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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISi 



made my first start in this vicinity in the 

 nursery business with 13 acres of ground. 

 Previous to this I had been in business, but 

 my health being poor I decided to start 

 farming in this locality, where my wife had 

 some relatives. The first year I planted an 

 acre each of strawberries and raspberries. 

 Some of my neighbors, who came around at 

 that time, decided I must be nearly crazy, as 

 they were satisfied that I would never be 

 able to sell even a small portion of the crop. 

 They even expressed pity for my ignorance. 



"The following year, before I had received 

 any returns from my first year's crop, to 

 their amazement I increased my plantings to 

 seven, or eight acres. My sales from my 

 first picking amounted to $1,300, most of 

 the fruit being sold rignt on the place. For 

 most of it I received 15 cents per quart for 

 all the small fruit. This price caused quite 

 a sensation, and people immediately wanted 

 to buy plants. It was in this way that I 

 started in the nursery business. 



" In the course of a year or two the busi- 

 ness increased and I took in Squire Hills, 

 and the firm became known as E. Morris & 



Co., and continued in this way for several 

 years. In later years Messrs, Stone & Wel- 

 lington joined in with me. Finally the 

 plantings were increased to 100 acres, in- 

 cluding 50 of nursery stock. The firm has 

 been known under the name of Morris, 

 Stone & Wellington, during the past 25 

 years, but during the past two years, since 

 the death of Mr. Stone, his name has beea 

 dropped from the firm." 



The home farm at Fonthill is devoted 

 principally to ornamental trees, shrubs and 

 small fruits. Some of the fancy trees and 

 shrubs grown are the Eagle Maple from 

 Europe, choice varieties of Weeping Beech, 

 Purple Beech, Fern Leaf Beech, Schewldi 

 Maple, Rittenbachi Maple, Variegated Ma- 

 ple, Russian Maple, Weeping Norway Cy- 

 press, Maiden Hair tree and many others. 



During the past few years Canada has 

 rapidly forged to the front as a producer f 

 many varieties of fruits and flowers. Mucli 

 of the success of Canada's growers has been 

 due to the active cooperation and assistance 

 of such well known and reliable nursery 

 firms as that of Messrs. Morris & Welling- 



Shipping Nursery Stock at the Morris & Wellington Nurseries. 



One of the busiest periods at the Morris & Wellington Nurseries, at Fonthill, is when the nursery stock is being boxed, pre- 

 paratory to shipment. This work is drne on a large space of land near the office of the main nursery at Fonthill. Surrounding 

 this is a large grove of pine trees, which affords close protection to the men while at work. Some idea of the large number of men 

 employed by this firm will b; gained by the illustratioti. 



