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THE PRIVET. 



culinary purposes, as well as for lamps and making soap. 

 In Belgium and Silesia the young twigs are used by the 

 tanners ; and the shoots are used, like those of the Osier, 



FLOWER OF THE PRIVET. 



in basket-making, and for tying articles. From this last 

 application, which was known to the Romans, it acquired 

 the name of Ligustrum, from ligo, to bind. 



A variety with greenish- white berries is occasionally 

 met with. 



