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J'iXeter, and remained there three months. From thence he removed to 
Messrs. Veitch’s nursery in the same town, and remained there until 
June, 18tl. He then went as head gardener to J. Pellagor, Esq., Red¬ 
ruth, 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. lie returned to Messrs. Veitch’s Exgter Nursery, working 
cream jug to match “ in commemoration of his having been the first 
successful hybridiser of Nepenthes and Orchids in Europe.” He also 
had the large silver medal of the above Society “ for his perseverance 
and success in raising the first hybrid Orchid,” this medal being dated 
18.o8, and refers to Calanthe Domini, the result of a cross between 
C. masuca and C. furcata. About twenty-nine hybrid Orchids, Nepen- 
in conjunction 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 
bis first attempts at the hybridisation of Nepenthes and Orchids, the 
results of which have now become so widely known. In 1801 he 
removed to London to take charge of the Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 
On Mr. Dominy leaving Exeter he was presented with a silver tankard and 
cream jug, value £20, by the Devon and Exeter Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, “ in acknowledgment of his valuable services to the Society during ■ 
bis connection with Messrs. Veitch,” who also presented him with a 
thes, and Fuchsias were also raised during Mr. Djminy’s service at 
Exeter and Chelsea. In late years he has been a member of the Orchid 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, at whjse meetings he was 
a regular attendant. 
AMERICAN AZALEAS AND AZALEA MOLLIS. 
These beautiful and floriferous plants are worthy of more 
extensive cultivation, as few are so easily forced during the early 
spring months or give a better return for the labour bestowed upon 
