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Plant Case for groining PI ant. s 



Elevation, showing one Side of the Stand (a), Box of Earth (b), and Glass Cover (c). 



it as a sort of experiment, open to the inspection of such persons 

 as might take an interest in the subject; and, as its success 

 involves questions interesting alike to the botanist, the physiolo- 

 gist, and the horticulturist, I have thought that a concise account 

 of the results of one year's experience, accompanied with some 

 physiological remarks on the growth and condition of plants 

 placed in such novel circumstances, might not be unacceptable 

 to the Botanical Society, which has so recently done me the 

 honour of admitting me as one of its members. 



Some gentlemen having expressed an intention of fitting up 

 cases for the same purpose, I have requested Mr. M'Nab to 

 furnish me, not only with a copy of his design, but also with a 

 statement of the leading particulars which require to be attended 

 to in the construction. As the apparatus was to be placed in 

 the window of a drawingroom, its form and dimensions were 

 determined in accordance with that idea. It is composed of three 



