Jack and the carnivorous pitcher plant / Tan Wee Kiat, Amy Sobrielo, illustrated by Lesley Gan
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1999
Information About
This volume provides interesting facts and details about the unusual pitcher plants, including how to grow them. These fascinating plants can still be found growing naturally in various parts of Singapore.
Additional Details
- Title
- Jack and the carnivorous pitcher plant / Tan Wee Kiat, Amy Sobrielo, illustrated by Lesley Gan
- Creators
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- Tan, Wee Kiat, 1940-
- Subject
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- Botany--Singapore--Juvenile literature
- Nepenthes--Juvenile literature
- Publisher
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- Landmark Books, 1999
- National Library Board Singapore, 1999
- Contributors
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- Sobrielo, Amy
- Gan, Lesley, 1965-
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Introduction -- ch. 1. The legend of nepenthes -- ch. 2. Spotlight on the pitcher -- ch. 3. Pitchers high and low -- ch. 4. Three plus three equals six -- ch. 5. When continents drifted apart -- ch. 6. Raffles, Jack & Arnold -- ch. 7. Seeds, stems & tissue culture -- ch. 8. Travelling by bottle -- ch. 9. The surprise with a surprise -- Afterword.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.