Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Botanical Treasures From Far off Places, For the Benefit of the British Empire, 25/9/2008
... ...mangosteen...One page with a colored photograph of a mangosteen top lefthand of the page followed by one short paragraph and then 3 cabinets designed to hold plants....John Garner Doctor John Garner Ballarat Botanical Gardens Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens mangosteen plant cabinets John Ellis The Earl of Sandwich. wardian cases British Empire John Garner Collection Gardens Ballarat None One page with a colored photograph of a mangosteen top lefthand of the page followed by one short paragraph and then 3 cabinets designed to hold plants. ...
Further historical information is given here relating to exotic plants discovered by British travellers to the Tropics.This page provides useful background history to the development of wardian cases, significant in the development of Ballarat's gardens during the nineteenth century.One page with a colored photograph of a mangosteen top lefthand of the page followed by one short paragraph and then 3 cabinets designed to hold plants.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, mangosteen, plant cabinets, john ellis, the earl of sandwich., wardian cases, british empire, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat
