Plate 269 . 
CATTLEYA EXONIENSIS. 
It was a bold thought to submit the aristocratic tribe of 
Orchids to the same process which had produced such wonder¬ 
ful results in the more common and easily-managed classes, 
known as florists’ flowers. And all honour be to Mr. Dominy, 
the intelligent foreman of Mr. Veitch, for the manner in which 
he carried out, so successfully and perseveringly, his plan. If 
he had done nothing else, this charming Orchid, which we now 
figure, is sufficient to attest his skill and success. 
Cattleya Exoniensis was raised more than ten years since by 
Mr. Dominy, from seeds raised from Cattleya Mossice , impreg¬ 
nated with Loelia purpurata, and successfully unites the beauties 
of these much-admired Orchids. It must surely have greatly 
rejoiced the hybridizer, when, after years of long and patient 
watching of the little seedlings, he saw the expanding of this 
lovely flower, proving so conclusively that it was possible to 
produce varieties by the hybridization of our loveliest Orchids. 
“ It proves to be an autumnal bloomer of fine sturdy and robust 
habit; the stems are one-leaved, and the spathes one- or more 
flowered; the sepal and petals vary in width, are of waxlike 
substance, and blush-coloured, the terminal half of the lip 
ranging from rosy-purple to a rich deep like crimson-maroon; 
the lateral part of the lip is white, and sometimes with a large 
purple margin, and a central portion of yellow streaked with 
purple. It obtained a first-class certificate from the Eoyal 
Horticultural Society, in September, 1864.”* 
We would take this opportunity of referring to a new' 
Orchid-pot invented by Mr. Dominy, and which vve saw in 
successful operation at Mr. Veitch’s Nursery during the past 
* So Mr. Veitch kindlv writes to us. 
