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MESSRS. LANE AND SON'S NURSERIES, GREAT EERK- 

 HAMPSTEAD, HERTS. 



There are few of the gardening world who have not heard of the 

 magnificent pot Roses and greenhouse Azaleas exhibited by this firm 

 at our Metropohtan and other flower shows. Their nurseries during 

 the blooming season of these plants will well repay a visit, while 

 for the past month their extensive Rose grounds have been one 

 mass of bloom. Their stock of Roses is perhaps one of the largest 

 in this country, and comprises all the most esteemed varieties in 

 cultivation. Of Hybrid Bourbons we noticed a fine stock, amongst the 

 best of which Paul Perras, Paul Ricaut, Chenedole, and Coupe d'Hebe 

 were pre-eminent. The Hybrid Perpetual Roses are, however, the most 

 extensive class, and on account of the length of time during which they 

 continue to bloom are the most desirable to cultivate. Of these a long 

 list might be given ; we must content ourselves only to name such 

 varieties as we consider very superior. Of deep crimsons the 

 new Rose, General Jacqueminot, Geant des Batailles, and Empereur 

 Napoleon III. are very striking ; these are Roses which, as Mr. Lane 

 expresses it, warm you to look upon them. Of pink and rose coloured 

 varieties Jules JMargottin, JMadame Domage, Chereau, Madame de 

 Cambaceres, Madame Hector Jacqueler, Duchess of Norfolk, Comtesse 

 Vaillant, Colonel de Rougemont, and Baronne Heckeren are amongst 

 the best. Of Bourbons there are many very splendid varieties : 

 Apolhne, Aurore de Guide, Francois Henrincq, Louis Odier, Sir J. 

 Paxton, and Souvenir de la Malmaison. The Tea-scented, though 

 somewhat tender, deserve every attention to bring them to perfection. 

 Messrs. Lane's stock of these is particularly good ; Adam, Canari, 

 Comte de Paris, Devoniensis, Gloire de Dijon, Madame de St. Joseph, 

 Madame Melanie Willemorz, Moire, Narcisse, Souvenir d'un Ami, and 

 Vicomtesse de Cazes are all very beautiful. Long beds of the above, 

 and many other splendid varieties, were in most luxuriant health, and 

 covered with bloom, the fragrance of which completely loaded the 

 atmosphere. They are worked in a great variety of shapes — dwarfs, 

 pillars, and standards, the latter so high as seven and nine feet, the 

 tallest of which are much in demand for covering high walls, &c., for 

 by the aid of such plants' it is possible to cover such places at any time. 



Of forest trees Messrs. Lane's young stock is very extensive and 

 good ; this will easily be understood when we state that' their nurseries 

 consist of about 60 acres of land which is well adapted for the purpose. 



Coniferous plants are propagated in large quantities. The more 

 common are sown in beds in the usual way, after which the surface is 

 thinly covered with chopped Furze ; this answers the Ivvo-fold purpose 

 of preventing excessive evaporation during the summer, and of 

 protecting the young plants from cutting wind during winter and the 

 early spring months. Of Araucaria imbricata Messrs. Lane's stock is 

 the largest we have seen ; many of the plants are large and handsome ; 

 seedlings of the present season amount to several thousands; and are 

 now growing freely in a cool greenhouse. When these plants can be 



