. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. OPENING THE MAIL. BURPEE'S SEED WAREHOUSE, uivned and exclusively occupied by us, is located at Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street, extending through to Nos. 476 and 478 York Avenue, and for the conducting of an extensive mail seed business, is pronounced, by all who have examined the various departments, to be the most admirably arranged in this country. It occupies four building lots; is five stories high, besides bas&- m
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. OPENING THE MAIL. BURPEE'S SEED WAREHOUSE, uivned and exclusively occupied by us, is located at Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street, extending through to Nos. 476 and 478 York Avenue, and for the conducting of an extensive mail seed business, is pronounced, by all who have examined the various departments, to be the most admirably arranged in this country. It occupies four building lots; is five stories high, besides bas&- ment, and has a wide frontage on both Fifth Street and York Ave- nueâboth broad streetsâthus giving ample light and ventilation. Customers visiting Philadelphia are cordially invited to call, and can reach our warehouse conveniently from any station; the Fifth Street cars pass every minute or two. We also have large warerooms for the storage of .seeds in two other warehouses in Philadelphia and extensive buildings on FoRDHOOK Farm. That our new customers at a distance may appreciate our facilities for the prompl and careful execution of orders we give illustrations of some of the departments, which we will briefly describe. THE MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT, shown above â is devoted entirely to the filling of orders for seeds to be sent, postpaid, by mail. The seeds are already done up, by the milHoii of packages, in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds, pints and quarts, and can readily be selected on order, from the thousands of compartments, drawers and bins, all distinctly labeled and numbered. After the orders are filled, they are carefully examiued by expert employees whose entire time is devoted to this work, to see that no mistake has occurred; they are then wrapped and tied, when they are taken by the elevator to the Stamping Room, on the first floor, and thence carted, in sacks, to the post oflice. OPENING THE MAIL. THE BUSINESS OFFICE The mail office is the seene of qui
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