Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" Volume 13, Slice 7

VOLUME XIII, SLICE VII

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Horticulture to Hudson Bay

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HORTICULTURE HOVE HORTON, CHRISTIANA HOVENDEN, THOMAS HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN HOW, WILLIAM WALSHAM HORTON, SAMUEL DANA HOWARD (family) HORUS HOWARD, CATHERINE HORWICH HOWARD, JOHN HOSANNA HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS HOSE HOWARD, SIR ROBERT HOSEA HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM HOSE-PIPE HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, WILLIAM HOWARD HOSHANGABAD HOWE, ELIAS HOSHEA HOWE, JOHN HOSHIARPUR HOWE, JOSEPH HOSIERY HOWE, JULIA WARD HOSIUS HOWE, RICHARD HOWE HOSIUS, STANISLAUS HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOSKINS, JOHN HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE HOSMER, HARRIET GOODHUE HOWEL DDA HOSPICE HOWELL, JAMES HOSPITAL HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN HOSPITIUM HOWITT WILLIAM HOSPODAR HOWITZER HOST HOWLER HOSTAGE HOWRAH HOSTE, SIR WILLIAM HOWSON, JOHN SAUL HOSTEL HOWTH HOSTIUS HOXTER HOSUR HOY HOTCH-POT HOYLAKE HOTEL-DE-VILLE HOYLAND NETHER HOTEL-DIEU HOYLE, EDMUND HOTHAM, SIR JOHN HOZIER, PIERRE D' HOTHAM, WILLIAM HOTHAM HRABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS HOTHO, HEINRICH GUSTAV HROLFR KRAKI HOTI-MARDAN HROSVITHA HOTMAN, FRANCOIS HSUAN TSANG HOT SPRINGS (Arkansas, U.S.A.) HUAMBISAS HOT SPRINGS (Virginia, U.S.A.) HUANCAVELICA HOTTENTOTS HUANUCO HOTTINGER, JOHANN HEINRICH HUARAZ HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS HUARTE DE SAN JUAN HOUDENC, RAOUL DE HUASTECS HOUDETOT HUBER, FRANCOIS HOUDETOT, ELISABETH DE BELLEGARDE HUBER, JOHANN NEPOMUK HOUDON, JEAN ANTOINE HUBER, LUDWIG FERDINAND HOUFFALIZE HUBERT, ST HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES HUBERTUSBURG HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING HUBLI HOUND HUBNER, EMIL HOUNSLOW HUBNER, JOSEPH ALEXANDER HOUR HUC, EVARISTE REGIS HOUR ANGLE HUCBALD HOUR-GLASS HU-CHOW-FU HOURI HUCHOWN HOURS, CANONICAL HUCHTENBURG HOUSE HUCKABACK HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL HUCKLEBERRY HOUSEL HUCKNALL TORKARD HOUSELEEK HUCKSTER HOUSING HUDDERSFIELD HOUSMAN, LAURENCE HUDSON, GEORGE HOUSSAYE, ARSENE HUDSON, HENRY HOUSTON, SAM HUDSON, JOHN HOUSTON HUDSON HOUWALD, CHRISTOPH ERNST HUDSON BAY HOVA

HORTICULTURE (Lat. _hortus_, a garden), the art and science of the cultivation of garden plants, whether for utilitarian or for decorative purposes. The subject naturally divides itself into two sections, which we here propose to treat separately, commencing with the science, and passing on to the practice of the cultivation of flowers, fruits and vegetables as applicable to the home garden. The point of view taken is necessarily, as a rule, that of a British gardener.