. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1887. 15. THE EXPRESS AND FREIGHT ORDER [) EPARTM E NT ^^^Q^^'Q above, is located on the third floor, — ' and is devoted exclusively to the packing of seeds that go by freight or express. Here is kept in large drawers, bins, barrels and in sacks, a complete duplicate stock of all the garden and farm seeds catalogued by lis—all flower seeds being obtained, on order, from the floor below. Only men are empl
. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1887. 15. THE EXPRESS AND FREIGHT ORDER [) EPARTM E NT ^^^Q^^'Q above, is located on the third floor, — ' and is devoted exclusively to the packing of seeds that go by freight or express. Here is kept in large drawers, bins, barrels and in sacks, a complete duplicate stock of all the garden and farm seeds catalogued by lis—all flower seeds being obtained, on order, from the floor below. Only men are employed in this department, and by years of practice they have become very efficient in packing boxes, barrels and sacks of seed, neatly and securely. As soon as filled, the orders, each accom- panied by a memorandum sheet, specifying number and descrip- tion of packages, route, etc., and signed by the " filler," are sent by the elevator to the ground floor, where the shipping clerk makes out the bills of lading, and sees that the wagons are prop- erly loaded for the diflferent freight stations. E^ch customer is then advised, by mail, of the shipment. The elevator shaft is located about twenty-five feet back from the northern door on the York Avenue side; thus a wide, unobstructed area extending to the wide doorway south- allows ample room for the sorting of the sacks, boxes and barrels intended for the different railroads. THE SHIPPING OFFICE rifhe™d™ Y*k Avenue. In this office, the shipping clerk and his assistant, besides making out bills of lading and records as to shipments, also notify the consignees of the shipment of each order. A CTODC DOOM where is kept a portion of our M O I UKt KUUm, ^^^^^ Beans, Sweet Com and Small Garden Seeds, in bags, the bulk of the seed grain being stored on other floors. SEED POTATO STORES. "f^j} ^ cially adapted for the safe storage of a large stock of Seed Potst-ies. which we receive each year from our growers in the Xor
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