534 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Miltonia—continued. 
M. spectabilis, in its varied forms, 
is best grown in baskets or shallow 
well-drained pans. They require an 
abundance of light and warm inter- 
mediate house treatment during the 
growing season. <A position near the 
roof-glass of the Cattleya-house snits 
them admirably during the summer 
months. As soon as the flowers have 
been removed and the bulb is properly 
developed, cooler and drier conditions 
should be maintained. 
The potting compost required for 
each section is a mixture of good 
fibrous peat and living sphagnum in 
eqnal portions. The drainage should 
be clean and ample. 
To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on pp. 367-70, Vol. IL., the 
following should be added: 
M. bicolor (two-coloured). A variety of 
M. spectabilis. 
M. cereola (slightly waxy). A synonym 
of M. Regnelli. 
M. Moreliana (Morel’s). A variety of 
M. spectabilis. 
M. pulchella (rather pretty). A synonym 
of M. Phaleenopsis. 
M. Schreederiana (Baron Schreeder’s). 
Fic. 572. MILTONIA ROEZLII AND M. R. ALBA. fl. fragrant, 2sin. across; sepals and 
petals. chestnut-brown, tipped and 
marked with light yellow, with revolute 
MILLA. A few species formerly classed under this margins; lip rose-purple at base,’ milk-white at apex, sub- 
genus are now referred to Brodiza, Calliprora, pandurate ; scapes erect, racemose, seven- to nine-flowered. 
Nothoscordum, and Triteleia. January. 1. linear-oblong, Sin. to Tin. long. Pseudo-bulbs 
M. macrostemon (larze-stamened). The correct name of ovoid-oblong, two-leaved. Central America. SYN. Odontoglossum 
Schreederi ii - W. O. A. Viii., t. Z 
Nothoscordum macrostemon. chroeederianum (R. ii., t. 96; W. O. A. vili., t. 382), 
oy M. speciosa (showy). A synonym of M. cuneata. 
RASS. Sce Paspalum and ¢ n 
rece seated = : ms ; & ee M. spectabilis Moreliana atrorubens (dark red). i. much 
MILLETTIA. M. japonica is now re- 
garded as the correct name for Wistaria 
japonica. 
MILTONIA. The three Miltonias which 
find most fayour with Orchid specialists are 
M. vevillaria, M. Roezlvi (see Fig. ), and 
M. spectabilis. To flower these satisfactorily, 
three different systems or conditions of 
culture are absolutely necessary. M. vewvil- 
laria will do well in the Odontoglossum- 
house during the summer months of the year, 
but as soon as the cool autumn nights return, 
it should be removed to warmer quarters 
where it can obtain an even temperature of 
55deg. The best season in which to pot the 
plants is in spring, just as new growth is 
commencing to form the bulb, and the flower- 
spikes make their appearance in the axils 
of the leaves. This is the season at which 
they commence to root from the base of the 
developing growth, and as the roots are 
emitted rapidly, they quickly establish them- 
selves in their new quarters. They should 
be freely watered with soft rain-water as 
soon as the potting has been done, and 
should be kept in a fairly moist condition 
at the roots until the flowering seasqn is 
over, after which they should be allowed to 
become comparatively dry. Only sufficient 
moisture is required to keep the bulbs 
plump until the young growths get well 
away from the base of the old bulb. After 
they attain some 3in. or 4in. in length, the 
plants may be more liberally treated. 
M. Roezlii and its variety alba require a 
high and humid temperature, which should 
never be less than 60deg. in winter. They 
do best when plunged to the rim of the 
pots in living sphagnum; this assures a 
desirable moist condition constantly about 
the plants. The best season to re-pot 
M. Roezlii is when the new roots are being 
emitted from the base of the developing 
growths. Fic. 573. MILTONIA VEXILLARIA. 
