How did horticulture evolve

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How did horticulture evolve?

• European influence on horticulture
• Early U.S. horticulture

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Theophrastus (377-288 B.C.)
• Greek horticulturist
• Speculated that roots absorb nutrients for plants
• Observed the differences between the leaves of
  germinating seeds of wheat and beans
• Described how root pruning encouraged the
  flowering and fruiting of plants

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Romans
• Used legumes to improve poor soil
• Used manure to improve production
• Used cultivation for weed control

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Varro (116-20 B.C.)
• Roman horticulturist
• Developed techniques of post-harvest storage

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Dioscorides
• Greek herbalist
• Wrote De Materia Medica that served as the
  authority for 1,500 years
• Identified plants that had medicinal properties

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Carolus Linnaeus (1701-1778)
• Swedish botanist and physician
• Developed method for classifying plants through
  binomial nomenclature

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
• English naturalist
• Presented scientifically sound explanation of
  evolution
• Wrote The Power of Movement in Plants which
  described phototropism and geotropism

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European Influence on Horticulture

• Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
• Austrian monk
• Laid the foundation for the science of botany and
  genetics

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Early U.S. Horticulture

• Prince Nursery
• First commercial nursery founded during early
  1730s
• Grew rapidly until the American Revolution
• Published a catalog in 1794 which contained an
  extensive list of cultivars
• Major supplier of the Lombardy poplar after its
  introduction in 1784

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Early U.S. Horticulture

• Andrew J. Downing (1815-1852)
• First great American landscape gardener
• Frederick Law Olmstead (1822-1903)
• Father of landscape architecture
• Primary landscape architect for Central Park in
  N.Y.

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Early U.S. Horticulture

• Liberty Bailey (1858-1954)
• Writings serve as the standard authority on plant
  nomenclature, taxonomy, pruning, etc.
• Wrote Manual of Cultivated Plants, Hortus Second,
  and How Plants Get Their Names

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Why is horticulture so popular?

• Increased awareness and job market in
  horticulture
• Food and crop production
• Technology advancements and jobs
• Professional interest in horticulture as a career
• Diploma, associates degrees, bachelors, masters,
  and P.H.D.s in horticulture