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any re-potting or surfacing be needed, it should be done immediately after 
flowering ; the compost used should consist of two parts fibrous peat to one 
of fibrous loam, with a little chopped sphagnum moss, and sufficient sand 
or finely-broken crocks to render the whole porous. Pans of moderate 
depth, and of sufficient width to allow of two seasons’ growth being made 
without rendering it necessary to repot previous to that time, should be 
used, filling them about three-parts full with crocks, raising the plant in the 
centre a little, but keep the soil below the edge of the pot to admit of 
copious waterings. For some little time after repotting, water very 
sparingly until the fibre-like roots have taken a good hold of the new 
material, subsequently large and frequent doses will be necessary, and the 
leaves syringed daily in bright weather to prevent red-spider gaining a foot- 
hold. By-and-by, when the small bulbs have attained their full size, the 
plants should be taken back again to a more airy and cooler house. 
To bring Miltonia Roezlii safely through the winter requires very careful 
and continual attention, for, although lovers of moisture and shade, they are 
apt to get too much of one or the other during this dull and damp season. 
They and the lovely hybrid M. X Bleuana, are now making steady growth 
in a moist, warm corner of the stove, and to ensure that the young growths 
do not become sickly and drawn, the plants are raised on pots to bring them 
near the glass ; however, they should not be nearer than a foot, or they will 
derive harm from cold draughts rather than benefit from increased light. 
Keep the moisture-holding material on the stage well damped, but do not 
keep the plants in a continual saturated condition, and sponge the leaves 
frequently to keep them free from insect pests, and clean, so that they can 
perform their functions satisfactorily. 
The lovely new Eulophiella Elizabethe is now pushing out its purple- 
tinted flower-spikes, the growths being almost completed, and such being 
the case, the rooting material should not be kept quite so moist as hitherto. 
When I saw the first importation of this grand Orchid I hesitated in pur- 
chasing any, as its appearance led one to suppose that it would not be an 
easy-growing kind ; however, on the second occasion of their being offered 
for sale, a small plant was bought, which after several failures in different 
composts and various temperatures, the right treatment was hit upon. Our 
plants are growing in a mixture of half peat and half fibrous loam, with a 
little chopped moss and finely broken crocks to keep the soil open. They 
are in well-drained pans, suspended from the roof of our Phalznopsis house, 
where they—for we have several now—produce leaves over three feet long. 
Possibly in a lighter position the growth would be more sturdy, but with the 
accommodation at our command we are justified in feeling satisfied with 
the result, when spikes bearing sixteen to twenty flowers are produced. 
[This is about the normal development in a wild state-—Eb.]_ 
