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SHELL OIL COMPANY’S LABORATORY 
PLANTING OF RUSSELL DA YLILIES 
HOUSTON’S CITY HALL. Planting of Russell Hybrid Daylilies Exclusively 
» HOUSTON, TEXAS 
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 
been horticultural adviser for the Southwest region 
of the Garden Club of America, has become an 
enthusiast in planting the Russell hybrids and one 
garden bed is filled with the choicest varieties. She 
is proud of her Red Emperor, ‘“‘so appropriately 
named,” she said, ‘‘for the blossoms are very large, 
with reddish brown colorings.” 
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, 
making larger clumps and producing more blooms 
each season. 
Another interesting feature of the Daylilies is 
their hardiness; they flourish under a varied range 
of soil and climatic conditions. Wet or dry, acid or 
lime, sand or clay, sun or shade, they pursue their 
habit of giving charm to the garden, and strange 
to say, they have no attractions for insects. 
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. 
