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applying to the deciduous Lycastes. L. Skinneri and L. Cobbiana are still 
in an active state, and the compost should be kept in a moist condition 
until growth is completed. L. lanipes, Barringtoniz#, plana, mesochlzna, 
and others of a similar character, will also only require sufficient water to 
keep the bulbs firm. 
Miltonia spectabilis, and its varieties Moreliana, atrorubens, radiata, 
&c., having gone out of flower, should have very little water given them 
during the winter months, the moist atmosphere of the Warm house where 
they are grown being almost sufficient to keep them in good condition. 
M. vexillaria also, although making growth, should only be watered 
occasionally, just to prevent the material from becoming too dry. M. 
Clowesii succeeds best in the Cattleya house, and is now in bloom; 
M. Regnellii, candida, flavescens, Schroederiana, X Bluntii Lubbersiana, and 
Peetersiana succeed along with M. Clowesii, and they all should be kept 
moderately dry after they have made up their growths. 
By this time many of the spring-flowering Cattleyas, as C. Trianz and 
C. Mendelii, will have finished their growth, and consequently they will 
require less moisture at the root, and all the sunlight possible, so that the 
newly-formed bulbs may be properly hardened and matured, and thus be 
prepared to withstand the drain upon their resources when the flowering 
season arrives. When the growths of these species are matured the plants. 
should be watered only at long intervals, receiving just sufficient to keep 
the bulbs and leaves from more than slightly shrivelling, but sufficient must 
be given to induce the plants to make plenty of roots, which they will 
continue to do for some time if properly watered. On the other hand, it 
should be remembered that too much water at the root or in the atmosphere 
is one of the principal causes of black rot, sometimes seen amongst this 
beautiful class of Orchids, and it is therefore the safest and best plan to. 
err rather on the dry side than on the wet. 
Continue to give Ccelogyne cristata liquid manure water, but the time 
between each watering should now be much longer than during the last two. 
or three months. C. Dayana has not finished growing yet, and will still need. 
liberal treatment, but C. tomentosa and C. Massangeana have now done so,, 
and should be kept moderately dry. C.Schilleriana, being deciduous, should. 
be treated like the Pleiones after the leaves have fallen away, and the plants,. 
which are growing on rafts, may be hung at the warm end of the Cattleya 
house. C. sparsa has finished growing, and will only want water at long 
intervals; in fact, the majority of these will only need a small quantity of 
water when in an inactive condition. The object should be now to. 
encourage the majority of Orchids to finish growing, and proceed to take a 
rest, so that when the growing season arrives, they will be in a fit condition. 
to go through it with satisfaction to us and benefit to themselves. 
