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The Wardian Case

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  • 288 pages
  • 11 hours of reading

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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. Ward created traveling glazed cases that would be able to transport plants around the world.

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The Wardian Case, Luke Keogh

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2020
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