Excerpt from Out of Doors for Women, Vol. 2: December, 1894 I have observed that the portulaca remained unopened all day during a rainy or cloudy day and kept growing so that unfolding on the next day to the smiles of the sun, they presented a brilliant appearance, so sensibly larger than their usual habit. I have been told that at Havre, France, the portulacas are notice ably beautiful, large and brilliant. It may be they were beheld after a previous rainy or cloudy day, hence their remarkable size compared to those usually seen in the United States. Meteoric flowers, less accurately observe the hour of folding, but are expanded sooner or later, according to the cloudiness, moisture or pressure of the atmosphere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.