LIVES OF HYBRIDISTS 



the Exeter Horticultural Society presented him with a piece 

 of plate " in recognition of the value of his experiments in 

 hybridization carried on by him whilst a member of their 

 association." 



On his retirement in 1880 the Council of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society presented the famous hybridizer with 

 the Gold Flora Medal " for his successful labours as a raiser 

 of hybrid Orchids, Nepenthes, and other garden plants," 

 and a few years later his friends presented him, through the 

 President of the Society, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., with a 

 handsome gold watch and a purse of 200 guineas. 



The twenty-first volume of The Garden is dedicated by the 

 founder to " John Dominy, of Exeter and Chelsea, in recog- 

 nition of his long and useful work in the improvement and 

 hybridization of garden plants, especially Orchids, and his 

 general excellence as a cultivator." 



After his retirement Dominy still retained an interest in 

 horticultural pursuits, and was a constant attendant at 

 the meetings of the E.H.S. Floral and Orchid Committees, of 

 which he was a member. ' \ ' 



He died on Thursday, February 12th 1891, after a sliprt 

 illness, and was buried at Exeter on the 17th of that month. 



References : Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 752 ; id. vol. xiv. p. 112 ; id. 

 1881, vol. xv. p. 728, vol. xvi. pp. 405, 509; id. 1891, vol. ix. pp. 240, 

 278, obituary note, portrait p. 277 ; The Garden, 1882, vol. xxi. portrait 

 frontispiece ; id. 1891, vol. xxxix. p. 179, obituary note ; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. x. 



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