TO 
H. B. WARD, ESQ. P.E.S. F.L.S. 
WHOSE INVENTION OF 
CLOSE GLAZED CASES 
HAS EXTENDED THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS, 
AND OF FEENS ESPECIALLY, 
TO THE PAELOUE, THE WINDOW-SILL, AND THE CITY COUETYABD, 
BY EENDEEING POSSIBLE THEIE PEESEEVATION 
IN SMOKE-POLLUTED LOCALITIES ; 
AS WELL AS ENEICHED OUE GAEDENS 
WITH THE FLOWEES AND FEUITS OF OTHEE LANDS, 
Cjjis kittle Marne 
IS, WITH MUCH EESPECT AND ESTEEM, DEDICATED, 
BY HIS OBLIGED FEIEND, 
THE AUTHOR. 
