Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's notes:

(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
underscore, like C_n.

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.

(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.

(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.

(5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek
letters.

(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

ARTICLE HORTICULTURE: "Portable boilers are convenient for heating
small areas, and are less expensive to install than those described
above." 'install' amended from 'instal'.

ARTICLE HOUSE: "The end walls were closed with wooden studs and
wattle-and-daub filling. The pairs of trees were known as forks or
crucks." 'daub' amended from 'dab'.

ARTICLE HOUSING: "The argument is confirmed by the very substantial
diminution which actually took place between 1891 and 1901."
'between' amended from 'betweeen'.

ARTICLE HOUSING: "In London the percentage fell by 3.7, and the
number of persons overcrowded was reduced by 103,669 in spite of an
increase of population of 324,798." 'percentage' amended from
'precentage'.

ARTICLE HOWARD: "His grandson Thomas succeeded him in 1554, and in
1556 made the second of those marriages which have given the
Howards their high place among the English nobility." 'marriages'
amended from 'marraiges'.

ARTICLE HRABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS: "Returning after the lapse of
two years to Fulda, he was entrusted with the principal charge of
the school, which under his direction rose into a state of great
efficiency for that age, and sent forth such pupils as Walafrid
Strabo, Servatus Lupus of Ferieres and Otfrid of Weissenburg." 'as'
amended from 'at'.

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VOLUME XIII, SLICE VII

Horticulture to Hudson Bay

ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE:

HORTICULTURE HOVE
HORTON, CHRISTIANA HOVENDEN, THOMAS
HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN HOW, WILLIAM WALSHAM
HORTON, SAMUEL DANA HOWARD (family)
HORUS HOWARD, CATHERINE
HORWICH HOWARD, JOHN
HOSANNA HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS
HOSE HOWARD, SIR ROBERT
HOSEA HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM
HOSE-PIPE HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, WILLIAM HOWARD
HOSHANGABAD HOWE, ELIAS
HOSHEA HOWE, JOHN
HOSHIARPUR HOWE, JOSEPH
HOSIERY HOWE, JULIA WARD
HOSIUS HOWE, RICHARD HOWE
HOSIUS, STANISLAUS HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY
HOSKINS, JOHN HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE
HOSMER, HARRIET GOODHUE HOWEL DDA
HOSPICE HOWELL, JAMES
HOSPITAL HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN
HOSPITIUM HOWITT WILLIAM
HOSPODAR HOWITZER
HOST HOWLER
HOSTAGE HOWRAH
HOSTE, SIR WILLIAM HOWSON, JOHN SAUL
HOSTEL HOWTH
HOSTIUS HOXTER
HOSUR HOY
HOTCH-POT HOYLAKE
HOTEL-DE-VILLE HOYLAND NETHER
HOTEL-DIEU HOYLE, EDMUND
HOTHAM, SIR JOHN HOZIER, PIERRE D'
HOTHAM, WILLIAM HOTHAM HRABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS
HOTHO, HEINRICH GUSTAV HROLFR KRAKI
HOTI-MARDAN HROSVITHA
HOTMAN, FRANCOIS HSUAN TSANG
HOT SPRINGS (Arkansas, U.S.A.) HUAMBISAS
HOT SPRINGS (Virginia, U.S.A.) HUANCAVELICA
HOTTENTOTS HUANUCO
HOTTINGER, JOHANN HEINRICH HUARAZ
HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS HUARTE DE SAN JUAN
HOUDENC, RAOUL DE HUASTECS
HOUDETOT HUBER, FRANCOIS
HOUDETOT, ELISABETH DE BELLEGARDE HUBER, JOHANN NEPOMUK
HOUDON, JEAN ANTOINE HUBER, LUDWIG FERDINAND
HOUFFALIZE HUBERT, ST
HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES HUBERTUSBURG
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING HUBLI
HOUND HUBNER, EMIL
HOUNSLOW HUBNER, JOSEPH ALEXANDER
HOUR HUC, EVARISTE REGIS
HOUR ANGLE HUCBALD
HOUR-GLASS HU-CHOW-FU
HOURI HUCHOWN
HOURS, CANONICAL HUCHTENBURG
HOUSE HUCKABACK
HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL HUCKLEBERRY
HOUSEL HUCKNALL TORKARD
HOUSELEEK HUCKSTER
HOUSING HUDDERSFIELD
HOUSMAN, LAURENCE HUDSON, GEORGE
HOUSSAYE, ARSENE HUDSON, HENRY
HOUSTON, SAM HUDSON, JOHN
HOUSTON HUDSON
HOUWALD, CHRISTOPH ERNST HUDSON BAY
HOVA

HORTICULTURE (Lat. _hortus_, a garden), the art and science of the cultivation of garden plants, whether for utilitarian or for decorative purposes. The subject naturally divides itself into two sections, which we here propose to treat separately, commencing with the science, and passing on to the practice of the cultivation of flowers, fruits and vegetables as applicable to the home garden. The point of view taken is necessarily, as a rule, that of a British gardener.