214 ABOUT ORCHIDS. 
natural ; Masdevallia ten, and two natural; and so 
on. And it must be bornein mind that these amaz- 
ing results have been effected in one generation, 
Dean Herbert’s achievements eighty years ago were 
not chronicled, and it is certain that none of the 
results survive. Mr. Sander of St. Albans pre- 
serves an interesting relic, the only one as yet 
connected with the science of orchidology. This 
is Cattleya hybrida, the first of that genus raised 
by Dominy, manager to Messrs. Veitch, at the 
suggestion of Mr. Harris of Exeter, to the stupe- 
faction of our grandfathers. Mr. Harris will ever 
be remembered as the gentleman who showed 
Mr. Veitch’s agent how orchids are fertilized, 
and started him on his career. This plant was 
lost for years, but Mr. Sander found it by 
chance in the collection of Dr.) Jagmchiee 
Hamburg, and he keeps it as a curiosity, for 
in itself the object has no value. But this isa 
digression. 
Dominy’s earliest success, actually the very first 
of garden hybrids to flower—in 1856—was Calanthe 
Domini, offspring of C. Masuca x C. furcata ; 
—be it here remarked that the name of the 
mother, or seed parent,always stands first. Another 
interest attaches to C. Dominiz. Both its parents 
belong to the Veratrefolia section of Calanthe, 
