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ed flowers, which are abundantly pro- 

 duced, especially when the plants are 

 grown in small baskets and kept sus- 

 pended from the roof in a cool orchid 

 house. Look out for snails on this 

 oncidium, or they will assuredly eat 

 every spike. 



Another oncidium which is now in 

 bloom, and which produces its curious 

 flowers for a long time, is the butterfly 

 orchid, O. Papilio. One or two flowers 

 of this, variety in a store window are 

 bound to excite the wonder of passers- 

 by. O. Kramerianum is another variety 

 with flowers much resembling butter- 

 flies. A fine variety, which comes in 

 season after 0. varicosum, is O. tigri- 

 num. The fragrant flowers are yellow, 

 blotched with brown, and are three 

 inches in diameter. This Mexican va- 

 riety is more seen at Christmas than 

 any other oncidium. The Guatemalan 

 O. splendidum, O. Cavendishianum, O. 

 sarcodes, from Brazil; O. flexuosum, an 

 old but free flowering variety, and O. 

 fuscatum, are all well worthy the at- 

 tention of commercial growers who are 

 looking for a constant succession of 

 orchid flowers. 



HAVE YOU A SCEAPBOOK? 



A scrapbook is a desirable thing to 

 have. It is a volume for the preserva- 

 tion of pieces of print clipped from 

 newspapers, trade journals and maga- 

 zines. It is to the methodically inclined 

 man what the ledger is to the business 

 house; it saves time, it saves labor 

 and it saves information. Surely the 

 florist who favors a little system about 

 his oflSce and home will recognize the 

 manifold advantages of the inexpensive 

 scrapbook. Instead of having clippings, 

 bits of information and data, trade 

 articles, etc., strewn all over the place, 

 hidden away in this drawer and that 

 drawer, placed here and there, and the 

 clipping wanted never to be found 

 when most needed, enlist the services 

 of a good scrapbook and note how easy 

 it is to do the right eflSciently. With 

 the aid of the scrapbook, properly in- 

 dexed, one can find such and such a 

 clipping on such and such a subject in 

 a jiffy. The directions on how to con- 

 trol mildew of roses are quickly access- 

 ible if one maintains a scrapbook. But 

 if one does not possess the article, the 

 precious directions may have gone out 

 with the sweepings of the last house 

 cleaning. 



Granted that the scrapbook is a good 

 thing in the home or office, the next 

 step is to describe its make-up. 



If a complete file of any periodical 

 is retained, the issues should be kept in 

 their consecutive order. Each copy of 

 the publication carries a serial number, 

 the current issue of The Eeview, for 

 instance, being No. 980. Then all that 

 is needed is an index book, in which 

 subjects can be entered under appro- 

 priate headings as they come along. 

 If, for instance, a peony grower de- 

 sired to keep track of the American 

 Peony Society's affairs, under "P" in 

 the index book he would have a head- 

 ing "Peony Society," and under this 

 a subhead, "1916 annual meeting. No. 

 968, page 11." And so on with each 

 heading and subheading. 



In case it is desired to keep clippings 

 from a number of periodicals and not 

 keep a complete file of the publications, 

 the usual system is to procure or make 

 a scrapbook, which may be of any size, 

 but preferably the size of the standard 



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L. H. GENY. 



PROBABLY L. H. Geny, vice-president of the Tennessee State Florists* Asso- 

 ciation for Davidson county, could write a comprehensive and flattering 

 sketch of someone else, but when asked,' to tell the story of his own life he crowded 

 it into four brief sentences, thus: "Was born in Nashville, Tenn., March 7, 1874, 

 and have been in the florists' business all my life. Am looking after the retail 

 part of the store in Nashville. Am married and have three children. We have a 

 modern range, comprising over 150,000 square feet of glass." Like all true men, 

 he is proud of his children, and he seems to feel a moderate degree of pride in 

 the Geny business as a whole, but has little to say about his own part in making 

 the firm of Geny Bros, so widely known and respected. Undoubtedly the state 

 society, when selecting him as an officer, knew of other points in his favor besides 

 his connection with the Nashville firm. 



invoice book. A page, or more, if neces- 

 sary, should be allotted to each subject, 

 and an index made in the front of the 

 book. If, for example, a grower wanted 

 to keep a record of all matter he read 

 on insecticides, under "I" in the in- 

 dex he could enter the word "Insecti- 

 cides," together with the number of 

 the page devoted to clippings on the 

 subject. Then, by pasting all the clip- 

 pings on the same page, or on adjoining 

 pages as the quantity grew, he would 

 ■ be able to turn to this scrapbook and 

 find the desired clipping without loss 

 of time. 



Those who keep a complete file of 

 The Review and desire to have certain 

 printed reports, cultural directions, dis- 

 ease remedies, etc., handy at all times, 

 need only make the index book, as 

 described in the first instance. 



MABQUEBITE MBS. F. SANDEB. 



When should Daisy Mrs. F. Sander be 

 benched to insure a good crop for Me- 

 morial day, in a carnation house tem- 

 perature? When should seed be sown 

 in order to have plants for that dayl 

 E. A. R.— 111. 



This marguerite must be propagated 

 from cuttings and not from seed. The 

 cuttings should be put in during Octo- 

 ber and benched from 4-inch pots after 

 Christmas. Of course, you can propa- 

 gate as late as January and bench in 

 early March, but the plants will lack 

 size. C. W, 



Troy, N. Y. — George I. Cain has pur- 

 chased the florists' business of Felix 

 Menand, who has been almost a lifelong 

 dealer in flowers in this city. Mr. Me- 

 nand is seriously ill. 



