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Detailed explanation-1: -Ornamental horticulture consists of floriculture and landscape horticulture. Each is concerned with growing and marketing plants and with the associated activities of flower arrangement and landscape design. The turf industry is also considered a part of ornamental horticulture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Horticulture is divided into the cultivation of plants for food (pomology and olericulture) and plants for ornament (floriculture and landscape horticulture).

Detailed explanation-3: -Floriculture is a branch of horticulture that deals with the cultivation, processing and marketing of ornamental plants vis-à-vis landscaping of small or large areas, and maintenance of gardens so that the surroundings may appear aesthetically pleasant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ornamental plants, or plants that are ornamental rather than functional in a garden or landscape, include such groups as woody plants–trees, shrubs and vines–and herbaceous plants–those that bloom annually and then become dormant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Horticulture is a science, as well as, an art of production, utilisation and improvement of horticultural crops, such as fruits and vegetables, spices and condiments, ornamental, plantation, medicinal and aromatic plants.