October 24, 1896. 
T1HE GARDENING WORLD. 
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MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS. 
To our readers at large the name of this firm must 
be familiar in connection with the sales of Orchids, 
Lilies, and bulbs of all descriptions, as well as other 
subjects relating to horticulture. The headquarters 
of Messrs. Protheroe & Morris are at 67 and 68, 
i860. Since then the business of the firm has been 
greatly extended, embracing Orchids. Mr. G. F. 
Morris opened a branch office at Leytonslone, as a 
land and estate agent and auctioneer, in 1870. Four 
years later, in conjunction with Mr. W. H. Protheroe 
he established a city office at 98, Gracechurch Street. 
classic portion of his tuition enables him to wrestle 
with the jaw-breaking names with which Orchids and 
other plants have been encumbered by the botanist. 
After studying for three years at Ghent, Mr. 
Protheroe returned to this country armed with his 
diploma and the highest honours the college could 
Mr. G. F. Morris, F.S.I. 
Mr. W. H. Protheroe, F.S.I. 
Cheapside, London, E.C., but they have also a 
branch at Leytonstone. The firm was originated 
about seventy years ago; but before proceeding 
further we shall introduce to our readers the present 
members of the firm, personally and severally. 
Mr. G. F. Morris. 
The senior member of the firm is Mr. George Field 
Morris, F.S.I. (see illustration), who was born on 
September 2nd, 1831, and educated at Forest Place 
Academy, Leytonstone. His father was one of the 
two original partners of the firm. Early in life he 
evinced a natural taste as well as talent for'drawing 
Mr. T. A. Morris. 
and music. At the age of fourteen, however, he 
entered the nursery business and made himself 
acquainted with the practical details of horticulture 
in its various departments. This experience no 
doubt served him in good stead in after years. As 
an auctioneer he conducted his first sale in the year 
Mr J. B. Slade. 
Since then Mr. G. F. Morris has devoted himself to 
the development of this branch of the business ; and 
has, in fact, been very extensively engaged in the 
laying out of estates for building purposes, and in 
disposing of them to buyers. He is also an adept at 
valuation, and much of this kind of work comes 
under his supervision and care. 
Mr. W. H. Protheroe. 
This gentleman is the head of the Horticultural 
Department of the firm, and the second of the two 
senior partners. Mr. William Henry Protheroe, F.S.I. 
(see portrait), was born in 1846, at Leytonstone, and 
is the only son of the late Mr. Alexander Protheroe, 
whose name we have frequent cause to mention. 
For some time in his early life, he was educated 
privately, but at the age of sixteen he was sent to 
complete his technical education at the Government 
Horticultural College, at Ghent, Belgium. The 
bestow on him. At twenty years of age he took the 
first step in the career which he has since pursued, 
becoming connected in business with his father ; and 
on that gentleman’s retirement, after thirty-eight 
years of active life, he took his father’s place in the 
firm. This event took place in the beginning of 1873. 
Mr. H. G. Morris. 
Mr. Harold George Morris, F.S.I. (see portrait), is 
the only son of the senior partner Mr. G. F. Morris, 
and was born in 1865. After being educated at the 
Brewer's School in the City of London, he entered 
the office in 1682, ecame a partner in 1889, and con¬ 
ducted his first sale in the autumn of 1886, since 
which time he has given his entire attention to 
the horticultural department of the business, assist¬ 
ing Mr. Protheroe in the Orchid sales and taking an 
active interest in the development of the Lily and 
Bulb branch of this department. 
