Glasshouse Gallery
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Choose from 24 images in our Glasshouse collection.
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Wardian Case
The Wardian case is a portable airtight, glass-lined greenhouse that was developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868) for the transportation of plants. The Wardian case revolutionised botany in the 19th century, allowing live plants to be transported across the globe. The airtight design meant that that plants stored inside were protected from smoke and pollution
© RBG KEW
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Stereograph, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
This stereograph of the interior of one of the T-Range glasshouses shoes a sign requesting visitors to keep to the right and to refrain from touching the plants. Stereographs were extremely popular from the 1850s until the early 20th century and were used to illustrate key visitor attractions. this image depicting left and right eye images of the same scene would have been viewed through a stereoscope and appear to the viewer to be a single three dimensional image
© RBG KEW