Terrarium

The first terrarium was invented by accident in a small jar that was left unattended and started to grow  a fern and that is how the terrarium was born in 1842. A terrarium is a sealed glass case that can hold plants. It had a cycle where the animals in the case make carbon dioxide that the plants use for photosynthesis. That repeats itself till you have to water the plants which only happens once a year. The terrarium quickly became popular within England, but then it was known as the Wardian Case. People that could afford them had them in their houses. 
     The main use for Wardian cases was to transport plants from one continent to another. They first used it to transport plants from Great Britain to Sydney. The trips would take 6 months to a year. When they would try to take different specimens of plants or animals they would normally die. When they put the plants inside of a terrarium they would not die but they would thrive and grow. They could also put animals in the cases what had plants that they liked to hang around. There were lots of plants like ferns and smaller flowers. On the long journey to deliver new plants to the own continents they had to nail all of the Wardian Cases to the deck of the ship to allow them to get sunlight. The Wardian Case was an incredible invention for it's time amazed many different scientists. It made it easier to learn about new plants and animals.