Evolution of Ibortfculture 



more manageable by the addition of 

 handles at one end, while at the other, by 

 the attachment of a domesticated animal, 

 it was propelled through the soil; by these 

 means thus enabling man to till larger 

 districts in other words, to convert him 

 into an agriculturist or cultivator of 

 fields. 



Thus agriculture, as it provides food in 

 sufficient quantities adapted to the wants 

 of man, may in a certain sense be consid- 

 ered to precede horticulture and to be its 

 parent. On the other hand, since Agri- 

 culture, historically considered, was 

 evolved from the art of gardening, as has 

 been shown, the latter should enjoy this 

 distinction of parentage. 



Horticulture, in fine, is the perfection 

 of agriculture, as it supplies luxuries, 

 and therefore, in the language of Win- 

 throp, l is emphatically the fine art of 

 common life. " It is eminently a repub- 

 lican fine art; its implements may be 



T R. C. Winthrop. Speech at anniversary of 

 Society, 1848. 



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