
THE NEW HARDY EVERGREEN WONDER PLANT 
GROWS IN FULL SUN OR DEEP SHADE 
LIRIOPE “MAJESTIC’ 
(RUSSELL STRAIN) 

REPRODUCED FROM EASTMAN NATURAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH 
Wi: TAKE REAL PRIDE in introducing to our friends and 
customers a splendid new variety of Liriope muscari which we call 
Majestic. We have been testing it for several years in various parts 
of the country and now feel sure it is worthy of a prominent place 
in home gardens from coast to coast. 
These natural-color photographs give you a good idea of this 
fine evergreen plant. They show you how it looks as an edging for 
a walk, and also give a close-up view of the flowers. One particular 
merit puts this variety far ahead of all other Liriopes—the blooms 
are carried on good stems that are long enough to hold them high 
above the foliage instead of buried down in it, as is the case with 
many varieties. 
We warmly recommend this grand new plant for your garden. 
Jt will transform many a neglected place into a real beauty spot. 
nna? Gardens > SPRING, TEXAS 
LIRIOPE Seems Answer to Gardener's Quest 
for Colorful and Easily Raised Border Plant 
Border plants are necessary to present 
a neat and tidy appearance in a garden. 
If annuals are used for this purpose, then 
there is a constant replanting, pulling out 
or trimming. What is pleasing for one rea- 
son will not be usable for the next. 
With the increasing problem of 
garden maintenance, every gardener is 
searching for materials which require 
little care and which will grow and 
multiply year after year with profuse 
blooms and foliage. 
The liriope seems an answer. This plant 
is classified as a genus of stemless smooth 
evergreen perennial herbs of the lily fam- 
ily. The foliage is grass-like but a trifle 
broader than a grass leaf, and the clumps 
grow rapidly with a thickened basal effect. 
As a clump matures, root division will in- 
crease the number of plants. If one is not 
impatient, one clump will give in a few 
years a large number of plants for a 
border, 
These plants flowering in late summer 
and fall with deep lilac or purple flowers, 
produce spikes similar to grape hyacinths. 
The flowers are very double on the spikes, 
thus giving a pronounced color effect. Fol- 
lowing the flowering season, small purplish 
berries are developed and are almost as 
attractive as the flowers. The color of both 
blossoms and berries is enhanced by the 
profuse foliage. 
This plant will grow in sun or shade 
and is indifferent to the soil, with per- 
haps a preference for acid soil. Planted 
as a border for an azalea bed, the 
plants will show their approval with 
rapid growth and luscious foliage and 
flowers. 
Liriope is closely related to the lily-turf 
or ophiopogon but the blossoms are far 
superior in both number of spikes and 
thickness of the florets on the spikes. When 
a gardener learns of the many good qual- 
ities of the liriope, this plant will soon 
become a favorite and a “must” in every 
well-groomed garden. When a plant can be 
said to grow in sun or shade, indifferent 
to soil conditions, disregard drought or 
flood, and then be prolific with blooms and 
foliage—can there be any more good char- 
acteristics named? Liriope has a claim to 
all these. 
The above is an excerpt from The Houston Press, August 
6, 1944, by Mrs. R. C. Meysenburg, Horticultural Advisor 
Southwest Region of the Garden Club of America 

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