B. WARD, ESQ. F.R.S. E.L.S. 
WHOSE INVENTION OP 
CLOSE OLAZED CASES 
HAS EXTENDED THE CULTIVATION OP PLANTS, 
AND OP PERNS ESPECIALLY, 
TO THE PARLOUR, THE WINDOW-SILL, AND THE CITY COURTYARD, 
BY RENDERING POSSIBLE THEIR PRESERVATION 
IN SMOKE-POLLUTED LOCALITIES; 
AS WELL AS ENRICHED OUR GARDENS 
WITH THE PLOWERS AND FRUITS OP OTHER LANDS, 
IS, WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM, DEDICATED, 
BY HIS OBLIGED PRIEND, 
THE AUTHOR, 
