LABELING and COLLECTING 
As the shipping season approaches, plants such 
as Chrysanthemums, which may be temporarily 
stored in the greenhouse, are brought indoors 
for inspection, labeling and sorting to be readily 
available for orders. Other plants are dug by 
field crews within hours of the time they are to 
be shipped and brought into the sorting room for 
perennial plants. 
PERENNIAL SORTING 
for ORDERS 
} Several batteries of sorting bins as illustrated in 
| the photograph at upper right, are used to col- 
late orders. Plants from different sections of 
the nursery are gathered in quantities needed 
) to complete 100 orders at a time. They are 
then delivered to sorters who distribute them to 
the bin assigned to each order. 
WRAPPING 
) INDIVIDUAL 
| PLANTS 
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OUTSIDE PLANTS BEING WRAPPED BEFORE SHIPMENT 
SHIPPING AND PACKING DEPARTMENT FOR HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
PACKING and SHIPPING eT = 
‘When the containers in the sorting bins have 
been checked, the complete orders are delivered 
to the shipping department where roots are 
carefully wrapped in moist Sphagnum Moss and 
sent on to be packaged either in our special car- 
tons or crates. Endless amounts of excelsior go 
. into the packages to assure safe arrival. 
CARE GOES INTO EVERY STEP 
ASSURING PLANTS OF THE 
HIGHEST QUALITY 
Wayside §:@ Gardens 
