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Editor’s Notes

By Paul Simons Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. Thanks to our varied careers, much of the Society’s committee has been uprooted to exotic new addresses over the past few months. Paul Temple is now...

Carnivorous Plant Nurseries in the Nineteenth Century

By Timothy Heneage Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. The heyday for carnivorous plants in England, at least as far as Sarracenias and Nepenthes are concerned, was roughly the period from 1880 — 1914....

Growing Carnivorous Plants Outdoors

By Ray Goddard Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. Many C.P. species can be grown in greenhouses or indoors, often at some expense. However, a lot of other species can be grown quite happily outdoors....

Growing Carnivorous Plants Under Artificial Light

By Metin A. Savignano Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. When I started to build up my collection of carnivorous plants, I soon hit a problem that must affect many others who are not fortunate enough...

Letters

Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. Questionnaire Comments Following our successful petition of members’ views on whether they wished to receive literature from commercial growers, here is a selection...

Of All the Gall

By Paul Simons Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. For anyone who has followed these pages over the past couple of years, you will have noticed my obsession with new types and species of carnivorous...

Some Forms of Sarracenia Alata

By Chris Hynes Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. The American pitcher plants of the genus Sarracenia form a marvellous and varied range of strikingly beautiful and well-adapted plants. Sarracenia...

Carnivorous Fungi Book

By Paul Simons Reproduced from Volume 7 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Spring 1983. A couple of year ago we were going to place a bulk order for a book entitled "The Nematode-Destroying Fungi" by G. L. Barron (see Carnivorous Plant...

Editor’s Notes

By Paul Simons Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. Our display at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show certainly caused a stir, as shown by our letters page this issue. For the Society it was a brave...