botanic Garden 187 Satish Kumar and R.K. Roy 18. Effects of different Growing Media on Growth and Yield of Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Var. ‘Avo-Victoria’) for Cut Flower Production under Polyhouse 199 Tapas Kumar Chowdhuri 19. Studies on Growth and Cut Flowers Production of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse 207 Satish Kumar and R.K. Roy 20. Molecular Characterization of Various Turfgrass Genotypes by RAPD and ISSR Markers 213 Roshni Agnihotri, S.L. Chawla and Sudha Patil 21. Seasonal Flowering Plants for Healthy Environment in Landscape Gardening 223 Shankar Verma and Rajeev Kumar 22. Studies on Vase Life of Cut Flowers in Dahlia Genotypes 227 Kiran Singh Index 233 Color Plate 237