How the Wardian case revolutionised the plant trade – and Australian gardens
- Written by Luke Keogh, Visiting Scholar, Deakin University
Melburnians admire the first primrose to arrive in the colony, transported by a Wardian case, in Edward Hopley's A Primrose from England, circa 1855.Bendigo Art Gallery, Gift of Mr and Mrs Leonard Lansell 1964.
The first journey of a Wardian case was an experiment. In 1829, the surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathanial Bagshaw Ward accidentally...
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