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He liked rarities such as the connoisseur’s rambling rose, Aviateur Bleriot, but he saw the same regal presence in a humble nasturtium or that fleshy summer annual no longer in vogue, portulaca.

Annuals that have been sown in the greenhouse or hotbed may be planted out, and seeds of such sorts as mignonette, sweet alyssum, Phlox Drummondii, portulaca, &c., may be sown in the beds or borders.

The same is true with dahlias, zinnias, lilies, gladioli, pinks, and portulacas.

The wild portulaca is very abundant, and in seasons favorable to its development is a very noticeable little plant.

She leaned over the porch railing and stared down into the bed of gay portulaca that Grandmother tended with such care both night and morning.