NURSERIES WHICH ARE A CREDIT TO CANADA 



NOT only fruit growers and florists, but 

 Canadians the country over, may 

 well be proud of the nurseries of Morris & 

 Wellington, of Fonthilh Our great finan- 

 ciers and railway magnates are lauded ^s 

 men of out-standing ability. Equally as 

 great ability, if in another line, must be re- 

 quired to conduct an enterprise of the mag- 

 nitude of these nurseries. 



While the headquarters of the Morris & 

 Wellington nurseries are at Fonthill, some 

 i2 miles from St. Catharines, in the Niagara 

 district, its operations extend from the At- 

 lantic to the Pacific, and invade Europe as 

 well. The business conducted by this firm 

 amounts to the hundreds of thousands, while 

 its agents are to be found in all the leading 

 towns and cities of the Dominion. Everv 



The Finest Hydrangea Bush on the Continent. 



A portion of the lawn on the Morris & WeUington nurseries, at Fonthill, inclnding one of the 

 offices, may here be seen. The Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora bush in the center of the picture has 

 for 12 years been recognized to be the finest on the continent. It is i8 feet in diameter and lo feet 

 high. The firm sells thousands of these bushes every year. They are sometimes planted as flower 

 l>eds and cut yearly, although many prefer them growing as bushes, which is their natural growth. A 

 birch cut leaf tree may be seen in the background. 



year large orders are sent to Europe, more 

 particularly for ornamental shrubs and 

 plants. So extensive are the operations, it 

 has been found necessary to establish a 

 special office in Toronto, through which the 

 greater portion of the business is conducted 

 under the name of Stone & Welline-ton. 



A few facts about these nurseries may as- 

 sist in giving some idea of the scope of its 

 operations. Entire charge of the manage- 



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ment of the nurseries is vested in Mr. E. 

 Morris, the senior partner, the business end 

 being conducted by Mr. Wellington. At 

 the time of a visit paid the nurseries during 

 the summer by an editorial representative 

 of The Horticulturist, Mr. Morris was 

 found to be a very busy man. This will 

 hardly be wondered at when it is stated Mr. 

 Morris is responsible for the successful 

 growing of the thousands of different varie- 

 ties of nursery stock, ornamental shrubs and 

 trees and flowers handled by the firm, on its 

 nine farms. These farms are all located 

 within a few miles of Fonthill and contain 

 over 800 acres, of which 600 acres are 

 owned by Messrs. Morris and Wellington, 

 and the remainder rented for a term of years. 

 The annual plantings are enormous. They 

 include some 400,000 

 young apple trees, 

 50,000 to 100,000 

 plum seedlings, 75,000 

 rose plants, 15,000 

 elm trees, and other 

 varieties in propor- 

 tion. At the time the 

 representative of The 

 Horticulturist visited 

 the nurseries some 

 1,500,000 young apple 

 trees, one to four 

 years old, were be- 

 ing grown on the 

 various farms, to say 

 nothing of peach, 

 pear, plum, cher- 

 ry and other seed- 

 lings. When^t is realized that, in addi- 

 tion to this nursery stock, thousands of trees 

 and shrubs and flowers, of hundreds of 

 varieties, are grown, some idea of the extent 

 of the business may be gained. Long ago 

 Mr. Morris realized that it would be impos- 

 sible for him to personally look after the 

 details of the growing of all this stock. 

 Capable foremen were, therefore, selected 

 and placed in charge of various branches of 



