[1] The book is considered to be the first on the subject and won Mudaliar considerable acclaim.
[2] Born in Madras Presidency, in 1878,[3] Mudaliar graduated from the Agricultural College, Coimbatore, in which he served as a principal in his later years.
[4] Mudaliar wrote A Handbook on Some South Indian Grasses in 1921 along with K. Rangachari of the Government Museum, Chennai and won instant acclaim.
[3] He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society and the "Rao Bahadur" title was conferred upon him.
Mudaliar succeeded V. Chakkarai Chettiar as mayor of Madras city in 1942.