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9 Ivt-leayed in 8-in roTS :—These made a 
distinct and excellent feature in the show. 1st, H. 
Little, Esq., with conical-shaped specimens of Gloire 
<1 ’Orleans, Anna Pfitzer, Madame Emile Baltet, A. 
E. Barron, Mdlle. Jeanne Wonters, Monsieur 
Crousse, Sarah Bernhardt, all double-flowered; and 
Mrs. H. Cannell and Monsieur do Boringe, single. 
The Cut flowers of both the Show and Zonal 
types, made a very striking display. Mr. 
Turner, Messrs. Saltmarsh, and Mr. Little 
taking the leading prizes for the former, and 
Messrs. Cannell & Sons, and Messrs. Salt- 
marsh & Sons for the latter. Messrs. Cannell 
were also first in the Ivy-leaved group. 
Several First-class Certificates were awarded ; 
these will be found in our Register of Novelties 
under the head of New Flowers.—T. Moore. 
MR. BARLOW’S FLOWER BOTTLE. 
NY arrangement by means of which the 
motley array of vessels of all forms 
and sizes, used for the setting up of 
cut flowers which one sometimes 
sees at exhibitions, when no proper provision 
for this object has been made, would he 
banished, would directly conduce to an orderly 
aspect of the tables ; but these proper vessels 
should be forthcoming to replace the ob¬ 
jectionable ones. The stands for 6, 12, 24, 
36, or more blooms are sufficiently neat and 
useful; it is in the case of the single flowers, 
especially when there is much class showing, 
as among Tulips and Carnations, that the 
improved arrangements are required. 
The best of the flower bottles devoted to 
this object which has come before us is Mr. 
Barlow’s, represented in the accompanying 
woodcut. It was designed by him to be used 
at the Royal National Tulip Society’s Exhibi¬ 
tion, and was found to serve the purpose 
admirably, while it gave a tone of order and 
regularity to the staging of the competing 
blooms. It is made of thick black glass, and 
is of the following dimensions :—Height 5\ 
inches ; diameter inside the bulb 3 inches; 
diameter at the mouth \ inch. The dark 
colour of the material throws up the flowers, 
which are consequently shown off to better 
advantage, and the neck is sufficiently long to 
give a good hand hold in moving the bottles 
from place to place, without being at all out 
of proportion to the base, which being made 
broad so as to hold a good supply of water is 
made sufficiently weighty therewith to stand 
firmly on the table. 
The accompanying figure will make the 
flower bottle at once familiar to every one. 
We have to thank Mr. Barlow for the sketch 
whence our woodcut was prepared; and we 
understand the bottles themselves were made 
by Messrs. Molyneux, Webb & Co., Kirby 
Street, Manchester, of whom doubtless they 
could be obtained. — T. Moore. 
WEEDS ON GRAVEL WALKS. 
[THE extraordinary mildness of the late 
winter was highly favourable to the 
growth of Weeds on the Gravel Walks, 
especially those in damp and shaded 
positions, and thus an extra amount of cleaning 
became necessary. Manual labour is not only 
very costly when employed in the mechanical 
removal of the Weeds, hut the loosening of 
the surface of the walk by the process is pre¬ 
judicial, and thus some means by which the 
growth can be arrested, and the weeds 
destroyed in situ, is to be preferred. From 
time to time we have used a variety of che¬ 
mical compounds for the purpose, and during 
the past winter special detailed experiments 
have been undertaken at the express wish of 
the [R.B.S.] Garden Committee, of which the 
following is Mr. Sowerby’s report:— 
“ I have to report that since my experiments 
in I860 with chemical compounds, with a 
view to determine their relative values in the 
destruction of vegetable growth on Gravel 
Walks, additional trials have from time to 
