©reer's garden calendar. 



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New Double-flowering Portulaca. 



[Portulaca grandiflora fl. pi.) 



Among all the late acquisitions to the flower garden, there is none 

 more desirable. A bed of double Portulaca, when seen under a mid- 

 day sun, presents such a glow of brilliant colors as to excite the ad- 

 miration of all beholders ; the flowers are perfectly double, and of the 

 most brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, variegated, buff, yellow, orange, 

 and rose, and the plant is admirably adapted to withstand the influ- 

 ences of heat and drought, rendering it peculiarly adapted to our hot 

 and dry summers. Sow the seed in the spring in very fine soil, on 

 the surface, and press into the soil, transplant in beds about one foot 

 apart. As this variety is somewhat uncertain from seed, it is best 

 to reserve some plants, to replace the single ones that may appear in 

 the bed. This can be done at any time, as no plant transplants so 

 easily as the Portulaca. Price 20 cts. per packet. 



In asso^'tment of six distinct varieties, each color separate. 1 00 



