No. 712. 
OXALIS TENUIFOLIA. 
Class, Order, 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
This is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, the neighbourhood of which is cele- 
brated for numerous sorts of this pretty 
genus. They are herbaceous, bulbous 
rooted plants. The tenuifolia rises about 
three inches high from bulbs the size of a 
small nut. With us they usually flower in 
February or March. 
They require the protection of a green- 
house, and should be planted in sandy peat 
soil: as the bulbs produce numerous off- 
sets they readily increase themselves. To- 
wards the beginning of summer the stalks 
decay, after which they should have very 
little water till they push again, which is in 
the autumn. 
The blossoms rarely expand, but continue 
shut up, in which state, from the fine striped 
colour of their outsides, they are most 
beautiful. 
