. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. June 14, 1917. The Florists^ Review 21 varieties, like ceerulea, Skinneri, chry- santha, Haylodgensis and glandulosa, with a wide range of colors, make the finest garden plants. Of these chry- santha and its hybrids prove the hardi- est. Some of the other long-spurred varieties are better if treated as bien- nials rather than as true perennials. Spring-sown seed gives the best plants for fall planting, but there still is ample time to make a sowing of this most sat- isfactory and attractive hardy border plant. Digitalis, or Foxgloves. Where strong
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. June 14, 1917. The Florists^ Review 21 varieties, like ceerulea, Skinneri, chry- santha, Haylodgensis and glandulosa, with a wide range of colors, make the finest garden plants. Of these chry- santha and its hybrids prove the hardi- est. Some of the other long-spurred varieties are better if treated as bien- nials rather than as true perennials. Spring-sown seed gives the best plants for fall planting, but there still is ample time to make a sowing of this most sat- isfactory and attractive hardy border plant. Digitalis, or Foxgloves. Where strong flowering plants are wanted of digitalis, or foxgloves, the present is a suitable time to make a lib- oral sowing of seeds. Sow the seeds in a coldframe, cover them lightly, water them carefully and shade until they have germinated. Careful watering in the early stages of growth is necessary, as the little seedlings damp off easily. Good varieties of foxgloves to sow are Ivory's Spotted and gloxiniaeflora. While foxgloves are usually treated as biennials, they are much finer if carried over a third season, when they make big, handsome clumps. BALTIMORE. John Cook, Veteran Rosarian. [This is the first installment of Tate's story of the life and achievements of John Cook, of Haltimore, famous as a producer of new varie- ties of roses. The second will appear in an early issue.] My long delayed visit to our friend John Cook has been made, for Saturday I spent a mighty pleasant afternoon with him. Now, this is the first time I had seen him in almost twenty years. He is now 84 years of age, yet I found him hale and hearty and able to superin- tend his fine place. Although the great- er part of the management falls to his two sons, he is a mighty good man to have about in an advisory capacity. Bom in Germany. But here I am running ahead of my story. Let us begin at the beginning of the life of the man who has done as much to put Baltimore on the map as any other son she may have. For
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