The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . the freshness, verdure and fragrance of thenative fields and pastures, plants only raised by the assidu-ous hand of the cultivator, in the pure country air. Howeverso much we may pet and tend the most favorite plant, theconfined, overheated and unventilated air of our parlors, evenout of the city, is so inimical to vegetable life, that it rarelypresents other than a sickly, lank, etiolated and uninviting MARCH. 13T aspect. But the Wardian Case changes all this. Not onlydoes it preserve the fres
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . the freshness, verdure and fragrance of thenative fields and pastures, plants only raised by the assidu-ous hand of the cultivator, in the pure country air. Howeverso much we may pet and tend the most favorite plant, theconfined, overheated and unventilated air of our parlors, evenout of the city, is so inimical to vegetable life, that it rarelypresents other than a sickly, lank, etiolated and uninviting MARCH. 13T aspect. But the Wardian Case changes all this. Not onlydoes it preserve the fresh verdure of its tenants unimpaired,but in it many delicate plants may be raised which refuseto display their highest beauty, even under the charge of themost skilful gardener. Such are some of the ferns, Lycopods,&c. At the last annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horti-cultural Society, some very pretty specimens of these WardianCases were exhibited by Messrs. Graff & Sons, of NewYork, an engraving of which we annex, (fig. 6,) towhom the Society awarded a Silver Medal. They have, we. 6. WARDIAN CASE. believe, introduced quite a numl)er of these into the parlorsof New York and Brooklyn, where they have been greatlyadmired. They are made on a larger or smaller scale, andadapted to a variety of plants, though those that requirethe least care are such as are filled with ferns, Lycopods, &c.,which need but little ventilation and but a small amount oflight. For blooming plants a somewhat different arrangementis necessary, and more care in the management. Our object now is to call the attention of lovers of freshverdure to these Wardian Cases, that they may find an intro-duction into the parlor or bay window of every dwelling. VOL. XXIY.—NO. III. IT 138 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. The form and size of the cases may be as varied as the tasteof the possessor may desire. A simple vase of iron or artifi-cial stone may be properly prepared and planted, and whencovered with a hands
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