. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. |0 one who knows much about the horticulturists of Minne- sota will dispute the right of Mr. Willis E. Fryer, of Mantorville, to the title: "King of Flower Growers of the ; Of all the outdoor flower enthusiasts that I know of in this part of the world, Mr. Fryer has brought together and compared the merits of more phlox, iris, gladioli, dahlias and peonies and such other perennial flowers than any other man of my acquaintance. He has not done this merely as the whim and fancy of a rich man, but has managed to do it so as to make the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. |0 one who knows much about the horticulturists of Minne- sota will dispute the right of Mr. Willis E. Fryer, of Mantorville, to the title: "King of Flower Growers of the ; Of all the outdoor flower enthusiasts that I know of in this part of the world, Mr. Fryer has brought together and compared the merits of more phlox, iris, gladioli, dahlias and peonies and such other perennial flowers than any other man of my acquaintance. He has not done this merely as the whim and fancy of a rich man, but has managed to do it so as to make them bring a profit. Phlox -wltb a Future. I had made up my mind this year that, come what might, I would take a day in iris season and again in phlox season to improve my. education in the new and old things in these lines, by making a visit to the Fryer establishment. But when every day as you reach it is full of new work, it is hard to get the time and abide by it. And so I found the thirteenth of June, 1916. I had to make two close connections to make the sixty miles and back in one day, getting up in the small hours of the morning. And when I Woke up it was about to rain and my wife said, "What's the use!" I thought so myself, but if you make plans and don't live up to them you never get anywhere, and so I made my- self go. I have never in my life seen a more interesting plot of flowers than Mr. Fryer's patch of seedling iris in full WILLIS E. FRYER, By CLARENCE WEDGE. Phlox Mrs. W. E. Fryer. bloom June 13. No show of named va- rieties that I have ever seen together could begin to compare with it. As I took my first view within the shelter of young evergreens that en- closed it, the first thing that caught my eye, towering above all, was the stately variety that he has named for his wife, Mrs. Willis E. Fryer. It is a flower of the largest size, carried on strong stems thirty-four inches high, the standards of very light blue, giving at a distance the impression of
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