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Article: Horticulture
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Horticulture
The word
horticulture
translates as "garden cultivation," or to cultivate garden plants. It was first used in publication in 1631 and was an entry in
The New World of English Words
in 1678. Today horticulture means the science, technology, art, business, and hobby of producing and managing fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, landscapes, interior plantscapes, and grasses and turfgrasses. Although horticulture has been practiced for several millennia, it became a recognized academic and scientific discipline as it emerged from botany and medicinal botany in the late nineteenth century. Liberty Hyde Bailey, professor of horticulture at both Michigan State and ...