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HOETICULTUEE 



December 13, 1913 



WALTER MOTT'S NOTES BY THE 

 WAY. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Chas. P. Dudley took advantage of 

 the chance to secure a fine store in 

 the centre of the town on a long lease 

 and has fitted it up in the latest style. 

 There are really two stores in one, 

 which enables him to carry a big 

 stock. As president of the Chamber 

 of Commerce he has an excellent fol- 

 lowing. 



J. W. Dudley Co. report a good 

 Thanksgiving business and are prepar- 

 ing for a busy Christmas with a choice 

 stock at the old stand. 



Wheeling, W. Va. 



A short time ago. when Arthur Lang- 

 hans purchased an old colonial man- 

 sion in the Fifth avenue residence 

 district, it was the general opinion of 

 the trade that he haa made a bad 

 move. Subsequent events have proved 

 the opposite, as the location is ideal 

 for the business. A handsome store, 

 with a frontage of 13 feet and ceiling 

 17 feet, affords every opportunity for 

 making attractive displays. A show 

 house and small range at side and 

 rear contains a fine assortment of 

 stock for the holidays. Mr. Langhans 

 reports a shortage of stock. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



The absence of bright weather is 

 seen in the faded color in both pink 

 roses and carnations, being neither 

 pink nor white and lacking in sub- 

 stance. A few bright days are hoped 

 for to improve the stock for holiday 

 trade, which promises to be fully up 

 to the average. Already the stores 

 are decorated — some very artistically 

 — but the writer was impressed by the 

 quantity of artificial stock seen, par- 

 ticularly in some where the windows 

 did not differ from a Woolworth store. 

 With the counterfeit article so strong- 

 ly in evidence, it surely must affect, to 

 some extent, the sale of the real thing. 

 The argument that the goods cost less 

 and there is more profit in handling 

 than with live stock may sound feas- 

 ible at first sight but rather short- 

 sighted on reflection. The substitu- 

 tion of artificial for real palms for 

 decorative work was primarily respon- 

 sible for the almost disuse of any In 

 favor of ferns and it will doubtless be 

 their fate whenever they are imitated 

 to the same extent. 



We learn from an item in the New 

 York Times for December 9, that 

 Henri Beaulieu, a well-known French 

 seedsman of Woodhaven. N. Y.. has 

 been missing since September 13, on 

 which date he was discharged from a 

 hospital after undergoing medical 

 treatment, Mr. Beaulieu was absent 

 for a long period once before, but 

 turned up finally, having been in 

 France, and it is hoped by his friends 

 that he may yet come to light in the 

 same way on this occasion. 



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