4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
strange that considerably over a year should have elapsed before Lindley 
published his account of the plant. There is little doubt, however, that — 
he regarded it with mixed feelings, and it is upon record that. when Mr. 
Veitch first showed him the plant it drew from the Doctor the weighty 
remark, “‘ Why, you will drive the botanists mad!” in allusion, of course, 
to the well-known fact that in those pre-Darwinian days all hybrid pro- ‘ 
ductions were the special abomination of botanists, who were only too © 
willing to ignore their existence altogether. 
About three years later a second hybrid appeared, this time a Cattleya, . 
which was. ultimately. named Cattleya x hybrida. Five seedling plants © 
were exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in August, 1859, — 
by Messrs. Veitch, which. were noted as exceedingly interesting, and as — 
affording the first examples of well-marked and really showy new forms _ 
of Orchids produced by hybridising. The origin of this plant has been — 
variously recorded at different times. C. granulosa and C. Harrisoniz were 
first given as its parents, then C. granulosa and C. Loddigesii, and after- 
wards C. guttata and C. intermedia. The fact is these species were 
somewhat confused at this period; besides which the importance of care- 
fully recording the particulars of each cross was not fully recognised in 
these early days. The characters of the plant, however, leave little room — 
for doubt that C. guttata and C. Loddigesii were the parents. 
Cattleya x Dominiana appeared immediately afterwards, as it was ex- 
hibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in November of the same 
year. It was derived from C. maxima and C. intermedia, the former being 
recorded as the seed parent. It was named after Mr. Dominy, the raiser, — 
by Dr. Lindley. 
Yet another hybrid appeared in 1859, the beautiful Calanthe x Veitchii, — 
which flowered in December, and was exhibited at a meeting of the | 
Horticultural Society on the 8th of that month. It was obtained by 
crossing Calanthe rosea (then called Limatodes) with the pollen of C. , 
vestita. This is perhaps the most popular hybrid yet raised, as it is now 
largely cultivated as a most useful autumn-flowering Orchid. 
In June, 1861, a plant was exhibited under the name of Goodyera X — 
Dominii, whose parents are recorded as Goodyera discolor and Ancecto- — 
chilus Lowii. The species of this group are cultivated on account of their — 
variegated leaves, and can hardly be compared with other Orchids, but we 
may note that this appears to have been a generic cross, the botanical name 
of its two. parents being Hzmaria discolor and Dossinia marmorata, — 
respectively. It was awarded a First-class Certificate, but appears to have | 
been since lost sight of. 
In July of the following year another of these ornamental leaved Orchids | 
was exhibited, under the name of Goodyera x Veitchii. Hzemaria discolor 
was again one parent, the other being Macodes Petola, or Ancectochilus 
