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Carnivorous plants rearrange the natural order of nature where plants are usually the meal, not the consumer of animal protein. This book will temps the curious individual into growing carnovorous plants and guide the avid enthusiasts in selecting plants, growing methods, and propagation techniques best suited to their situation. The first cahapters of the book deal with specific information on each group or genus of carnivorous plants, such as the Sundews, Butterworts, and the Venus Fly Trap. Each chapter includes information on the history of the plants, natural environment, trapping mechanism, species that comprise the genus, botanical description, specific cultural requirements and specific propagating techniques as well as information of genera; interest. later capters are devoted to the general cultural requirements necessary to succesfully grow and propagate carnivorous plants as well as information concerning purchasing, growing outdoors, feeding and pest control. the later chapters contains general information pertinent to all carnovorous plants. this information is accumulated in separate chapters for easy reference to avoid repetition. This organization allows the book to be a reference tool as well as a textbook. chapters and sections dealing with general contain lists of species withing the genera. the species are organized into groups that have similar cultural requirements. for the commercially available, more detailed information is included. The intend of this book is to provode cultural data for growing carnivorousplants, including information pertaining soils, pots, containers, light, water and humidity, dormancy, fertilization, feeding, pest control, germination of seeds, propagation (sexual and asexual), and hybridization.