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horticulture
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:35 am
by William Hupy
Dorothy Parker quotes aside, I first ran across this word while an undergraduate at Michigan State University when I enjoyed excursions through the horticultural gardens, which, after all these years, I realize is redundant.
Re: horticulture
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:49 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Do you mean that all hortis are automatically cultured?
Re: horticulture
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:06 pm
by Slava
Here is a US postage stamp issued in 1958 for gardening and horticulture:
It was rather scandalous at the time, with many complaints over the state of undress. It's not considered one of the best designs.
Re: horticulture
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:11 am
by Perry Lassiter
I bet Rubens would have liked it.