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The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato
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"Committe members applauded this in-depth look at an unusual and fascinating group of plants that are diversely represented in North America. Nursery propagated selections of some carnivorous plants are just beginning to become available, so this book is a timely reference on how to grow these plants, many of which are endangered in the wild. "I never thought this book would end up on my bedside table as compelling reading, but it did. The strangeness of the plants and their behavior is fascinating...
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Just about everyone's familiar with the Venus flytrap, but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can — and do — digest an entire rat? Full-color photographs of the plants at work and play, plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own little shop of horrors.
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Adam is fascinated by the Doccis and increasingly aware that there are dangerous secrets hidden within the family domain.The garden itself starts to exercise a powerful influence over his imagination, its iconography seeming to point to some deeper, darker truth than was first apparent. And what really lay behind a killing at the villa towards the end of the war?
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