Encyclopedia - Horticulture: Encyclopedia - Horticulture
The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlton Gardens Melbourne: Encyclopedia Ii - Carlton Gardens Melbourne - Horticulture
The gardens are an outstanding example of Victorian era horticulture with sweeping lawns and varied European and Australian tree planting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budding: Encyclopedia Ii - Budding - In Horticulture
Budding is also a process that consist of ingrafting the bud of a plant into another plant. This is a frequent technique for fruit trees ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park - Horticulture
The Lena Meijer Conservatory at Meijer Gardens is a five-story, 15,000 square-foot facility featuring rock landscapes by designer Philip ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetative Reproduction: Encyclopedia - Vegetative Reproduction
Vegetative reproduction is asexual reproduction, but other terms that apply are vegetative propagation and vegetative multiplication. In ...   » Read the article

Article - Budding
Budding is a type of asexual reproduction. Budding - General biological meaning. A new organism is formed by the protrusion of part of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycad: Encyclopedia - Cycad
Cycadaceae cycas family Stangeriaceae stangeria family Zamiaceae zamia family Cycads are an ancient group of seed plants characterized by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia - Flower
A flower (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia - Cloning
Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia - Botany
Botany is the scientific study of plant life. As a branch of biology, it is also sometimes referred to as plant science(s) or plant biolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budding: Encyclopedia - Budding
Budding is a type of asexual reproduction. Budding - General biological meaning. A new organism is formed by the protrusion of part of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Agricultural Science Topics: Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Agricultural Science Topics
Below is a list of basic topics in agricultural science -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with agriculture and the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canker: Encyclopedia - Canker
Canker and anthracnose are general terms for a large number of different plant diseases, characterised by broadly similar symptoms, the a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breeding: Encyclopedia - Breeding
Breeding has several meanings related to procreation: In animal husbandry and in horticulture the selection of stock for propagation and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Mollison: Encyclopedia - Bill Mollison
Bill Mollison (born 1928 in Tasmania, Australia) is a researcher, author, scientist, teacher, naturalist and has been called the 'father ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viticulture: Encyclopedia - Viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) refers to the cultivation of grapes, often for use in the production of wine. It is one branch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acanthus Genus: Encyclopedia - Acanthus Genus
See text Acanthus is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant in the Family Acanthaceae. In Europe an Acanthus is a plant (also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural And Food Research Council: Encyclopedia - Agricultural And Food Research Council
The Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC), was a British Research Council responsible for funding and managing scientific and tec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tray: Encyclopedia - Tray
A tray is a shallow container designed for carrying things. Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeroponics: Encyclopedia - Aeroponics
Aeroponics is a hydroponic technique involving the use of sprayers, nebulizers, foggers, or other devices to create a fine mist of soluti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acacallis: Encyclopedia - Acacallis
Acacallis Lindl. 1853, is a small South American genus with a few species from the orchid family Orchidaceae. The genus is named in homag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakushima White Pine: Encyclopedia - Yakushima White Pine
The Yakushima White Pine (Pinus amamiana) is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyushu. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wellesley Massachusetts: Encyclopedia - Wellesley Massachusetts
Wellesley is a town located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 26,613. It is bes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegan Organic Gardening: Encyclopedia - Vegan Organic Gardening
Vegan organic gardening aims to produce organically grown foods and other crops whilst minimising (preferably erradicating) the exploitat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fair: Encyclopedia - Fair
A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brassica: Encyclopedia - Brassica
See text Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus may be collectively known either as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Claudius Loudon: Encyclopedia Ii - John Claudius Loudon - Horticultural Work
Around 1803, Loudon published an article entitled Observations on Laying out the Public Spaces in London in a literary journal. In this a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis: Encyclopedia - Cannabis
Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Cannabis sativa Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species. The plant is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Claudius Loudon: Encyclopedia Ii - John Claudius Loudon - Publications
Loudon was a prolific horticultural and landscape design writer. His first published was The Encyclopedia of Gardening in 1822. After its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetative Reproduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetative Reproduction - Natural Vegetative Structures
A rhizome is a modified stem serving as an organ of vegetative reproduction. Prostrate aerial stems, called runners or stolons are import...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower - Flower Anatomy
Flowering plants are heterosporangiate (producing two types of reproductive spores) and the pollen (male spores) and ovules (female spore...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower - Flowers As Symbols
Many flowers have important symbolic meanings in Western culture. The practice of assigning meanings to flowers is known as floriography....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower - Flower Function
The function of a flower is to mediate the union of male and female gametes. The process is termed pollination. Many flowers are dependen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycad: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycad - Introduction & Overview
Cycads are found across much of the subtropical and tropical parts of the world. They are found in South and Central America (where the g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycad: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycad - History
