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Carnivorous Plants

Medical Books

Slack, Adrian

History

M.I.T. Press

Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities.
The mobile tentacles of the Sundews, the snapping lobes of the Venus Fly Trap, and the slippery, baited pitfalls of the Pitcher Plants seem the stuff of science fiction, yet these amazing plants do exist. Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities. He explores in detail the wily manner in which each type of plant entices, catches, and digests its prey.

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Mit Pr

For anyone who has ever tried in vain to keep a mail-order Venus Fly Trap alive, help is at hand. Nurseryman Slack explains how to cultivate this and the 14 other species of carnivorous plants, both indoors and outside in artificial bogs. While Slack's Carnivorous Plants (MIT Pr., 1979) focuses on natural history, this work provides detailed information on cultivation. Numerous excellent illustrations and precise, practical information make it a worthwhile addition to horticultural collections.

Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them

Technology

Univ of Washington Pr

Carnivorous plants

Alphabooks

From Library Journal\nFor anyone who has ever tried in vain to keep a mail-order Venus Fly Trap alive, help is at hand. Nurseryman Slack explains how to cultivate this and the 14 other species of carnivorous plants, both indoors and outside in artificial bogs. While Slack's Carnivorous Plants (MIT Pr., 1979) focuses on natural history, this work provides detailed information on cultivation. Numerous excellent illustrations and precise, practical information make it a worthwhile addition to horticultural collections. Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala. 
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Insect-eating Plants and How to Grow Them

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

The mobile tentacles of the Sundews, the snapping lobes of the Venus Fly Trap, and the slippery, baited pitfalls of the Pitcher Plants seem the stuff of science fiction, yet these amazing plants do exist. Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities. He explores in detail the wily manner in which each type of plant entices, catches, and digests its prey.

Marston House

A guide to growing and caring for over 200 bizarre yet beautiful insect-eating plants Illustrated throughout with full-colour photography, botanical line-drawings and diagrams

Insect Eaters: How to Grow and Feed Extraordinary Plants by Adrian Slack (2006-05-04)

Alphabet and Image Ltd

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Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous Plants

Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them

Carnivorous plants

Insect-eating Plants and How to Grow Them

Carnivorous Plants

Insect Eaters: How to Grow and Feed Extraordinary Plants by Adrian Slack (2006-05-04)