Seasons of Interest: Spring foliage is dark green and attractive. Echinacea blooms all summer long and into the beginning of fall as well. Some gardeners choose to leave the coneflower seed heads on the plant at the end of the season to provide winter interest and food for native songbirds. Uses in the Garden: Coneflowers make excellent cut flowers and do well in butterfly gardens, prairie or native gardens, water wise xeroscapes, and full sun gardens.
Henry Blair was the second black inventor issued a patent. Blair was born in Montgomery County, Maryland around 1807. He received a patent on October 14, 1834 for a seed planter and a patent in 1836 for a cotton planter. Henry Blair was the second black inventor to receive a patent the first was Thomas Jennings who received a patent in 1821 for a dry cleaning process.
In 1612 a man named John Rolfe introduced the cultivation of  tobacco to the Jamestown settlement. He obtained samples of the  Nicotiana Tabacum variety of tobacco (from a â¦ Spanish colony  either in South America or Jamaica) which was superior to the  Nicotiana Rustica variety grown locally.It is probable that John  Rolfe was helped in learning cultivation technique by his wife, the  famous Pocahontas.e obtained samples of the  Nicotiana Tabacum variety of tobacco (from a â¦ Spanish colony  either in South America or Jamaica) which was superior to the  Nicotiana Rustica variety grown locally. It is probable that John  Rolfe was helped in learning cultivation technique by his wife, the  famous Pocahontas.