MILTONIA. B17 
firmly about the roots, and keep it moist always: when 
growth is vigorous, a daily watering should be given. The 
best position is such as suits Cattleya Mossiz or Coelogyne 
cristata. It does not like bright summer sunshine. 
M. Clowesiii—A strong-growing species, with the habit 
of M. candida, and similar in the form of its flowers; 
in pseudo-bulbs and foliage the two species are almost 
identical. Scape erect, many-flowered, each flower nearly 
3in. across; the sepals and petals chestnut-brown, with 
a few yellowish blotches; the lip heart-shaped, slightly 
constricted in the middle, pointed at the apex, with a 
conspicuous crest; the colour vinous purple in the lower 
part, the rest being pure white. This species blossoms in 
September or October, or even as late as December, the 
flowers lasting a month or more. It requires similar 
culture to M. candida. Introduced from Brazil in 1843. 
Syn. Odontoglossum Clowesit. 
Plate; Botanical Magazine, t. 4109. 
M. cuneata.—A robust, free-flowering plant, larger in all 
its parts than most of the Miltonias, and exceptional also 
in having dark green foliage. The pseudo-bulbs are 
clustered, ovate, 4in. long, slightly compressed, smooth, 
sheathed in leaves at the base, and each bearing on the 
apex a pair of stout, strap-shaped leaves rft. long and 
Ijin. broad. The scape is erect, about 1ft. long, and 
bears from four to eight flowers; these are from 3in. to 
din. across; sepals and petals undulated, narrowed from 
the middle to an acute, reflexed point, and coloured 
chocolate-brown, with a few bars of yellowish green, the 
tips being wholly of the latter colour; lip rin. long, 
lin. wide, wavy, creamy white, the crest composed of two 
parallel ridges, which are spotted with rose-purple; column 
large, winged, creamy white. The blossoms expand in 
