This book with 9 informative chapters covers various aspects of this unique site where one can see cloud forest, grasslands and marshes. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography on published literature on Horton Plains, useful for researchers and cloud forest eco-system managers.
The book also benefits from a chapter on Flowering Plants of Horton Plains National Park by Dr. D.S.A. Wijesundara - Director Botanical Gardens. There are 143 colour plates, most photographed by the author. It also has excellent photographs by Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Siril Wijesundara, Rathnasiri Premathilake and Gehan Chandrawansa.