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Aquarium Plants: Their Identification, Cultivation and Ecology has been written for lovers of aquariuums amd terrariums. Some plants cultivated in aquariumss have not been described scienntifically at the time of writing anf only their commercial names can be given. Other group of plants require a thorough revision before we can sure of the proper name for the species. The aquarium hobby is mostly interested in the keeping of fish in indoor awuariums, but since the lives of fish are closely interwoven with the lives of the plants, aquatic vegetation is an integral part of aquarium science. This book deal first with other principles of aquarium keeping commonly used and readily understood by the aquarist, and then with the cultivation of aquatic plants and their use in the aquarium. Aquarium Plants: Their Identification, Cultivation and Ecology organised into 11 parts, which are: Introduction; The Importance of plants in the aquarium; General principles for the cultivation of aquatic plants; Illumination of the aquarium; Fully aquatic and amphibious plants in nature and the aquarium; The arrangement of indooe aquariums; Algae in the aquarium; Reproduction in aquatic plants; Practical propagation of aquarium plants; Characteristic of tropical floral areas; and Aquatic and apmhibious plants suitable for the aquariums. Plants Index with scientific names and plants index in their popular names is include in the last part of the book.