foliage is about eight inches high, also of a light green colour; the flower stems 7 
or scapes proceed from the side of the bulbs, and bear an erect raceme of 
showy flowers; the sepals and petals are chestnut-brown, tipped and margined with — 
deep yellow, and the lip is white, having a purple-lilac stain in the throat. It — 
blooms in September, and lasts a long time in perfection. 5 
This plant will do well in the Cattleya house, or at the cool end of the East ; 
India house. The Miltonias do not like too much sun. We always shade them — 
when the sun’s rays are powerful, letting them have all the light possible when — 
the sun is on the decline. Pot culture suits them, or they will thrive in baskets 
suspended from the roof. We find good fibrous peat or live sphagnum moss to — 
suit them if accompanied by good drainage, the pots being three parts filled up a 
with potsherds or broken pots, covered with a layer of moss to keep them oe = 
The plants do not at all like stagnant moisture about them. @ 
The Miltonias begin to grow when the blooming season is past. This is the 
time to fresh pot them if they require it; if not, they. will be benefited by giving 
them fresh material on the surface, a little of the old material being removed 
without disturbing the roots. They require a moderate supply of water during — 
their period of vigorous growth when they are rooting freely, but when at rest, 
after their growth is finished, a less quantity will do, just sufficient to keep the | 
surface a little moist. When they again begin to show signs of flowering, give ms 
them more water. They are propagated by dividing the pseudobulbs just as a . 
show signs of growth. _ 
Tue Mancuester Wurr-week SHow at the Royal Botanic Gardens was a great 
success, and brought in over £700 profit. It has been our rule, since the Album 
was commenced, to give our readers a short description of this magnificent ann 1 
exhibition, and we trust it will interest them to know that this show is well kept 
up by the Council of the Royal Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society, 
aided by the good judgment and assiduous perseverance of Mr. Bruce Findlay. 
While it is carried on with such spirit and good feeling, it will always find 
supporters. The show of Orchids this year was very grand; for, although we missed 
one or two of the great Orchidists, whose plants were unavoidably absent, there 
were fresh exhibitors in this. section, so that, altogether, it was a grand sho’ 
there being plants enough to fill both sides of the long exhibition house. Our 
space now being exhausted, we must reserve till our next issue our usual notice 
some of the best plants which were staged. 
