GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

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GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten) , the ground enclosed and cultivated for the growth of fruit,

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

or vegetables (see HORTICULTURE). The word is also used for grounds laid out ornamentally, used as places of public entertainment. Such were the famous

Ranelagh

RANELAGH

and Vauxhall Gardens in London; it is similarly used in zoological gardens, and as a name in towns for squares, terraces or streets. From the fact that

Epicurus

EPICURUS (342–270 B.C.)

(q.v.) taught in the gardens' at Athens, the disciples of his school of

philosophy

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

were known as of 6,716 r&ov KiprWV (so Diog. Laertius x. to) ; and Cicero (De finibus v. 1. 3, and elsewhere) speaks of the Horti Epicuri. Thus as the "

Academy

ACADEMY,
GREEK
- GREEK
- GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND
ACADEMY, ROYAL

" refers to the Platonic and the "

Porch

PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

" (vroa) to the Stoic school, so the "

Garden

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

" is the name given to the Epicurean school of

philosophy

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

. Apollodorus was known as iorrorbpavvos, the

tyrant

TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

of the

garden

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

.

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