TO 

 N. B. WARD, ESQ. F.R.S. P.L.S. 



WHOSE INVENTION OF 



CLOSE GLAZED CASES 



HAS EXTENDED THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS, 



AND OF FEUNS ESPECIALLY, 



TO THE PAELOtJE, THE WINDOW-SILL, AND THE CITY COUETTAED, 



BY EENDEEING POSSIBLE THEIK PEESERVATION 



IN SMOKE-POLLUTED LOCALITIES ; 



AS WELL AS ENEICHED OUR GAEDENS 



WITH THE FLOWEES AND FEUITS OF OTHER LANDS, 



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IS, WITH MUCH "EESPECT AND ESTEEM, DEDICATED, 

 BY HIS OBLIGED FEIEND, 



THE AUTHOE. 



