Wardian cases made it possible for plants and seeds to be transported long distances and to be in good condition on arrival.Without Wardian cases, it would have been impossible to plan and implement the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in the Gardenesque style that we see today.p.1 is headed "A Wardian Case" and is a little over 1/2 a page. p 2. is headed File: Wardian Cases and has pictures of 4 styles of wardian cases. p3. is entitled Wardian case and has a small picture on the lefthand side of a wardian case. p.4. has 1/2 a page of print and another small picture of a wardian case on the lefthand side of the page with References at the bottom of the page. Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, wardian cases, styles of wardian cases, thomas rooney, george longley, mr duthie, robert fortune, doctor nathaniel bagshaw ward, joseph dalton hooker, kelway and son somerset england, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

Until the Wardian Case was invented, other methods of transporting plants had been rarely successful.The Wardian case was used to transport plants to be grown in the Botanical Gardens and other gardens in Ballarat.1 page with 2 sections. Top of the page is blurred and cutoff. Left bottom of page, 2 sketches of methods of transporting plants and right side, bottom half of the page, a sketch of the wardian case.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, the wardian case, joseph paxton, doctor nathaniel ward, nineteenth century, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

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