Wardian

Rare plants could be transported across continents and climate zones in what became known as Wardian cases, and wealthy British families started commissioning elaborate versions for their living rooms.

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Microcosm is a new kind of event that brings enthusiasts together through the common bond of nurturing life within glass enclosures, from aquaria to vivaria, greenhouses and Wardian cases.

Aggressive mimicry 2009

Microcosm is a new kind of event that brings enthusiasts together through the common bond of nurturing life within glass enclosures, from aquaria to vivaria, greenhouses and Wardian cases.

A year from now 2009

We see British horticulturalist William Lobb racing from California to England in 1853 with the seedlings of giant sequoia trees, and we watch as British explorer and geographer Clements Markham sets out to explore the forests of Bolivia in 1859, accompanied by his wife, his gardener and 24 Wardian cases.

The Age of Botanical Exploration 2008

There is only a passing mention, for instance, of the Wardian case, an invention of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward that revolutionized plant-hunting in the mid-19th century.

The Age of Botanical Exploration 2008

His little house in La Villita overflowed with books and notes, with dried specimens and drawings and Wardian boxes filled with carefully nurtured living plants -- all of the materials that were waiting to be compacted into his Flora Texana.

Excerpt: The Gates of The Alamo by Stephen Harrigan 2000

At any rate, you cannot find a more interesting inmate of your Wardian case than some large geometrical spider.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

The following plants are eminently suited for Wardian

Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan

A Wardian Case consists of a base, which is generally an oblong box, covered with a square glass frame, under which certain plants can be successfully grown.

Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan

Mrs. Sykes (when the latter was not scouring the country on foot or horse-back) interested themselves in their plants, minerals, seeds, drawings, the herbarium, the Wardian case, the diaries and letters and fancy-work, the beautiful collection of sea-weed sent by Miss Marlow from

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various