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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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collection of Ivy-leaved varieties being from Mr. George, gardener to 
Miss Nicholson, Putney Heath. 
Certificates were awarded for the following varieties—To Dr. Denny 
for a double Zonal variety named Enchantress (Denny), with large 
trusses of pink flowers and of good habit ; for the single Zonal 
Ulysses (Denny), a handsome variety with symmetrical blooms in com¬ 
pact trusses, of a brilliant scarlet colour ; Progress (Denny), a double 
Zonal of a rich scarlet shade, very neat flowers and good habit; Prima 
Donna (Denny), a handsome white Zonal variety, with flowers of 
excellent form and great substance. To E. II. Foster, Esq., Clewer 
Manor, for a Show variety named Constitution (Foster), with blooms 
of the most exact symmetry ; the lower petals of a pale salmon pink 
hue, a white centre, and intensely dark maroon upper petals with a 
narrow margin ; Minotaur (Foster), somewhat resembling the above, 
but with darker lower petals. To Henry Little, Esq., for an attractive 
decorative variety, Bridesmaid (Jackson). It was extremely flori- 
ferous, the blooms being slightly crimped ; the lower petals white, 
and the upper light crimson ; truss large, and habit compact. Hayes' 
Seedling (Hayes), a decorative variety, with very large flowers of a 
bright soft pink colour relieved by a small blotch in each petal. 
Criterion (Jackson), very free in habit; flowers of good form, colour 
rich scarlet. To Mr. W. Brown, Hendon, for a decorative Pelargonium 
Eclipse (Brown), truss very compact; flowers of a pale cerise or pinkish 
tinge blotched with a deep tint. To Messrs. J. & J. Hayes for a deco¬ 
rative variety Mrs. Ashby (Hayes), very attractive ; upper petals 
extremely dark ; lower pink, clear white centre. To Messrs. Salt- 
marsh & Sons for the double Zonal Lord Cecil (Saltmarsh), a grand 
variety with enormous trusses of brilliant scarlet flowers. 
MR. JOHN DOMINY. 
After a term of forty-three years in the service of one firm 
Mr. Dominy seeks the repose that he so well merits. The event 
of his retirement from an active and singularly successful term of 
labour is appropriate for presenting to our readers a portrait of 
this skilful and indefatigable worker in the cause of horticulture. 
To hundreds of our readers the features will be familiar, and 
thousands more in this and other lands will be glad to see a 
portrait engraving of one whose name is a household word to 
them, but with whom they have necessarily not been brought in 
contact. 
The following brief biographical notice of Mr. Dominy will not 
be without interest at the present time. He was born at Gittisham 
in 1816, and in due time was apprenticed to Mr. Guscott, gardener 
to the Misses Putt, Pomeroy House, Gittisham, Devon. At eighteen 
years of age—namely in 1834, he went to Messrs. Lucombe, Pinee, 
and Co’s, nursery at Exeter, and remained there three months ; from 
thence he removed to Messrs. Veitch’s nursery in the same town, 
and remained there until June, 1841. He then went as head 
gardener to J. Pellagor, Esq., Redruth, and remained in that 
capacity four and a half years. During that time he took between 
seventy and eighty prizes for fruit, vegetables, and flowers. _ He 
returned to Messrs. Yeitch’s, Exeter Nursery, working in conjunc¬ 
tion with the late Mr. James Veitch until his removal to London, 
and he remained at Exeter with Mr. James Veitch, senr., twelve 
years. During his stay at the Exeter Nursery he commenced his 
first attempts at the hybridisation of Nepenthes and Orchids, the 
results of which have now become so widely known. In 1864 he 
removed to London to take charge of the Royal Exotic Nursery, 
Chelsea, and from this great firm, which he has served so faithfully 
and so well, he proposes to retire during the ensuing month. 
On Mr. Dominy leaving Exeter he was presented with a silver 
tankard and cream jug, value £20, by the Devon and Exeter 
Horticultural Association, “in acknowledgment of his valuable 
