Vili. HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION 
as well as of other species of Orchis which had been forced ; and if I had 
remained on the spot I think I should have obtained some cross-bred 
Orchidaceous seed. An intelligent gardener may do much for science by 
attempts of this kind, if he keeps accurate notes of what he attempts, and 
does not jump at immature conclusions.” This is interesting as the earliest 
note on the subject that we have met with, and because it appeared at a 
time when there was a prevalent notion among gardeners that muling 
among Orchids was an impossibility. The results, however, must be 
classed among the ‘‘ might-have-beens,” and we may return to Dominy. 
Dominy is said to have commenced his hybridising operations in 1853, 
with the genus Cattleya, and six years later the first flowers appeared. In 
August 1859, five seedling plants were exhibited at a meeting of the 
Horticultural Society by Messrs. Veitch, which were noted as extremely 
interesting, and as affording the first examples of well-marked and really 
showy new forms of Orchids produced by hybridisation. They were 
ultimately named Cattleya x hybrida, and it is unfortunate that Dominy 
did not carry out Dean Herbert’s injunction to keep accurate records, for 
the parentage of this Cattleya was given first as C. granulosa and C. 
Harrisoniana, then as C. granulosa and C. Leopoldi, and finally as C. 
guttata and C. intermedia. C. guttata and Loddigesi are now accepted as 
the parents. 
A second Cattleya, C. x Dominiana, obtained from C. maxima and C. 
intermedia, was exhibited in the November following. 
In December, 1859, the beautiful Calanthe x Veitchii, a hybrid between 
C. rosea and C. vestita, made its appearance, and received a First-class 
Certificate from the Horticultural Society. This is one of the most 
popular hybrids yet raised, and is now largely cultivated as a very useful 
autumn-flowering plant. 
In June, 1861, a fifth hybrid appeared, and also received a First-class 
Certificate, under the name of Goodyera xX Dominii. Its parents were 
recorded as Goodyera discolor and Ancectochilus Lowii, now known as 
Hemaria discolor and Dossinia marmorata, and thus was the frst generic 
cross. It was afterwards called Dossinimaria * Dominii, and now seems 
to have been lost sight of. 
In July, 1862, another ornamental-leaved Orchid was exhibited, under 
the name of Goodyera X Veitchil, also receiving a First-class Certificate. 
It was another generic hybrid, its parents being Hzmaria discolor and 
Macodes Petola. It is now known as Macomaria x Veitchii. 
In September, 1863, the first Leliocattleya flowered, though the name 
did not appear till long afterwards. It was exhibited as Cattleya x 
exoniensis, and its parents were at first given as Cattleya Mossie and 
Lelia purpurata, but the second parent was afterwards corrected to L. 
