WBDABT 20, 1919. 



The Florists' Review 



89 



New Varieties of Phlox and Other Flowers 



Developed by 



Willis E. Fryer, of Mantorville, Minn. 



By CLARENCE WEDGE. 



OMETIME last June we told 

 the readers of The Farmer 

 about our visit to Willis E. 

 Fryer's place at Mantor- 

 ville, in iris season. In Au- 

 gust we yielded to the temp- 

 tation to make another trip 

 to see his phloxes and gladioli in full 

 bloom. They are among the most bril- 

 liant and interesting we have ever seen, 

 a display well worth the fifty-mile trip. 

 Among the varieties of phlox pro- 

 duced by Mr. Fryer, the Amelia im- 

 presses me as not only one of his best, 

 but one that should take a high place 

 among standard varieties. I have had 

 this on my own grounds for some time 

 and have found it to be healthy and 

 satisfactory. Mrs. MeUinger, another 

 one of Mr. Fryer's own phloxes, is a 

 fine rosy red of solid color. 



About the nearest approach to blue 

 that we have ever seen in a phlox is 

 the one that he has named Mrs. K. And- 

 rist. 



One of the most interesting things in 

 phlox we have ever seen is the Curiosity, 

 which produces blooms in all shades 

 from pure white, through all variations 

 in marking, to nearly pure red. Its 

 name certainly is appropriate. From 

 this variety Mr. Fryer has made a selec- 

 tion of pure white that comes very true 

 to color and forms one of the most sat- 

 isfactory of all the whites. This he 



WILLIS E. FRYER, 



The Row to the Left, Between the Young Ladies, Is the Phlox Amelia. 



has named in honor of his wife, Mrs. 

 Fryer. I saw this variety in several 

 places on his grounds and it seemed 

 everywhere to be one of the rugged 

 kinds that makes good in unfavorable 

 seasons. 



Among the gladioli I was again great- 

 ly impressed with the variety that he 

 has named Mrs. W. E. Fryer. It cer- 



tainly is one of the most robust and de- 

 pendable of the red varieties and seems 

 especially adapted to landscape work. 



There was nothing at My. Fryer's 

 place that I enjoyed more than his won- 

 derful delphinium. We have never seen 

 a finer collection and have no doubt that 

 it is among the best in the country. 



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 necessarily consist of those already prop- 

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 scarcity of help, high prices, etc., hav- 

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apple, are imported from France. Many 

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 the seedlings the French people have 

 grown in the last two years, we do not 

 think we would be getting our normal 

 supply. But we anticipate that France 

 and other European countries will now 

 use more of the stock they propagate 

 than usual. We think also there will be 

 more propagating of fruit tree seedlings 

 in the United States from this time on, 

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