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THE USE OF CLOSED CASES 
associations, or from that love of Nature which 
is implanted, to a greater or less degree, in the 
bosom of all, are passionately fond of flowers, 
and endeavour to gratify their taste at no small 
toil. Some years ago a lady in Bristol thus wrote 
to me, — “ I have now one of your cases made by 
a glazier here who has quite enlivened his small 
dark room with fresh green plants, and very grate- 
ful he feels to you for your discovery. I think 
you must have much satisfaction in thinking how 
much pleasure you have been enabled to give in 
the world, and how often the sorrowful have been 
cheered by watching the fresh vegetation near 
them, when illness or their occupations in life 
confine them to the dark smoky streets of a large 
town. Many country walks, too, have been taken 
by those, who would not otherwise have stirred 
from their homes, to find suitable plants to fill 
their cases.” 
About the same time, I received a letter from 
the glazier above referred to,* a portion of which 
I copy, as it graphically describes the situation 
and feelings of thousands of those who like him- 
* Mr. Ivey, of College Street, whom I have lately had the pleasure 
of visiting, and my readers will, I am sure, rejoice with me in learn- 
ing that he is now reaping the reward of honest industry and un- 
deviating integrity. Mr. Ivey showed me some marine Algos , which 
were looking very healthy, after confinement in a closed case for more 
than twelve months. 
