JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 4, 1878. 
specimen of this valuable Fuchsia, which has evidently passed 
through many winters uninjured.. We have seen this beautiful 
old Fuchsia,in ‘tree ”’ form in a few gardens on the south coast, 
also in some: gardens in sheltered districts in Scotland, but 
have never before met with one in the somewhat flat, cold, 
and low-lying district in which this specimen is growing. 
The secret of its preservation is probably owing to its local 
position, for it is growing on a pile of rockwork. There it 
not only does not make luxuriant and consequently tender 
growth, but its clusters of coral-like flowers are seen to great 
advantage. The fact that this plant has existed so long and 
thrives so well on its artificial altitude in a cold and flat 
district, suggests a means of growing this beautiful old Fuchsia 
in other gardens to which it is now a stranger. The plant is 
wery valuable for affording cut sprays for vase decoration. 
ROMFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. 
THE annual Show of the above Society was held on the 27th ult. 
in the grounds of C. P. Matthews, Esq., The Bower, Havering. This 
gentleman’s picture gallery was also thrown open to the visitors, 
and proved to be a source of great attraction. The Show, held in 
a@ most picturesque spot, was scarcely so good as usual, at the 
same time it was a very creditable Exhibition. 
In the class for eight stove or greenhouse plants in flower Mr. 
Lane, gardener to General Fytche, Pyrgo Park, was first, and Mr. 
Bones, gardener to D. McIntosh, Esq., Havering Park, was second. 
Mr. Lane staged a very even group, not large, but well-flowered 
specimens. In the corresponding class for four varieties Mr. 
Douglas, Loxford Hall, was first, and also for six Orchids, in the 
latter staging good examples of Dendrobiums nobile, formosum, 
and giganteum; Lelia purpurata, Odontoglossums Alexandre, 
Stoneii; and Masdevallia Harryana. For six Cape Heaths Mr. 
Bones was first, and Mr. Lane second. Mr. Douglas was first for 
six foliage plants, and Mr. Lane second. The last-mentioned 
exhibitors occupied the same positions in the class for six Lyco- 
pods. For six exotic Ferns Mr. Douglas was first, and Mr. Wood- 
hams, gardener to C. P. Matthews, Esq., second. Mr. Bones was 
first for six large-flowering and also for six fancy Pelargoniums. 
There were also classes for Fuchsias, Gloxinias, Coleuses, Cala- 
diums, double-flowering Zonal and Tricolor Pelargoniums, but the 
specimens staged were in most instances very poor. Mr. Mead- 
more, nurseryman, Romford, won the first prize for the most 
tastefully arranged basket of plants. 
There were classes for cut Roses, but the competition was very 
limited. For forty-eight blooms Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelms- 
ford, were first, and Mr. Meadmore second; the former had good 
blooms of Capitaine Christy, Comtesse de Serenye, Francois 
Michelon, Elie Morel, Madame Ferdinand Jamin, La France, Mdlle. 
Marie Cointet, Rubens, Souvenir d’un Ami, &c. Mr. Pemberton 
was first for twenty-four, and Mr. Nairn second. Mr. Pemberton 
was also first for twelve, and was also commended for a box 
of eighteen cut blooms of Marquise de Castellane. Mr. Pem- 
berton’s exhibits were remarkable for thew freshness and good 
colour. Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, staged five boxes 
of cut Roses, not for competition, which were highly commended 
by the Judges and much admired by the visitors. All alike were 
good, the following especially so:—Amelie Hoste, Annie Laxton, 
Capitaine Christy, Comtesse d’Oxford, Duchesse de Caylus, Edouard 
Morren, Madame Lacharme, Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier, Marie Bau- 
mann, Marquise de Castellane, Princess Beatrice, &c. 
The fruit, notably the Strawberries and Grapes, madea good 
display and attracted much attention. For-a collection of six 
yarieties of fruit Mr. Bones was first and Mr. Lane second, Mx. 
Bones had good Black Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria 
Grapes, Blood Pine, City Feast Melon, Peaches, and Nectarines. 
There was good competition in the class for black Grapes, all 
staging Black Hamburghs good in bunch and berry, but in 
several instances the colour was wanting, the only exception 
being those staged by Mr. Douglas and placed second ; Mr. Tar- 
rance, Chadwell Heath, being first. Mr. Douglas was first for 
white Grapes with good Muscat of Alexandria, and Mr, Lane was 
second. For three varieties Mr. Douglas was first, staging good 
examples of Canon Hall Muscat, Black Hamburgh, and Buckland 
Sweetwater. Mr. Worthing, gardener to A. Moss, Esq., Chadwell 
Heath, was second. Mr. Bones was first for Peaches, staging.a good 
dish of Violette Hative; second, Mr. Worthing. Nectarines were 
poor, and. no first prize was awarded. Mr. Lane was first, and 
Mr. Iggulden, gardener to R. B. Wingfield Baker. Esq., Orsett Hall, 
secured the prizes for Melons. Strawberries were staged in large 
quantities, some of them being yery fine. Some of, the exhibitors 
were evidently too fond, of monstrosities ; not so, howeyer, the 
Judges, preference being given to perfect-shaped fruit. For three 
varieties Mr. J. Smith was first with good dishes of Sir J, Paxton, 
Dr. Hogg, and James Veitch; Mr. Groom was second. 
