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Price 12 Cents, 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1874, 
By Henry T. Williams, 
this that I would not discard all my single seed, and 
as I saw those planted for double turn single, I would 
transplant to a bed by themselves. They are the 
easiest things to transplant, and I will say here 
that the best time for transplanting flowers is after 
the sun has set; then in the morning cover from 
his royal highness, and the plant will go right to 
growing. 
_ _ I have often 
they 
PORTULACAS. ; serving a few of each for another year in ease they 
Late in September, 1872, a lady friend, a florist, sent j failed, and fail they did, but not entirely so; but my 
e six thrifty double Portulacas. Though good- beautiful double Portulaca bed was in imagination 
?ed plants they had just begun to bloom, and were only. To be sure those that were double were hand- 
■vered with buds. Being the first 1 ever possessed, some, but interspersed with the single the latter de- 
was quite proud of them, and was very anxious to tracted from the beauty of the others. The sowing or 
ve the seed, so I planted them carefully in good soil the seed was a failure. Lo and behold, the majority 
a box and set it on the south porch where it would of the plants were single ; it is very easy to tell which 
buds gradual¬ 
ly unfolded un¬ 
der its genial 
and 
rays and every 
morning new 
buds would 
open, and by- 
and-by it be¬ 
came a box of 
beauty. The 
colors were 
ruby wine, sol- 
ferino, white, 
and deep yel- 
1 o w. They 
were as double 
as a Rose and 
almost as pret¬ 
ty, but with¬ 
out the fra¬ 
grance. Cool 
nights I would 
throw a piece 
of carpet over 
them, and in 
the morning 
they would be 
as bright as 
ever. Thus I 
kept them un¬ 
til late in No¬ 
vember, and saved a quantity of seed. Now, I 
thought, as I have double Portulacas I will give the 
single seed away, so there will be no danger of their 
mixing, and I did; likewise the “double choice” 
were distributed among my intimate flower-loving 
friends. 
Last year I planted a few seeds of each color, re¬ 
cups 
lift to the sun. 
One has to 
watch the seed 
pods closely, 
for one day 
you will think they are not ripe enough to gather, the 
next, you go to them and they are gone, or at your 
touch, if something is not held underneath, the shining 
steel-like seed will fall to the ground. 
Is it known, I wonder, if the double varieties are 
easily raised from the slip or cutting ? 
Georgia C. 
Scene in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. 
is which by their buds, and one can tell this before 
they bloom. 
The wine and solferino all grew single, also some 
of the other colors. A new color made its appear¬ 
ance, a blush rose; this was fuller than usual; and 
one yellow was streaked with crimson, which is quite 
a desirable addition. I came to the conclusion after 
