Case Studies: A story of plant travel

In 1829, London physician Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward conducted a simple experiment when he sealed a plant inside a glass container to see if it would survive. The experiment's success helped change the way plants were transported across the world, transforming gardens, ecosystems and lives in the process.
This book traces that story by pairing striking contemporary images of cased plants in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom with essays about the deeper implications of plant transfer. I...