Encyclopaedia of Plants Science

Horticulture has a very long history. The study and science of horticulture dates all the way back to the times of Cyrus the Great, King of ancient Persia, and has been going on ever since, with present day horticulturists such as Freeman S. Howlett, the revolutionary horticulturist. The practice of horticulture can be retraced for many thousands of years. The cultivation of taro and yam in Papua ...