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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arboriculture
Britannica 11thARBORICULTURE (Lat. arbor, a tree), the science and art of tree-cultivation. The culture of those plants which supply the food of man or nourish the domestic animals must have exclusively occupied his attention for many ages; whilst the timber employed in hous ...
Vol. 2, pp. 338-338
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Arboretum
Britannica 11th... is a small but very select collection of trees at Oxford, the oldest botanical ARBORICULTURE— ARBOS garden in Great Britain, which was founded in 1632. In the United States the Arnold Arboretum at Boston ranks with Kew for size and completeness. It takes its ...
Vol. 2, pp. 337-338
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