This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V27", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
D. R. Woods, New Brighton, Pa., writes : - " In reply to your correspondent on p. 43, February number Gardeners' Monthly, would say Oxalis lutea plena is a desirable bulb. Its flowers are very double, but do not exceed three-quarters of an inch in diameter. In regard to lutea plena being the correct name we do not know. The one to which we refer we first saw noted in the list of a Pennsylvania florist, and believing it was new we sent an order for all he had of it. We have grown hundreds of it during the past two years and are highly pleased with it, both as a basket and pot plant. By referring to ' Rand's Book of Bulbs,' published in 1866, we find a double yellow Oxalis mentioned therein. This may or may not be the same. The Editor is correct in saying 'it would look like a very small dandelion,' nevertheless when in full bloom it is very pretty".
 
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