. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ORCHIDS. 605 using for the purpose a compost of two parts good fibrous peat and one part fibrous loam and sphagnum, to which may be added a liberal sprinkling of rough sand. The compost should be made moderately firm about the base of the plant. The pots used should be thoroughly cleaned and half-filled with clean broken crocks, thereby carefully avoiding any possibility of Fig. 386.— anceps Sanderiaxa. Maxillarias.—These are closely allied to the Lycastes, and require similar treatment. MiLTONi
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ORCHIDS. 605 using for the purpose a compost of two parts good fibrous peat and one part fibrous loam and sphagnum, to which may be added a liberal sprinkling of rough sand. The compost should be made moderately firm about the base of the plant. The pots used should be thoroughly cleaned and half-filled with clean broken crocks, thereby carefully avoiding any possibility of Fig. 386.— anceps Sanderiaxa. Maxillarias.—These are closely allied to the Lycastes, and require similar treatment. MiLTONiA.—The bulk of the species require the cool inter- mediate treatment. The most popular is M. vexillaria (Fig. 389), which flowers during the summer months. It does well in the cool house during the summer, but requires a few degrees warmer treatment during the winter. Potting should be done just when the spikes are about to make their appearance, as this is the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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