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THH CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



gara districts for the amount of mail matter 

 handled annually. This gives some idea of 

 the business done by correspondence. 



An editorial representative of The Horti- 

 culturist, who visited these nurseries re- 

 cently, was much impressed by what he saw. 

 The handsome residences of Mr. Edward 

 C. Morris, president of the company, and 

 Mr. David Z. Morris, secretary-treasurer, 

 are both located on the home nursery, so 

 that the Messrs. Morris are in touch with 

 all the details of their immense business and 

 look after it exclusively. The extensive 

 and well equipped offices are also situated 

 on the nurseries. This building is 60 x 30 

 feet, two stories high, the interior being 

 finished in hard wood. It is well lighted 

 from all sides. As the company has not 

 yet reached its limit, everything in the 

 offices is laid out for the future develop- 

 ment, which its marked success in recent 

 years leads it to expect. " We packed three 

 times as much stock in 1904 as we did in 

 1900," said Mr. E. C. Morris. " Some 14 

 y»ars ago," continued Mr. Morris, " we 

 started in the nursery business here on a 

 comparatively small scale, and to-day there 

 is no firm in Cana^da shipping more nursery 

 stock in a year." 



One advantage of having the main office 

 at the central nurseries lies in the fact that 

 all mail orders can be given prompt and 

 careful attention, and the true condition of 

 the stock available for sale can readily be 

 ascertained. Orders by long distance tele- 

 phone are also frequently received. So 

 many hands are employed it has been found 

 necessary to erect two boarding houses on 

 the home nursery, one for those engaged in 

 the offices and the other for nursery hands. 

 Both are large, commodious, and fitted with 

 all modern conveniences. Surrounding the 

 offices is an acre and a half of fine lawn, on 

 which shrubs and ornamental trees have 

 been planted. This lawn is to be increased 

 to four acres in the near future, and made 



a beautiful park. When finished it will 

 certainly present an imposing appearance. 



HOW THE STOCK IS WINTERED. 



^Of several large buildings, the finest of 

 all is the new storage cellar. In the early 

 years of the company's existence a small 

 storage cellar, la x 30 feet, sufficed to win- 

 ter over the stock. In a few years a larger 

 one, 40 x 112 feet, was erected. By 1903 

 this also fell short of the company's re- 

 quirements, and a large brick, frost-proof 

 storage cellar, 100 x 160 feet, was built, ia 

 which to handle the different kinds of larger 

 nursery stock. After being shown through 

 this fine building, and noting the great pre- 

 cautions that are taken to insure the pre- 

 servation of the stock in the very best con- 

 dition, the representative of The Horticul- 

 turist was not surprised to hear Mr. Morris 

 remark, " After giving it a thorough trial,, 

 we believe we have the best storage build- 

 ing on this continent." 



The structure seems to be perfect in every 

 detail. It is absolutely frost proof, and the 

 ventilation is such that the air can be kept 

 clean and pure at all times. A driveway 

 runs through the building, and the entrances^ 

 are provided with double doors, which may 

 be bolted and made air-tight if necessary. 

 The temperature can be held at any point 

 desired, and its control, as well as that of 

 the atmospheric condition within the walls,, 

 is such that trees can be kept there in a most 

 healthy and thrifty state for many months 

 when necessary. This was shown conclu- 

 sively last year by an 



INTERESTING EXPERIMENT 

 with some nursery stock which was left 

 over. Trees were kept until July, and 

 when examined were found to be in excel- 

 lent condition for planting out. As a fur- 

 ther safeguard against loss of stock, the 

 building is supplied with an efficient water 

 system. If oh examination the stock shows 

 any signs of becoming dry, it is an easy 

 matter to water it thoroughly and quickly. 



