Archive image from page 191 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 760 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE early works need not be mentioned here. As early as 1785, Varlo's 'New System of Husbandry' was printed in Philadelphia. It is in many ways
Archive image from page 191 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 760 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE early works need not be mentioned here. As early as 1785, Varlo's 'New System of Husbandry' was printed in Philadelphia. It is in many ways a remarkable book, and it was written by a man who had had remarkable experiences. He was not an American, and the work first appeared in the old country; but Varlo had lived in this country, and was in sympathy with the American people. The book contained a 'Farmer's and Kitchen Garden Calendar.' In 1792 there appeared anonymously, from Burlington, New Jersey, the third edition of Ar- thur Young's 'Rural Economy,' which excellently dis- plays that noted author's catholicity of view. He ar- gues strongly for experiments and for the establishing of agricultural journals. This book first appeared in London, in 1770. At the opening of the century, Sir Humphry Davy had not illunjiued the science of agricultural chemistry, and men were even disputing as to what the food of plants is. The 'burn-baking' or 'devonshiring' of the land —burning the sod and scattering the ashes over the field —was still recommended ; and in 1799 James An- derson's ' Essay on Quick-lime as a Cement and as a Manure,' was given an American edition in Boston. It is easy to see from these facts that the fundamental conceptions of the science of agriculture were vague and crude a century ago. Near the close of the last century, Deane wrote that 'the alarming eft'ect of the present low state of husbandry is, that we are necessitated to im- port miich of our food and clothing, while we are in- capable of maki
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