A predecessor of the modern terrarium, it held plants, and was made of glass and closed such that it would self-regulate its internal climate. The Wardian case facilitated the trade of plants ...

Luke Keogh, an expert on Wardian cases, describes the device as a "greenhouse in miniature". "This greenhouse is made of timber and it has a sloping roof and inside the roof are glass inserts," he ...

Crafted of metal, wood and glass, they come in a variety of sizes. Many indoor plants thrive in the Wardian case environment of constant humidity and stable temperatures. Named after their creator ...

Glass, timber, putty ... as Banks hoped they'd become a cheap way of feeding slaves. Thanks to the Wardian case, the process of transporting plants now had wind in its sails.

In 1836, he published a book entitled, “On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases.” Wardian cases, as the glass boxes came to be called, became all the rage in Victorian England. Plants were ...

The Wardian cases used in homes were made of glass and iron. Some sat on a matching table or stand, and some were made to look like small houses. It was the first terrarium — a closed space to ...

The origin of the Wardian case was a scientific experiment ... growing in an air-tight jar influenced Dr Ward to have a glass case made to grow some more ferns in. George Loddiges, who's nursery ...

The Wardian case, as it would become known, revolutionised the movement of live plants around the globe . They were shaped like a miniature greenhouse, made of timber and had glass inserts in the ...

Derived from 19th-century glass Wardian cases that were once lashed to the decks of ships to keep plants alive on long sea voyages, closed terrariums became popular for keeping humidity-loving ...

Wardian cases, as the glass boxes came to be called, became all the rage in Victorian England. Plants were protected in the cases from the chilling drafts, dry air and gas fumes of Victorian homes.