Ward, NATHANIEL BAGSHAW (1791–1868), botanist and inventor of the 'Wardian Case' for the transport of delicate ferns and other such plants, or for keeping them indoors—a close glass case fitted accurately on a tray containing soil.
Ward, NATHANIEL BAGSHAW
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 547
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