Work on paper - Botanical Treasures From Far off Places, For the Benefit of the British Empire, 25/9/2008

Historical information

Further historical information is given here relating to exotic plants discovered by British travellers to the Tropics.

Significance

This page provides useful background history to the development of wardian cases, significant in the development of Ballarat's gardens during the nineteenth century.

Physical description

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.

Inscriptions & markings

None

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