HYBRIDISATION, SEEDS, & SEEDLINGS 7 



and though the parentage was not recorded in those days with the 

 accuracy that now characterises the work of hybridists, it is 

 generally considered that the parents were C. guttata and C. Loddi- 

 gesi'i. Three months later, in November 1859,0. Dominiana 

 appeared as the result of a cross between C. maxima and 

 C. intermedia. Calanthe Veitchii, still one of the most useful 

 and popular of autumn flowering Orchids, first flowered in 

 December 1859, its parents being C. rosea and C. vestita. Under 

 the name of Goodyera Dominii the first bi-generic hybrid 

 appeared in June 1861; its parents were Hamaria [Goodyera^ 

 discolor and Dossinia marmorata [Anasctochilus Loiioit)^ and so, in 

 accordance with modern usage, the name of the hybrid must now 

 be given as Dossjnimaria Dominii. This hybrid seems to have 

 disappeared from cultivation. The first Lselio-cattleya was 

 L.-c. EXONiENSis, derived from Cattleya Mossi<x and Lcelia crispa ; 

 this flowered in 1863. The first Laslia hybrid was L. Pitcheri, 

 obtained from L. Perritiii and L. crispa. 



In 1867 Phaius irroratus flowered and was so named by 

 Reichenbach ; its parents were Phaius grandifolius and Calanthe 

 vestita. The forerunner of the great crowd of hybrid Cypri- 

 pediums that now serve such a useful purpose in our collections 

 was C. Harrisianum, named after the Exeter surgeon who 

 initiated Dominy into the mystery of Orchid cross-fertilisation, 

 and obtained by crossing C. villosum with the pollen of C. bar- 

 batum. This flowered in 1869. During the following year 

 C. Dominiana and C. vexillarium appeared, the latter a cross 

 between C. Fairrieanum and C. barbatum. But at least one other 

 person was busy in a similar direction, and in 1871 Mr Cross, 

 gardener to Lady Ashburton, Melchet Court, Romsey, flowered 

 Cypripedium Ashburtonije, which he had raised by crossing C. bar- 

 batum with C. insigne ; two years later he had a further success in 