The vegetables collectively made a good display, but some of 
the exhibits were very poor indeed. In the gardeners’ class for 
eight varieties Mr. Iggulden gained the first prize with a very 
creditable and much-admired basket, made up with the following 
varieties :—Globe Artichokes, Vick’s Criterion Tomatoes, Ham- 
mersmith Kidney Potatoes, Nantes Horn Carrots, Early London 
Cauliflower, Seville Longpod Beans, Culverwell’s Telegraph Pea 
(the finest Pea in the Show), and the American Strap-leaf Turnip. 
Mr. Lane second. There were five competitors in this class. Mr. 
Douglas was first fora brace of Cucumbers with Tender-and-True, 
and Mr. Worthing second. Mr. Iggulden was first. for kidney 
Potatoes, var. Mona’s Pride; Round Potato Alpha; Turnips, Sut- 
ton’s Snowball ; Lettuce, Scott’s Superb; and Peas, Huntingdonian. 
; Mr. Lane was first in the remaining classes. Both the amateurs 
and cottagers staged some very creditable vegetables, and the 
former fairly eclipsed the gardeners with vases, button-hole 
bouquets, &e. 
BRIGHTON SUMMER SHOW. 
On last Wednesday and Thursday in sultry weather the Brighton 
Summer Show was held at the Pavilion. The Exhibition was a 
good one, plants, cut flowers, and fruit with few exceptions being 
excellent, the prizes in all the classes being fairly well contested ; 
and what was perhaps eyen more important, the space provided 
for the various exhibits was well filled—no small matter in these 
days of defaulters, who at the last moment so frequently upset 
the well-planned arrangements of the Secretary and often spoil 
the show. 
The plants were the leading feature ; most of them were good, 
and some were of much exceilence. Mr. W. Balchin, Hassocks 
Gate, Cliftonville, carried off the first prize for eight fine-foliaged 
plants with a magnificent Cycas reyoluta with a dense head of 
dark green spreading frondage, quite 12 feet in diameter and 
without a blemish ; a huge example of Croton pictum, wonderfully 
vigorous but not in good colour, much of the young foliage being 
of a pale yellow ; Areca sapida, with large, fresh, and quite young 
frondage ; Pandanus Veitchil, in which size had also been acquired 
at the expense of colour ; an excellent Latania borbonica, a huge 
Croton yariegatum, a fine example of that very ornamental Cycad 
Encephalartos villosus, and a really magnificent Croton majesticum 
quite 2 yards in diameter and as much in height and splendidly 
coloured. The second prize was taken with a creditable dis- 
play, including fine examples of Latania borbonica and Dracena 
Cooperi, by Miss Brodie (gardener, Mr. C. Driver). Mr. W. Miles 
was third, and had a very fine highly coloured plant of Alocasia 
macrorhiza variegata, K 
In the class for foliaged plants by local growers Miss Brodie 
came first with four good but unequal-sized plants, of which 
an Anthurium crystallinum with ten fully developed leaves each 
about 18 inches by 12 was very beautiful. The second-prize 
group, which went to C. Armstrong, Esq. (Mr. E. Meachin, gar- 
dener), contained a grand example of Pandanus Veitchii in splen- 
did colour ; and in the third-prize group a Caladium Prince Albert 
Edward was striking, not only by its large size but the richness 
of its leaf tints—green intermingled with silvery white, charmingly 
suffused with delicate pink and with veinings of deep rich pink. 
In the open class for specimen plants in bloom Mr. Balchin was 
also first with an Ixora javanica floribunda in fine bloom. The 
plant was pyramidal in shape, 5 feet high, and some 6 feet in 
diameter at its base. The second prize was awarded to the Duke 
of Richmond, Goodwood (gardener, Mr. F, Rutland), for a large 
Anthurium Scherzerianum with, about three dozen spathes not 
quite all open, The third prize went to F. Shenstone, Esq. (gar- 
dener, Mr. A. Venall) for an Allamanda. 
Mr, W. Balchin again. stood first in the open class for eight 
exotic Ferns, and deservedly so, for his plants were all fine, form- 
ing a bold and graceful group. Dayallia pyxidata was 6 feet in 
diameter. Then there was a capital Dicksonia, a Gymnogramma 
Martensii, the twining-stemmed Cyathea Dregei so attractive by 
the purple tinge of its fronds, a Cibotium regale, and an Adiantum 
Sanctee-Catherine. In the class for local exotic Ferns Miss Brodie, 
Eastbourne, came first with a very fine Golden Fern (Gymno- 
gramma Laucheana), a still finer Silver Fern (G. peruyiana argy- 
rophylla), a Lomaria gibba, and a Dicksonia. A display of hardy 
Ferns by Messrs. James Ivery & Son, Dorking, consisting of some 
seventy plants, was a prominent and attractive feature, to which 
an extra prize was deservedly awarded. 
The Orchids were none of them large. Mr. Rutland came first 
in the open class with eight good plants, the best of which; were 
Brassia versicolor with seven spikes, an excellent Cypripedium 
barbatum with about two dozen ofits charmingly pencilled flowers, 
and a good-sized plant of Lycaste aromatica. Mr. Meachin’s six 
plants stood first in the local class. His Lelia purpurata with 
four large spikes was very good. 
There is always a goodly display of Begonias at Brighton. 
F. Shenstone, Esq., Barcomb (gardener, Mr. A. Venall), came first 
with four tall plants in fine flower but somewhat wanting in form. 
The second-prize plants were of better form,. but unfortunately 
betraying a little too much floral millinery. Of Fuchsias there 
_ were several groups, none of them, really good, the whole being 
| deficient in finish and uniformity. 
The whole of these. plants were in the pleasant cool rooms of 
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