Soppy little plants of the portulaca and small, fine ferns shiver under the drip of falls and in dribbling crevices.

Abundance of portulaca grew near our halting place, and furnished us with an agreeable vegetable; this plant was afterwards found over the whole of Northern Australia, and proved a very valuable article of food.

Portulaca hortensis, garden Purilain, at 910, and at 1112.

There are little pink primroses dotting the sod, sweet-william, lavender, nasturtiums, sweet peas, hollyhocks, bachelor's buttons, portulaca, and a row of tall sunflowers, the delight of a sleepy colony of hens.

These were flower seeds,bags labeled "Petunia," "Candytuft," "Double Balsam," "Portulaca.

Madeline sat very still, not saying a word, as she watched him march to and fro between the beds of verbena and love-lies-bleeding and portulaca.

" In a moment he was gone, past the portulaca and love-lies-bleeding, past Cousin Emma's unlit parlor windows, down the walk between the tiger lilies and peonies, out into the street.

Later in the day I told her who had called and how much Mrs. M. and the young ladies admired her flowers, especially the portulacas.

She seemed pleased and said to me, "You had better, then, prepare two little boxes of portulacas and send them over to Mrs. M. to keep in her windows while she stays at the Equinox House."

"And while we're on the letter 'P' in the seed catalogue," added Mr. Emerson, "order a few packages of single portulaca.

"It was rather late so I planted seeds that would hurry up; sweet alyssum for a border, of course, and white verbenas and balsam, and petunias, and candytuft and, phlox and stocks and portulaca and poppies.

HARRIS, BERNICE KELLY. Portulaca.

HARRIS, BERNICE KELLY. Portulaca.

" Portulaca.

10 0 SONCHUS LAEVIS S.T. 11 10 PORTULACA OLERACEA S.P. 11 12 Of course it will be necessary to adjust the Horologium Florae (or Flower clock) to the nature of the climate.

Portulaca oleracea.