[f. L. flōr(i)- flōs flower + CULTURE: after horticulture.] The cultivation of flowers or flowering plants.
1822. Loudon, Encycl. Gard., § 1559. Floriculture is obviously of limited interest and utility, compared to horticulture; much less has accordingly been written on it, and our view of modern practice will, therefore, be proportionately brief.
1876. J. Grant, One of the ‘600,’ vi. 49. Followed us from flower to flower as we passed critically along, displaying much vapid interest, and some ignorance alike of botany and floriculture.
