Horticulture Or Gardening?
Sir, —I read with concern your heading, “Gardening Exams,” in the Issue of December 26, 1967. The word “gardening” surely must convey an inferior image of the vast science of horticulture, and, in particular, the high educational standards demanded by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture in its conduct of the National Diploma in Horticulture (N.Z.). Considering that the N.D.H. (N.Z.) consists of 12 units and a thesis, and takes six years to complete, you must surely concur that the word “gardening” is totally inadequate.—Yours, etc., NEIL A. AITKEN.
December 27, 1967. [All very true; but we would point out, in defence of sub-editors who must find words short enough to go into a column’s width, that the Oxford Dictionaries define horticulture as the art of garden cultivation. Perhaps it is only gardeners, and not horticulturists, who have a preference for calling a spade a spade.—Ed., “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31564, 29 December 1967, Page 6
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152Horticulture Or Gardening? Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31564, 29 December 1967, Page 6
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