Contents: Foreword. A few words. Programmes. Messages. 1. Proceedings: Inaugural ceremony. 2. Address of welcome by Dr. M.P. Nayar. 3. Speech delivered by Dr. U.C. Bhattacharyya. 4. Inaugural address by Dr. (Smt.) Asima Chatterjee. 5. Speech delivered by Prof. M.M. Chakrabarty. 6. Speech delivered by Shri U.P. Samaddar. 7. Vote of thanks presented by Dr. B.D. Sharma. 8. Indian Botanic Garden: some significant milestones. 9. Public awareness campaigns. 10. Sit and draw competition. 11. Exhibition with waste plant parts of the Indian Botanic Garden. 12. Inaugural address by Dr. M.P. Nayar. 13. Proceedings: Seminar on "Man, Plant and City". 14. Speech of Shri Z.R. Ansari, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. 15. Speech on "Man, Plant and City" delivered by Shri Hiren Dasgupta. 16. Summing up of the Seminar by Dr. M.P. Nayar. 17. Recommendations of the Seminar. 18. Scientific papers presented in the Seminar. 19. Important visitors. 20. Organising committee: Bicentenary Celebration. Participants in various programmes. 

"In this publication a humble attempt is made to provide a glimpse on the various events organised by the Botanical Survey of India on the bicentenary celebration of the Indian Botanic Garden, one of the oldest of its kind in the world and the largest in South East Asia. 

Efforts have been made to include speeches, deliberations, felicitations, messages and good wishes from important persons, dignitaries, citizens, and national and international institutions."