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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fkbiu:ary 23, 1911. 



M:iin Kni ranee tu New liurpee Uuiklinir. 



Piipei'iDK Flower Seeilw al Hurpee's. 

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



Cduiiril HluIVs, III.. l"<'hni!iry ;'.. liMl." 

 'I'liorc \v;is a train r()l)li('iv iirar ('(iiiiici! 

 Mlutt's on llic liatc iianii'd. 



\V. IS'. J^illAKh)-', lit tlic Miami \';illt'y 

 So(mI Co., New < arlislc, ().. |>ai(l .+:!.") ])or 

 t-av lor tlic ten cats of .luinisoii Cuiiiity 

 Wliito coi-ii tliat wdii tlic swcrpstaki'S at 

 tlic i\'i-fiit tnlniiiluis ((ini slidw. 



(.).\K caiiiiiiiy fai-toi'y in < alifurnia 

 ]iut lip <)iHi tiih^ «it' s|iinai-li last srason. 

 TIk^ El Monti' ilistriit is tallin<; fur seed 

 ill (iiiantit i<>s that iiidii-atc an iin|i(irtaiit 

 addilidii til till' i-anniiiy iiidiistrv. 



TiiK death is aiinunni-cd of I'lici Su- 

 zuki, the fouiidrr of tho ^'l)kllllallla Nur- 

 sery Co.. Japan. Wln-n Lunis P.iichiiirr 

 settled ill Yukuhania and started tn e\- 



jiort lily liulbs to l".nrii|ie 1 nyaiied .Mr. 



Suzuki. i-ater. Mr. Suzuki luinnienred 

 business fur himself, t'liundin^ the ^'nkn 

 hama Nursery ' n. 



Tin; Kirkeliy tV (lundestru|i Seed Cn., 

 (Jhicajii), has Just i-umph'ted a larj^f. new 

 waroliouse .nnl stmc Imildini; ;tt ."i_'"Jl 

 Xorwood Park avenue, across the stn-et 

 from the oriyinal buildiii<^'. The new 

 structure is built entirely of concrete 

 blocks and is to be used in addition to the 

 former (juarters. Ivnnd (lundestrup. pres 

 ident of the coin])aiiy, says that busiiie>^s 

 is considerably ahead of last \ear. 



< '. -M. HoHiNsox. Haltimoic. has leaseil 

 the thin! tioor ot' the larye iiuildini; at 

 tiU l']ast Loinliard sticet fur a seed ware- 

 house. 



.1. K. M. I,. fAiit^i II Ai;. lit If. \ .1. 

 )"ar(|Uliar A; < o.. Hiistmi. Kebruary 1^ 

 i|eli\ei-ei| an illustrated lectin-e befme 

 the Massachusetts 1 but icnlt ural .'-^niiety 

 nil ''Where Seeds arc (iiowii.'' 



SEEDSMEN'S WELFARE WORK. 



Information came from a sure hand 

 that \V. Atlee Hiirpee had a new idea 

 ill successful operation at his Jinn's 

 seed house at l''iftli and Unttonwood 

 streets, J'hiladidphia. A rcipiest for an 

 .appointnient met with prompt tide- 

 phonic response; at the appointed time 

 .Mr. Hiirpi'c was ready in his s)iacious 

 (illiie on the second floor; with him 

 were Howard .M . l-iarl and a relatixc. 



.Mr. I'.urpee led the way to a larye 

 dininji room at the northern end (d' the 

 tliiid lloor, where the women emjdoyees 

 were al luiu h. Thr roi^m contained 

 perhaps thirty tables, capable of accom- 

 iiiodatiny l.'iii |>ersons in all. with a 

 coimtei across I he end AX here milk, lof- 

 te<'. ■sandwiches aiel other food were 

 served. ''This is the welfare work,'" 

 Mr. I'.urpee said. '"The youny women 

 of our ^fii\ hoii-^e ,irc served here at 



cost; milk is two cents a ylass, sand- 

 wicdies five cents and so on. We think 

 it a yreal ad\ aiitayc ' ' The ]iart,v was 

 liixt'ii excidlent cups ot college while 

 watchiiijr with ]ileasure tlii- animated 

 ■<cene before them. 



^Ir. Hurpee then led the way to the 

 lop of liis sex'eii story building, giving 

 a \ iew of the |)(daware on one side ami 

 William I'enn surmount iiig ('ity hall 

 on the other, with the city proper and 

 West l'hilad(dphia stretchiuji far away 

 in the ilistaiici . Kach tloor was visited 

 in turn. Mr. Unrpee e.xplaininjj the 

 points iif interest. The liuilding proper 

 i'- seven stories in heiiiht. Tlie new 

 bnildin<i. lately coinpleted and connect- 

 ed v\ith the older one. is 1'(uir stories. 

 I'.otli are extremely liyht and i,nve the 

 ihipression of yreat strength. System 

 is evident every where, from the most 

 imjiortant to the most triMiny detail; 

 without this system liopeless confusion 

 would ensue in a business of sui'h ex- 

 t r.iord iiuuy si/e. The inmiensit.v of the 

 biiildiii)4. the liuye i|uaiitities of seed, 

 the number of eiiiplovees (J(j0) ])rove 

 tlii-' true. J-Iveiy inch of space is oc- 

 cupied, liver;, one was luisy. Seeds of 

 cert.aiii |iopiilar v.nietie^. in ipiantities 

 most -nr|>risiiiy. wcie there. J.,ary;(> 

 spaces were filled with a sinj^le v.ariet.v 

 ot' ^ I i'l ipiantity. other spaces with 



MailiriL' llie Farm Annual for Idll. 



PapcrlnK Seeds ami MailinKCataloKuee. 



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



