Excerpt from The Houston Press, August 6, 1944, By Mrs. R. C. Meysenburg, 
Horticultural Advisor, Southwest: Region of the Garden Club of America 
Liriope Seems Answer to Gardener's 
Quest for Colorful and Easily Raised Border Plant 
Border plants are necessary to 
present a neat and tidy appear- 
ance in a garden. If annuals are 
used for this purpose, then there 
is a constant replanting, pulling 
out or trimming. What is pleas- 
ing for one reason will not be 
usable for the next. 
With the increasing prob- 
lem 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 ever- 
green perennial herbs of the lily 
family. The foliage is grasslike 
‘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) increase. 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 of both blossoms and ber- 
rying season, small purplish ber- 
ries are developed and are almost 
as attractive as the flowers. The 
color of both blossoms and ber. 
ries is enhanced by the profuse 
foliage. . 
‘This plant will grow in sun 
or shade and is indifferent to 
the soil, with perhaps a pref- 
erence for acid soil. Planted as 
a border for an azalea bed, the 
plants will show their approval 
with rapid growth and lus- 
cious 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 qualities of the li- 
riope, 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 con- 
ditions, disregard drought or 
flood, and then be prolific with 
blooms and foliage—can there be 
any more good characteristics © 
named? Liriope has a claim to 
all these. 
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ot Delivery: March for the South, April and May for the North 
12 PLANTS sett $5.00 | 
25 PLANTS POSTPAID $8.00 
(MINIMUM ORDER TWELVE PLANTS). 
100 PLANTS nso $27.50 | 
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“JACOB MURRAY SERIES 
The Daylilies offered here are an entirely different 
mixture from that offered in the past in that there are 
more reds and wines of more intense. colors. 
series there are nothing but reds, rose, purples, bi-colors, 
and the most indescribable color combinations. But since 
In this 
SUNSHINE > SERIES 
New Varieties in Yellow, Gold, and Lemons 
So many’ people still prefer yellows, lemons, and 
deciding many of these varieties are too much like some 
of the other more expensive varieties that are already 
on the market, we have decided to. place them in this 
‘series, but in a mixture only. 
If you want real beauty and care nothing for names, 
then by all means order these in quantities now. There 
~ will not be a solid yellow or common fulvous color in 
the entire lot: If orders are large or small, we will 
include a wide and varied selection and we will do our 
utmost to see that no*two will-be alike. Please do not 
ask us to pick special colors in this series because at this 
price it cannot be done. : 
These varieties have quite a varied blooming season 
and this mixture should give you at least three or four 
solid months bloom after they are established in your 
garden. Your order will be promptly acknowledged. 
6 for $3 12 for$5 25 for $10 100 for $35 
golds and even paler tints that we have decided to offer 
“this Sunshine Series in a mixture but the varieties we 
have placed in this offer are unlike any we have ever 
sent out before in that they range in colors from the 
very palest to deep chromes in an assortment well 
balanced as to the heights, seasons of blooms, and forms 
of the flowers. 
Most of them are huge giant blooms that are simply 
too ‘much like those varieties that have been named for 
us to put them on the market under a name. Those of © 
‘you who want huge displays of golden yellow in your 
garden will find this a wonderful offer and at unheard- © 
of low prices for this quality Daylilies. Regardless of 
how many yellows you have in your garden, you will 
find these quite unlike any of them. 
6 for $3 12 for $5 25 for $10 100 for $35 
MIXED. DAYLILIES--LA GLORIA SERIES 
This series consists of the loveliest soft shades in pastels and soit salmons to light rose and tints of pink and 
combinations of such. So many of my clients have asked for Daylilies in colors to get away from the old yellow 
and orange shade; yet they do not want bold reds, wines, and~purples. 
Sold in a mixture only. These colors will 
satisfy the most discriminating as cut flowers in any drawing room or for the dinner table. ‘Those of you who select 
this series are really in for a treat in Daylilies. 
6 for $4.00 
12 for $7.50 
25 for $13.00 
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