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spikes, and when they attain sufficient length should be neatly staked to 
prevent them from injury. 
CypRIPEDIUMS of the winter-flowering section are now rapidly pushing 
up their flowers, in fact some of the earliest varieties are already in bloom. 
The scapes should be neatly staked as soon as they are long enough, as it is 
very difficult to get them into position again if allowed to fall over the sides. 
of the plant and the stalks to become twisted. When properly staked, the 
flowers can be seen to the best advantage, and the stalks being straight, the 
flowers may be used in a cut state for any class of indoor decoration. Plants. 
of the summer-flowering section, of which there are several very desirable 
‘and beautiful varieties, may be repotted when they have passed out of 
bloom, should they require it. The usual compost advised from time to 
time for these plants should be used, and it is most desirable, if the best 
results are to be attained, to attend regularly to the repotting, using the 
best materials obtainable. 
~ Mittonras.—Plants of Miltonia vexillaria and its hybrids that were not 
potted last month should be done whenever their growths have reached the 
desired condition. This section now includes some most desirable varieties, 
and as they produce their flowers through the greater part of the summer, 
from early in April to late in August, they are most useful where a 
continual show of flowers has to be maintained. ° 
OponoTcLossuMs.—Where these plants are grown in quantity, there 
will always be some in bloom. One of the greatest attractions of Orchid. 
growing is in seeing seedlings or imported plants unfold their first flowers, 
and when anything of exceptional quality appears disappointments are soon 
forgotten, hence the continual interest once taken up in these most charming 
plants. Those that bloomed early in the year are now making their growths, 
and the roots from these new growths will soon be pushing in all directions ; 
no time should be lost in affording new rooting material to those that — 
require it. This applies particularly to the O. crispum and O. Pescatorei 
types and their innumerable hybrids, also the Odontiodas, which may be 
treated in precisely the same way as Odontoglossums. Although individuab 
plants may be repotted at any season, there is a time for the operation 
generally, and the present season is undoubtedly the best for over- 
hauling these plants, provided that the growths are in the desired state, 
for the general condition of the atmosphere is conductive to the plants 
quickly establishing themselves. Plants that are in a dormant conditiom 
should not be disturbed until their new growths are several inches high. 
These plants require a compost of a softer and finer nature than the 
Cattleya family, and a suitable compost is made up of equal portions of 
At and good peat fibre, with the addition of live sphagnum moss and broken 
leaves. The material should be cut up according to the size of the plants 
