floriculture

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Floriculture did not appear so much an object as exercise.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Floriculture has attained such importance that it has taken its place as a regular branch of study in some of our agricultural colleges.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

Floriculture is amongst the most innocent and humanising of all pleasures, and everything which tends to diffuse such pursuits amongst those who have too few amusements, is a point gained for happiness and for virtue.

From The Lost Dahlia by Mitford, Mary Russell

We have Agricultural colleges; we study Horticulture, and Floriculture, and Apiculture and Arboriculture.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Floriculture is an employment appropriate to all classes, ages, and conditions.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.