178 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (June, 1906. 
of D. superbum, over four hundred pieces, if they had been potted up 
separately, but for want of time and room as many plants as could be got 
into five to six or seven-inch baskets were put in together. When flowering 
time came this spring, two white forms were found growing in the same 
baskets with the type. The flowers are of the purest white throughout, with 
the exception of a very faint lemon yellow flush in the tube of the lip. They 
have the peculiar rhubarb scent of the type, but apparently not quite so 
strongly. Iam sending you a picture of this plant as it flowered here, the 
uppermost spray being the white form and all the rest the type. I showed 
it at Boston on March 24th last, when the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society awarded it a Silver Medal under the name of D. superbum Colonel 
Deare’s variety.” The flower sent is a very fine one, measuring over 
44 inches from the apex of the dorsal sepal to that of the lip, and it retains 
its characteristic rhubarb scent, even in the dried state.” 
The variety Dearei appeared in the collection of Lieut.-Col. Deare, 
/of Englefield Green, in 1882, receiving a First-class Certificate from the 
R.H.S., on April 11th, under the name of D. macrophyllum var. Dearei, 
when exhibited by his gardener, Mr. Fagg (Gard. Chron. 1888, i. p. 507): 
It was well figured by Mr. Day in April, 1886 (Coll. Draw. xlix. t. 49); 
from a plant in Baron Schréders collection. The variety Burkei differs 
in having a light purple throat to the lip, while in Huttoni the same 
part is bright purple. 
THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
THE nineteenth Great Annual Flower Show of the R.H.S., held in the 
Inner Temple Gardens, opened on Tuesday, May 2gth, in delightful 
weather, and will be continued over the two following days. The centre 
of the large tent was, as usual, devoted to Orchids—we only found two 
small groups elsewhere—and there was a large and brilliant display, in the 
freshest possible condition, to which end the comparatively cool weather of 
the preceding week has been favourable. Nothing sensational in the way 
of novelties was observed, but there was evidence of progress, particularly 
among Odontoglossums, and some recent hybrids were exhibited in 
improved condition. Seven Awards of Merit were given by the Orchid 
Committee. The judges for Orchids were Messrs. W. A. Bilney, H. J: 
Chapman, J. Gurney Fowler, and H. Little, and their awards, which 
included three Gold Medals, will be found in the following report. The 
Veitchian Cup, value fifty guineas, was on this occasion awarded to Messts 
Sander and Sons, St. Albans, for their magnificent group of Orchids and 
new and rare plants, the judges for this being Messrs. Jeremiah Colman, 
Jas. Gibson, Major Holford, Sir Trevor Lawrence, J. Methven, P. ©. M. 
