Carnivorous Plants

By Adrian Slack
Photographed by Jane Gate
December 2000
Marston House
ISBN: 1-899296-13-1
240 pages, illustrated
$59.50 paperback

OUT OF PRINT

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Far from being fantasy, these extraordinary organisms are fact, and this book explains the astonishingly subtle manner in which each entices, catches and digests its prey.

Contents:
Acknowledgements. List of Colour Plates. Preface. The Carnivorous Plants: An Introduction. The Pitcher Plants of Continental America. The Tropical Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes. The West Australian Pitcher plant: Cephalotus. Genlisea. The Passive Flypapers. The Active Flypapers. The Spring Traps. The Bladder Traps. How to grow Carnivorous Plants. Cultivation out of doors. 3 appendices. Bibliography and references. List of suppliers. Glossary. Index. Includes many color plates and black & white photographs and illustrations.

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