The Wardian case, ca 1940- 1950
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Image of a horticulturalist packing plants into a Wardian Case ready for transportation. The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to protect live plant material during transportation. The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868). As he lived in the docklands area of London, Ward's interest in amateur botany was thwarted by the polluted, sooty air that killed everything he tried to grow. After noticing that seedlings flourished in a glass jar and were protected from London's smoky environment, Ward created the Wardian Case; it revolutionised botany in the 19th century, allowing live plants to be transported across the globe.
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Media ID 9506199
Date: 16th September 2005
City: %G
Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Filename: BUI_Wardian_case.jpg
Image Size: 5829 x 4813 Pixels
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Associated Categories: History
Associated Categories: History
Associated Categories: Travel, Explorers and Expeditions
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