The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wardian \Ward"i*an\, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "wardian".
But it was the array of Wardian cases set against the walls that made her skin crawl.
Gabriel put on a pair of heavy gloves that he found on a workbench and cautiously opened the hidden panel embedded in the bottom of the Wardian case that had housed the venomous snake.
Archer and Janey, whenever they alighted at Brown's Hotel, found themselves awaited by two affectionate friends who, like themselves, cultivated ferns in Wardian cases, made macrame lace, read the memoirs of the Baroness Bunsen and had views about the occupants of the leading London pulpits.