WHAT YOU DON’T WANT IN DAYLILIES 
We are attempting to show you in this little catalog actual 
photographs of Daylilies we consider worthy, and also a photo- 
graph of a useless variety. Notice it at the left—how it folds up 
here under our Texas sun. You will not find any like this even 
in our mixtures; only those that can “take it” are put in these 
series. Our Texas-grown plants, those we consider worthy garden 
subjects, are proved hardy from Maine to California, and when 
they hold up after our rigid tests in the Texas sun you can be sure 
you have something worth having. As to their hardiness, we get 
enough freeze to burst unprotected water pipes and to kill out 
many weak Daylilies, yet enough heat in the summer to show 
up a Daylily that can’t “take it.” The plants we send out are all 
hardy, blooming-size plants, and all orders amounting to $3.00 
or more are sent postpaid; otherwise, send 35c for postage. 
NO PRIZES OR PREMIUMS 
We send no prizes, or premiums—just good quality and your 
full money’s worth. Fresh dug plants from yearly transplanted 
stock. 
Excerpt from an article by Marguerite Palmer, Garden Editor of The Houston Press 
Lily Farm at Spring Proves Worth to Houston Area; 
Many New Varieties Developed 
Mrs. R. C. Meysenburg, 5401 Caroline, who has | making larger clumps and producing more blooms 
been horticultural adviser for the Southwest region | each season. 
of the Garden Club of America, has .become an Another interesting feature of the Daylilies is 
enthusiast in planting the Russell hybrids and one | their hardiness; they flourish under a varied range 
garden bed is filled with the choicest varieties, She | of soil and climatic conditions. Wet or dry, acid 
iS proud of her Red Emperor, ‘so appropriately | 67 lime, sand or clay, sun or shade, they pursue 
named,’’ she said, “for the blossoms are very large, | their habit of giving charm to the garden, and 
with reddish brown colorings. strange to say, they have no attractions for insects. 
There is no reason for anyone to tire of the color- 
ings of Daylilies, for they are so varied. Too, they 
do not usurp the garden, for the hybrids do not send 
out runners and they remain in compact clumps. 
The division can be left alone from year to year, 
Shipments have been made by Mr. Russell to 
every state in the Union besides Canada and Mexico. 
The industry has grown until it has become an 
asset to industrial Houston. 
WHAT YOU DO WANT IN DAYLILIES 
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