APPLICATION 



STRUCTURAL BOTANY 



HORTICULTURE. 



General Nature of Plants. 



Horticulture is the application of the arts 

 of cultivation, to the improvement for the use 

 or delight of man, as well as to the domestica- 

 tion, of the vegetable kingdom. 



Agriculture and Arboriculture are included 

 in this definition. 



Plants are organized bodies, composed of a 

 substance called Tissue, which is so delicate 

 and thin as to permit fluids and gases to pass 

 through. 



This Tissue exists either in the form of mi- 



