On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases
Author: Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: NATHANIEL BAGSHAW. WARD
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033419182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781015438033
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Author: Katherine Golden Bitting Col Gastronomy
Publisher: Andesite Press
Published: 2015-08-08
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781298525611
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Author: Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-15
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780265340868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases Edinburgh; Mr. Mackay of Dublin; Mr. Cameron of Birmingham; and to various other friends, for nume ro, us specimens of interesting plants received from them at different times for the purposes of experiment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
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Published: 1852
Total Pages: 152
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Published: 2021-10-03
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781956964028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This limited edition classic 1852 reprint of the 2nd revised edition of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's classic treatise on Wardian case or cover glass aquariums and greenhouses as we know them today is sure to please the natural history buff or gardener in your family. N.B. Ward was a renowned botanist and problem solver. He became highly sought after for his expertise after introducing to the world his method for transporting plants under glass from across the British Empire on long and arduous ship journeys. This book is basic reading for anyone wishing to understand the plant growing mechanisms in terrarium or greenhouse gardening. Limited to 500 copies, world-wide.
Author: Luke Keogh
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2023-01-05
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0226823970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The story of a nineteenth-century invention (essentially a tiny greenhouse) that allowed for the first time the movement of plants around the world, feeding new agricultural industries, the commercial nursery trade, botanic and private gardens, invasive species, imperialism, and more. Roses, jasmine, fuchsia, chrysanthemums, and rhododendrons bloom in gardens across the world, and yet many of the most common varieties have roots in Asia. How is this global flowering possible? In 1829, surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward placed soil, dried leaves, and the pupa of a sphinx moth into a sealed glass bottle, intending to observe the moth hatch. But when a fern and meadow grass sprouted from the soil, he accidentally discovered that plants enclosed in glass containers could survive for long periods without watering. After four years of experimentation in his London home, Ward created traveling glazed cases that would be able to transport plants around the world. Following a test run from London to Sydney, Ward was proven correct: the Wardian case was born, and the botanical makeup of the world’s flora was forever changed. In our technologically advanced and globalized contemporary world, it is easy to forget that not long ago it was extremely difficult to transfer plants from place to place, as they often died from mishandling, cold weather, and ocean salt spray. In this first book on the Wardian case, Luke Keogh leads us across centuries and seas to show that Ward’s invention spurred a revolution in the movement of plants—and that many of the repercussions of that revolution are still with us, from new industries to invasive plant species. From the early days of rubber, banana, tea, and cinchona cultivation—the last used in the production of the malaria drug quinine—to the collecting of beautiful and exotic flora like orchids in the first great greenhouses of the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC, and England’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Wardian case transformed the world’s plant communities, fueled the commercial nursery trade and late nineteenth-century imperialism, and forever altered the global environment.