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the compost with living Sphagnum-moss. M. vexillaria, 
M. Roezlii, M. Warscewiczii, formerly included in Odonto- 
glossum, form a section requiring to be grown like 
Odontoglossums, but rather warmer. This section has 
been found to thrive well with a good proportion of leaves 
in the compost. Miltonia Vexillaria, “Empress Victoria,” 
is illustrated in Plate II. 
Mormodes. —Grow these with the Catasetum and 
Cycnoches, and treat them similarly by resting them dry. 
The genus is a singular one, the curiously formed, generally 
fragrant flowers being very attractive. 
Neobenthamia.—N. gracilis is an elegant, white-flowered, 
slender species from Tropical Africa, and it should be 
grown in warm-intermediate temperature. 
Nephelaphyllum. — Dwarf, terrestrial species for the 
warm house. Grow with Anoectochilus. 
Notylia.—Graceful epiphytes for baskets and suspend- 
ing pans. Intermediate house. 
Octomeria.—A genus allied to Pleurothallis. The 
flowers are usually white and rather small. 
Odontoglossum.—The Odontoglossums are deservedly 
the most extensively grown genus of cool-house Orchids, 
the larger proportion of those in gardens being represented 
by O. crisbum (illustrated in Plate VIII.), one of the most 
beautiful of Orchids. The spotted forms often realise very 
high prices. Cool, moist houses are provided for O. crispbum 
and its section of Odontoglossum ; in some gardens several 
houses are allotted to the species. Given a suitable house 
and careful treatment, the Odontoglossums are among the 
easiest Orchids to grow, and the most certain to flower. 
All the species generally classed with O. crispum should be 
