Excerpt from The Theory of Horticulture: Or an Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening Upon Physiological Principles But these are the refinements of science, belonging to the philosopher in his laboratory, and not to the worker in gardens; they are indispensable to the correct appreciation of physiological phenomena, but not to the application Of those phenomena to the arts Of life electricity, in particular, appears to me, in the present imperfect state of our knowledge Of its relation to vegetable functions, altogether incapable Of forming a part of any horticultural theory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.