These simple wooden boxes revolutionised gardening as we know it

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When two boxes packed with ferns and grasses survived the six-month ocean journey from London to Sydney in 1833, gardeners rejoiced.

He ran successful experiments for four years before approaching prominent nurseryman George Loddiges with his discovery.

Upon the ship's arrival in the antipodean colony, the ship's captain, Charles Mallard, wrote to Dr Ward with news of success.

 

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