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By Elizabeth Hynes Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. June is the month when the Society tries to hold a meeting outdoors in the form of a field trip. This year the venue was Oxford Botanic Garden,...

By Paul Temple Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. Amongst the family of plants known as the Bromeliaceae there are in excess of 2000 known species. Of these, several may be of interest for their...

By David Taylor Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. RESUME After a strenuous and even hazardous journey across Malaysia, our intrepid explorer has sailed across the South China Sea to Bako, National...

Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. New Recruits to the Carnivorous Plant List Dear Editor, I noticed a good part of the Chelsea Flower Show stand as well as the accompanying leaflet ‘Meat eating...

By Chris Hynes Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. I wrote in the Autumn 1981 Journal about the larger-growing plants of Sarracenia minor and S. psittacina found in the Okefenokee Swamp. After further...

By Christopher and Elizabeth Hynes Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. We recently received a justifiably rather cross and irate letter from an officer of the Nature Conservancy Council saying that a...

By Peter Frost Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. There was much to see at the great Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. The McCormick Reaper, a kind of primitive combine harvester, an amazing pistol...

By Malcolm Goddard Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) has developed a remarkable method of trapping insects which has made it one of the world’s most popular and...

By Donald Murray Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. Introduction I have found two species of sundew in the Auckland (New Zealand) region: Drosera spathulata and Drosera auriculata. It is reported that...

Reproduced from Volume 6 of the Journal of the Carnivorous Plant Society. First published Autumn 1982. Are you bored with the usual humdrum greetings cards? Why not send something a little out of the ordinary — a limited edition of Venus’ Flytrap and Pitcher Plants,...