GARDEN

(Fr. jardin.) A piece of ground, generally of limited extent, and attached to a house, and enclosed, in which are cultivated various vegetables, fruits, and flowers, for the use of man. In the infancy of civilized society, all these objects were cultivated in one enclosure; but as mankind advanced in civilization and refinement, and the number of objects to be cultivated increased, it became nece ary to adopt separate departments; and culinary vegetables came to be cultivated in the kitchen garden, fruits in the orchard, flowers in the flower garden, ornamental trees and shrub* in the shrubbery or pleasure grounds, and timber trees in plantations, woods, and forests. Hence the word garden, in the extensive sense in which it is at present used, is no longer confined to a hmited enclosure, but extends to an extensive area, in which are contained various scenes of utility, comfort, convenience, and luxury. [s. 498]