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With the freezing weather upon us, a tropical paradise
will help brighten an indoor room and combat the winter
blues. One way to have a tropical oasis in the middle
of winter is a terrarium.
By definition, the word terrarium means "a place of earth."
We can trace the history of the terrarium back to another
Victorian obsession — ferns.
The terrarium in its modern form was invented by accident
in 1827 by Nathaniel Ward, a London doctor, that like many
plant-obsessed Victorians had an intense enthusiasm for
botany.
But Dr.Ward’s plants, particularly his ferns,were having
difficulty surviving the polluted air of 1820's London.
It was intensely frustrating for a passionate plant
collector to not be able to keep the plant of the moment
alive. While puzzling over the problem with his ferns,
Dr. Ward noticed that the plants placed in his covered
insect jars were actually taking root in the soil.
It was a light bulb moment, Dr. Ward realized that his
miniature greenhouse could actually protect the plants
enough so that they would thrive. He spread the word of
his discovery and even published a book on the subject
there was a Wardian Case, as the first terrariums were
known in every Victorian home.
During the Victorian Era and predominantly in England
terrariums became very popular and many people kept them
in their homes.
But over the course of decades the practice fell in
decline and in today’s world they have made a bit of a
comeback but have never reached the every day popularity
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