. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S SEED WAREHOUSE, located at Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street, extending through to Nos. 476 and 478 York Avenue, is the largest in the city of Philadelphia, 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 base- ment, and has a wide
. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S SEED WAREHOUSE, located at Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street, extending through to Nos. 476 and 478 York Avenue, is the largest in the city of Philadelphia, 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 base- ment, and has a wide frontage on both Fifth Street and York Avenue—both broad streets—thus giving ample light and venti- lation. 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. That our cus- tomers at a distance may appreciate our facilities for the prompt and careful execution of orders, we give illustra- tions of some of the departments, which we will briefly describe. THE MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT, above, occupies the entire second floor, and is devoted entirely to the filling of orders for seeds, to be sent postpaid by mail, and to the Flower Seed Department. Here are filled several thousand orders a day in vi'ihter and spring. The seeds are already done up, by the 7nillion of patkages^ in packets, ounces, quarter EQunds, pounds, pints and quarts, and can readily and quickly e selected on order, from the thousands of compartments, drawers and bins, all distinctly labeled and numbered. After the orders are filled, they are carefully examined by expert employees, whose entire time is devoted to this work, to see that no mistake has occurred ; they are then passed to men standing at large tables, to be wrapped and tied, when they arc taken, by the elevator, to the stamping room, on the first floor, and thence carted, in sacks, to the post office. OPENING THE MAIL. The mail of
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