94 THE USE OF CLOSED CASES 
other large town, might he converted into one 
vast garden. Admitting far more light into the 
dwellings, continually purifying the atmosphere, 
and furnishing food to the mind as well as the 
body, — they would he invaluable to those who 
have not the opportunity of visiting the country. 
They might he made, moreover, the means of 
illustrating the antiquities of any country — hy 
erecting in them models of old towers, castles, 
gateways, &c., and which, when covered with 
plants, would form tableaux vivans of the 
highest interest. Nothing can he conceived more 
cheerful than the appearance of rooms thus fur- 
nished, and in proportion as the use of these cases 
becomes more general among the middle and 
higher classes, a new field of healthful and 
profitable industry will he opened to the poor, 
who might not only he employed in procuring 
plants from” the country, but whose ingenuity 
might he called into play in executing the models 
above referred to in sandstone, chalk, or other 
suitable material. I need not, however, dilate 
upon this point, as these varied applications must 
he obvious to all. 
But I must here caution the poor against in- 
dulging a taste for what are called fancy-flowers 
— things this year rewarded with gold medals, 
and the next thrown upon the dunghill. Be- 