Modern knowledge about Cycads began in the 9th century with the discovery by two Arab naturalists that the genus Cycas was used as a sour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower - Flowers In Everyday Life
In modern times, people have sought ways to cultivate, buy, wear, or just be around flowers and blooming plants, partly because of their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycad: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycad - Conservation
In recent years, many cycads have been dwindling in numbers and may face risk of extinction because of theft and unscrupulous collection ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park - History
Meijer Gardens opened to the public on April 20, 1995 through the generosity of Frederik and Lena Meijer, the family behind the Meijer Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park - Sculpture
Meijer Gardens includes a thirty-acre outdoor sculpture park, which opened on May 16, 2002. It features more than 170 sculptures by world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Frederik Meijer Gardens And Sculpture Park - Seasonal Exhibitions
Every year, Meijer Gardens features two of its largest exhibitions, Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming, sponsored by Foremost Insurance ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Technical Hurdles
Cloning is quite inefficient and usually there are over 600 to 1000 nuclear transfers before one is able to grow into a stem cell. This i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Dolly The Sheep
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was clone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Commercial Cloning
While the promise of cloning extinct species has been a long standing justification for the development of cloning, there are many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower - Flowers In The Arts
The great variety of delicate and beautiful flowers has inspired the works of many poets, especially from the Romantic era. Famous exampl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Ethical Issues Of Cloning
Cloning - Christian views. Christian views of cloning are diverse and sometimes conflicting. Roman Catholicism and other conservative C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning In Biology
Cloning - Molecular. Cloning a gene means to extract a gene from one organism (for example by PCR) and insert it into a second organism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Health Aspects
However, the success rate has been very low: Dolly was born after 276 failed attempts; 70 calves have been created from 9,000 attempts an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia Ii - Botany - Scope And Importance Of Botany
As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning Extinct Species
Cloning, or more precisely, the reconstruction of functional DNA from extinct species has, for decades, been a dream of some scientists. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Compared To Farming
In respect to its food producing purpose, gardening is distinguished from farming chiefly by scale and intent. Farming occurs on a larger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Ethical Issues Of Cloning
Cloning - Christian views. Main article: Christian views on cloning Christian views of cloning are diverse and sometimes conflicting....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Health Aspects
However, the success rate has been very low: Dolly was born after 276 failed attempts; 70 calves have been created from 9,000 attempts an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning Extinct Species
Cloning, or more precisely, the reconstruction of functional DNA from extinct species has, for decades, been a dream of some scientists. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Dolly The Sheep
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was clone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Compared To Farming
In respect to its food producing purpose, gardening is distinguished from farming chiefly by scale and intent. Farming occurs on a larger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Commercial Cloning
While the promise of cloning extinct species has been a long standing justification for the development of cloning, there are many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning In Biology
Cloning - Molecular. Cloning a gene means to extract a gene from one organism (for example by PCR) and insert it into a second organism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Species Cloned
The modern cloning techniques involving nuclear transfers have been successfully performed on several species. Land mark experiments in c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - History Of Agriculture In Australia
Following European settlement, the wool industry was the first large scale agricultural enterprise in Australia’s history. Wool was of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - Major Agricultural Products
Australia produces a large variety of primary products for both export and domestic consumption. The top ten agricultural products in 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - Governance
Agriculture is both a federal and state responsibility in Australia. The Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perlite: Encyclopedia Ii - Perlite - Properties And Uses
When it reaches temperatures of 850–900 °C, perlite softens (since it is a glass) and water trapped in the structure escapes and this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia Ii - Botany - History
Botany - Early botany before 1945. Among the earliest of botanical works, written around 300 B.C., are two large treatises by Theophras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Is Art
Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means garden maintenance. In Jap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Social Aspect
In modern Europe and North America, people often express their political or social views in gardens, intentionally or not. The lawn vs. g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardens As Art
Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means garden maintenance. In Jap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Social Aspect
In modern Europe and North America, people often express their political or social views in gardens, intentionally or not. The lawn vs. g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sport: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sport - Ancient History
Individual sports, such as wrestling and archery, have been practiced worldwide since ancient times. Sport has been increasingly organize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westland Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Westland Netherlands - Wider Area
In a wider sense the Westland is the area south-west of the line The Hague - Delft - Rotterdam , approximately consisting of the municipa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Menands New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Menands New York - History
Louis Menand I settled in the village in 1842 and established an important horticultural business. The village was incorporated in 1924. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chelsea Flower Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Chelsea Flower Show - History
