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and shades. One form that is alwaj's admired, either on the plant or cut, 

 is the pure white with purple spots on lower portion of the bell-shaped 



l)loom. So great has been the improve- 

 ment in size and shape of the blooms that 

 they compare very favorably with the 

 improved Gloxinias, which they consider- 

 ably resemble in this respect. For the 

 present perfection of the Foxglove, we 

 have to thank the French nurserymen 

 for their untiring efforts in selecting and 

 hybridizing until perfection be reached. 



The best use, no doubt, to which the 

 F'oxglove may be placed is in the border, 

 as we often see the Hollyhock now 

 employed with evergreens as a back- 

 ground. A bold clump thus placed and 

 grown in greatest health gives us a change 

 and one which will be greatly admired. 



Generally speaking, such tall growing 

 things are best kept at a distance, though 

 ;ell arranged clumps may be used with 

 great effect in a conspicuous place, pretty 

 well forward occasionally, but it is neces- 

 sary to give the matter of such a location 



Fig. 6.— Foxglove. 



