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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbcabt 23, 1911. 



Main Entrance to New Bnrpee Building. Papering Flower Seeds at Burpee's. 



Scenes in the New Seed Building of W. Atlee Btsrpee & Co„ Philadelphia. 



Council Bluffs, la., February 3, 1911." 

 There was a train robbery near Council 

 Bluffs on the date named, 



W. N. SCHARFF, of the Miami Valley 

 Seed Co., New Carlisle, O., paid $35 per 

 ear for the ten ears of Johnson County 

 White corn that won the sweepstakes at 

 the recent Columbus corn show. 



One canning factory in California 

 put up 600 tons of spinach last season. 

 The El Monte district is calling for seed 

 in quantities that indicate an important 

 addition to the canning industry. 



The death is announced of Uhei Su- 

 zuki, the founder of the Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Co., Japan. When Louis Boehmer 

 settled in Yokohama and started to ex- 

 port lily bulbs to Europe he engaged Mr. 

 Suzuki. Later, Mr. Suzuki commenced 

 business for himself, founding the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co. 



The Kirkeby & Gundestrup Seed Co., 

 Chicago, has just completed a large, new 

 warehouse and store building at 5221 

 Norwood Park avenue, across the street 

 from the original building. The new 

 structure is built entirely of concrete 

 blocks and is to be used in addition to the 

 former quarters. Knud Gundestrup, pres- 

 ident of the company, says that business 

 is considerably ahead of last year. 



C. M. Robinson, Baltimore, has leased 

 the third floor of the large building at 

 614 East Lombard street for a seed ware- 

 house. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar, of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., Boston, February 18 

 delivered an illustrated lecture before 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 on * ' Where Seeds are Grown. ' ' 



SEEDSMEN'S WELFASE WORK. 



Information came from a sure hand 

 that W. Atlee Burpee had a new idea 

 in successful operation at his firm's 

 seed house at Fifth and Buttonwood 

 streets, Philadelphia. A request for an 

 appointment met with prompt tele- 

 phonic response; at the appointed time 

 Mr. Burpee was ready in his spacious 

 office on the second floor; with him 

 were Howard M. Earl and a relative. 



Mr. Burpee led the way to a large 

 dining room at the northern end of the 

 third floor, where the women employees 

 were at lunch. The room contained 

 perhaps thirty tables, capable of accom- 

 modating 150 persons in all, with a 

 counter across the end where milk, cof- 

 fee, sandwiches and other food were 

 served. "This is the welfare work," 

 Mr. Burpee said. "The young women 

 of our seed house are served here at 



cost; milk is two cents a glass, sand- 

 wiches five cents and so on. We think 

 it a great advantage." The party was 

 given excellent cups of coffee while 

 watching with pleasure the animated 

 scene before them. 



Mr. Burpee then led the way to the 

 top of his seven-story building, giving 

 a view of the Delaware on one side £uid 

 William Penn surmounting City hall 

 on the other, with the city proper and 

 West Philadelphia stretching far away 

 in the distance. Each floor was visited 

 in turn, Mr. Burpee explaining the 

 points of interest. The building proper 

 is seven stories in height. The new 

 building, lately completed and connect- 

 ed with the older one, is four stories. 

 Both are extremely light and give the 

 impression of great strength. System 

 is evident everywhere, from the most 

 important to the most trifling detail; 

 without this system hopeless confusion 

 would ensue in a business of such ex- 

 traordinary size. The immensity of the 

 building, the huge quantities of seed, 

 the number of employees (260) prove 

 this true. Every inch of space is oc- 

 cupied. Everyone was busy. Seeds of 

 certain popular varieties, in quantities 

 most surprising, were there. Large 

 spaces were filled with a single variety 

 of seed in quantity, other spaces with 



Mailiogr the Farm Annual for 1911. Papering Seeds and MallingCatalogues. 



Scenes in the New Seed Building of W. Atlee Burpee & Co^ Philadelphia. 