Originally called The Royal Horticultural Society's Great Spring Show, the history of the Chelsea Flower Show goes back to 1852 when the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chrysanthemum: Encyclopedia Ii - Chrysanthemum - Ornamental Uses
Modern chrysanthemums are much more showy than their ancient relatives. The flowers occur in various forms, and can be daisy-like, decora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Civilization - Senses Of The Word
Civilization - 1: Literal and technical definitions. By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society. Tech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultivar: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultivar - Cultivar Names
Cultivars are identified by uniquely distinguishing names. Names of cultivars are regulated by the International Code of Nomenclature for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden: Encyclopedia Ii - Botanical Garden - Educational Work
Educational projects at botanical gardens range from introductions to plants that thrive in different environments to practical advice fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Ribbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Ribbon - Fair Competitions
In some fair competitions, particularly 4-H and FFA livestock and horticultural events, blue ribbons may be awarded to any project or exh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Ribbon: Encyclopedia Ii - White Ribbon - U.s. County And State Fairs
At county and state fairs in the United States, a white ribbon denotes a third-place finish in a contest. In some judging competitions - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flora Fountain: Encyclopedia Ii - Flora Fountain - History
It was erected by the Agri-Horticultural society of Western India out of a donation of Rs 20,000 by Cursetjee Fardoonjee Parekh. It is sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnolia: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnolia - Uses
In general, Magnolia is a genus which has attracted a lot of horticultural interest. Hybridisation has been immensely successful in combi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exhibition Place: Encyclopedia Ii - Exhibition Place - Structures
In the West Block there are five fair buildings designed by architect George Gouinlock: the Horticulture Building (now leased as a club),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Civilization - Senses Of The Word
Civilization - 1: Literal and technical definitions. By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society. Tech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Civilization - Senses Of The Word
Civilization - 1: Literal and technical definitions. By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society. Tech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corvinus University Of Budapest: Encyclopedia Ii - Corvinus University Of Budapest - Today's Education
Today it has 7 faculties: Faculty of Business Administration Faculty of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Public Administr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tribalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tribalism - Tribalism And Violence
The term "tribalism" taken in this sense usually carries a connotation that society is not only divided into smaller groups, but that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plantsman: Encyclopedia Ii - Plantsman - Defining The Word
In the first edition (June 1979) of The Plantsman (a specialist journal published by the Royal Horticultural Society), Sandra Raphael (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knutsford: Encyclopedia Ii - Knutsford - Events
There are several events in the town each year including the annual the Knutsford Royal May Day festival, where the town comes to a stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumpkin - Pumpkins And Squashes
The name "squash" is applied in America to this and other species of the genus Cucurbita. The name is adapted from an American Indian wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tangelo: Encyclopedia Ii - Tangelo - Minneola Tangelo
The Minneola tangelo is a citrus fruit hybrid of a grapefruit and a tangerine. Released in 1931 by the United States Department of Agricu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhongshan: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhongshan - Economics
Zhongshan - Primary Industries. Primary productions are agricultural, such as rice, lychee, banana, and sugar cane. Added to this, hort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis - Species
The genus Cannabis was formerly placed with nettles in the family Urticaceae or with mulberries in the family Moraceae, but is now consid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis - Etymology
The name cannabis is thought to be of Scythian origin. Possibly it has an earlier origin in Semitic languages like Hebrew, in Exodus 30:2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis - Pharmacology
The pharmacology of cannabis is complex, due to a wide variety of terpenoid and terpenophenolic compounds (cannabinoids) in the essential...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avocado: Encyclopedia Ii - Avocado - Uses
The fruit of horticultural cultivars range from more or less round to egg or pear-shaped, typically the size of a temperate zone pear or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chelmsford: Encyclopedia Ii - Chelmsford - Places Of Interest
Places of interest within the Borough include Writtle, where Robert the Bruce is said to have married his second wife Elizabeth de Burgh ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channel Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Channel Islands - Economy
Tourism is the major industry in the smaller islands (with some agriculture). Jersey and Guernsey have, since the 1960s, relied on financ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carbon Tax: Encyclopedia Ii - Carbon Tax - Implementation
On January 1, 1991, Sweden enacted a carbon tax, placing a tax of .25 SEK/kg ($100 per ton) on the use of oil, coal, natural gas, liquefi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arunachal Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Arunachal Pradesh - Economy
Agriculture is the primary driver of the economy. Jhum, the local word for shifting cultivation, which was widely practised among the tri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gardening Therapy: Holistic Health Dictionary On Gardening Therapy
GARDENING THERAPY Horticultural therapists (HT) are specially educated and trained members of rehabilitation and therapy teams who in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Minerva: A Spiritual Dictionary On Minerva
Minerva: The Roman Goddess of wisdom. A virgin goddess, gentle, fair and thoughtful, Minerva was the Goddess of wisdom, skill, and co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Athena: A Spiritual Dictionary On Athena
Athena: The Greek Goddess of wisdom. A virgin goddess, gentle, fair and thoughtful, Athena was the Goddess of wisdom, skill, and cont...   » Read the article