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LIGUSTBUM 



LIGUSTRUM 



as shown in Fig. 1372, especially if dug with spade and 

 given short roots. If 3-year plants, not cut back, are 

 used, the base is open, as the old wood at the lower part 

 of the plant has had its side branches weakened or killed 

 by crowding and they do not readily branch out. Plants 



method of makine Privet hedge. 



(Scale yi in. to ft.) 



grown by this method are frequently planted in a double 

 row. 



Second method. — Cuttings of 5-6 inches of stout, 1-year 

 wood, are made in November. The cuttings are made 

 short so that the roots will not be cut oft by the tree- 

 digger. The leaves are stripped off, and the cuttings 

 tied in small bundles, as lirge bundles mold. These 

 are buried, tops up, over winter. In the spring, before 

 growth starts, they are planted in rich, mellow land 4 

 inches apart, with rows 8 inches apart. To plant, a 

 back furrow is plowed in the center of the block, the 

 top raked off. a line stretched and pegged down. The 

 cuttings can then be inserted nearly full length. The 

 trampling of the row settles the soil enough to expose 

 the top bu<ls. With a one-horse plow the bottom of the 

 furrow is loosened where the planters have packed the 

 soil, and new furrows are made around the strip planted. 

 The cuttings are tilled during summer with a wheel-hoe 

 or hand-plow. To make wide plants, the tips of the 

 shoots are pinched when they are about 3 inches long. 

 This is repeated at intervals of about three weeks during 

 the summer. Nitrate of soda may be used to hasten 

 growth. This method produces a plant as shown in 

 Fig. 1273. 



The plants may be dug in the fall and heeled-in, to 

 prevent possible winter-killing. They are then sorted 

 into grades and planted in the spring lH-2 feet apart in 

 rows 3-4 feet apart against the land side of a deep fur- 

 row, and a little .soil kicked over the roots. The filling 

 is completed with a one-horse plow. Before filling, fine 

 manure may be spread near the plants. 



The plants should be straightened up and trampled 

 firm. When finished, they should have the lower branches 

 covered and the lower end of the cutting not below the 

 I evel of the tree-digger. The pinching-back process may 

 be continued, or the tips may be cut with a sickle dur- 

 ing the early part of the season, especially on plants of 

 the smaller grade. To get more roots on the branches 

 the plants may be hilled-up. They are cultivated with 

 a one-horse cultivator or a two-horse riding cultivator. 

 At two years these will make plants 2K-3K feet high 

 and 1^-2 feet wide at 

 the base. 



Dig with a tree-dig- 

 ger that operates on 

 one or both sides. The 

 plants may be set 12- 

 15 inches apart, 4-6 

 inches deeper than be- 

 fore, and produce a 

 hedge as shown in Fig. 

 1274. A smaller num- 

 1273. California Privet from short ber of plants is re- 

 cuttines, transplanted deep. quired than when 

 (Scale K in. to ft.) plants grown by the 



first method are used. 

 As there are numerous vigorous buds near the ground, 

 the growth is very dense at the base. After planting, 

 the tops may be cut off to an even height. 

 Various forms of hedge are used, as shown in Fig. 



1275. No. a is used on Long Island ; b is used at New- 

 port. At Newport, by repeated clipping, the leaves be- 

 come very small and the growth dense, resembling a 

 wall. Nos. d and e frequently result from using narrow 

 plants and allowing them to grow at the top. 



Third method. — At Biltmore Nursery, North Carolina, 

 the Privet cuttings are run through a stalk cutter and 



limb. 



B. Lfh\ linear-lanceolate or linear, evergreen. 

 I. Massalongianum, Vis. {L. Jongifdlium, angustifd- 

 lium, m II rtt folium, rosmarinifdlium and spicdtunit 

 Hort,). Erect shrub, to 3 ft., with, warty and pilose 

 branchlets: Ivs. tapering at both ends, glabrous, lK-3 

 in. long: panicles much branched, many-fld. with rather 

 small pedicelled fls.,2J^-3H in- long- July, Aug. Himal. 

 G.C. 11. 16: 149. -Graceful half-hardy shrub. 



I ^PLAtfTltlG 



1274. The Privet hedge at final transplantine. 



(Scale M in. to ft.) 



BB. IjVS. oblong to ovate or oval. 



c. Young hranchlets and inflorescence pubescent; Ivs. 



deciduoiis. 



2. cili&tum, Blume {L. Ibota, Sieb. & Zucc. L. Ibdta, 

 var. cilidtttm, Dipp. L. medium, Hort., not Franch. & 

 Sav. ). Shrub, to 6 ft., with erect and spreading branches: 

 Ivs. rhombic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, appressed pubescent near the margin and finely 

 ciliate and pubescent on the midrib beneath, 1-2 in. 

 long: panicles small, erect, about 1 in. long: fls. almost 

 sessile; calyx glabrous: fr. shining. June. Japan. -=- 

 This is one of the least decorative species; it has been 

 introduced under the erroneous denomination of Jj. 

 medium, which is sometimes misspelled Ij. nieadia. 



3. Ibota, Sieb. (i. obiusifdlium, Sieb. & Zucc). Fig. 

 1276. Shrub, to 10 ft., with spreading and curving 

 branches : Ivs. elliptic to oblong-obovate, acute or ob- 

 tuse, usually only pubescent on the midrib beneath, 

 1-2 in. long: panicles nodding, small, 1-lM in. long, 

 numerous along the branches on short branchlets: fls. 

 short-pedicelled; calyx pubescent: fr. with slight bloom. 

 June, July. Japan, China. G.F.6:425. M.D.G. 1899:218. 

 —Graceful shrub, hardy North. Var. Eegeli&num, 

 Rehder {L. Begelidnum, Hort.). Low, dense shrub 

 with almost horizontally spreading branches and oblong 

 or obovate, usually more pubescent Ivs. 



