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THE NEW HARDY EVERGREEN PLANT ONE FOOT GROWS IN FULL SUN 
WONDER PLANT APART OR DEEP SHADE 
LIRIOPE “MAJESTIC” (russert strain) 
By Growing in Shae! 
WE TAKE REAL PRIDE in offering to our friends and customers again, after an absence of 
several seasons, 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. 
LIRIOPE Seems Answer to Gardener’s Quest for Colorful and Easily Raised Border Plant 
Border plants are necessary to present a neat ap- 
pearance in a garden. If annuals are used, then 
there is a constant replanting, pulling out or trim- 
ming. 
With the increasing problem of garden main- 
tenance, every gardener is searching for ma- 
terials which require little care and which will 
grow and multiply year after year with profuse 
blooms and foliage. 
The Liriope seems an answer. The foliage is 
grass-like but broader than a grass leaf, and the 
clumps grow rapidly with a thickened basal effect. 
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. 

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 a 
perennial bed, the plants will show their 
approval with rapid growth and luscious foli- 
age and flowers. 
Liriope 1s closely related to the lily-turf or ophio- 
pogon 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 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 character- 
istics named? Liriope has a claim to all these. 
The above is an excerpt from an article in The Houston Press, August 6, 1944, by Mrs. R. C. 

Meysenburg, Horticultural Adviser, Southwest Region of the Garden Club of America 
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Growing in Sun. Close-up of this Splendid Border Plant 
RUSSELL GARDENS, SPRING, TEXAS 
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