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the material on which, the seed is sown is so 
porous that the requisite amount of moisture 
will pass to the top by capillary action when ap- 
plied to the bottom of it. Also, that with an 
abundance of light, the sun must not shine 
directly upon it. 
I remain, with the greatest regard and esteem, 
Yours very truly, 
Henry Deane. 
To N. B. Ward, Esq. 
Since writing the above, the following obser- 
vations, in the “ Quarterly Review ” for 1842-6, 
have come to my notice. They so beautifully 
express what I would have done but could not, 
that I must add it as a postscript. After speak- 
ing of the application of the closed cases in the 
conveyance of plants, the editor says : — 
“ But while this mode of conveyance answers 
the purposes of science, a much more beautiful 
adaptation of the same principle is contrived for 
the bed-room of the invalid. Who is there that 
has not some friend or other confined by chronic 
disease, or lingering decline, to a single chamber, 
one we will suppose who, a short while ago, was 
among the gayest and most admired of a large 
and happy circle, now, through sickness, depen- 
dent, after her one stay, for her minor comforts 
