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LIGUSTRUM 



LIGUSTRUM 



hedge, as shown in Fig. 2150, especially if dug with 

 spade and given short roots. If three-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 

 grown by this method 

 are frequently planted 

 in a double row. 



Second method. Cut- 

 tings of 5 to 6 inches of 

 stout one-year wood, 

 are made in November. 

 The cuttings are made 



short so that the roots 

 2151. Califorma privet from ^ t fe t ff b th 



aV^ g to?f?f P ' tree-digger. The leaves 



(scale y<d.n. to 1 it.). , P , ~. , ., 



are stripped off, and the 



cuttings tied in small bundles, as large 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 buds. 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. 2151. 



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 1^ to 2 feet 

 apart in rows 3 to 4 feet apart against the landside of 

 a deep furrow, 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 level of the tree-digger. The pinching-back 

 process may be continued, or the tips may be cut with 

 a sickle during the early part of the season, especially 



2152. The privet hedge at final transplanting. 



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 

 lYi to 3^2 feet high and 1^ to 2 feet wide at the base. 

 Dig with a tree-digger that operates on one or both 

 sides. The plants may be set 12 to 15 inches apart, 



4 to 6 inches deeper than before, and produce a hedge 

 as shown in Fig. 2152. A smaller number of plants is 

 required than when 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 eight. 



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

 2153. No. a is used on Long Island; b is used at New- 



Eort. At Newport, by repeated clipping, the leaves 

 ecome 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 Caro- 

 lina, the privet cuttings are run through a stalk-cutter 

 and the pieces sown in a furrow. 



INDEX. 



2153. Conventional forms of California privet hedges. 



A. Corolla with the tube 2 or 3 times longer than the limb. 

 B. Lvs. linear-lanceolate or linear, evergreen. 



1. Massalongianum, Vis. (L. longifolium, L. angusti- 

 folium, L. myrtifolium, L. rosmarinifolium, and L. 

 spicatum, Hort.). Erect shrub, to 3 ft., with warty 

 and pilose branchlets: Ivs. tapering at both ends, 

 glabrous, 1^-3 in. long: panicles much branched, 

 many-fid., with rather small pedicelled fls., 2^-3}-^ 

 in. long. July, Aug. Himalayas. G.C. II. 16:149. 

 Graceful half-hardy shrub, one of the most floriferous. 



BB. Lvs. oblong to ovate or oval. 



c. Young branchlets and infl. pubescent: Ivs. deciduous. 



D. Calyx glabrous or pubescent only at the base: habit 



upright or upright-spreading. 



2. acuminatum, Koehne (L. ciliatum, Rehd., not 

 Blume. 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 pubes- 

 cent on the midrib beneath, 1-3 in. long: panicles 

 small, erect, 1-2 in. long; fls. almost sessile; calyx gla- 

 brous: fr. shining black, ovoid, ^in. long. June. 

 Japan. S.T.S. 1:71. M.D. 1904, p. 73. This species 

 has been intro. under the erroneous denomination of 

 L. medium, which is sometimes misspelled L. meadia. 

 It is the first to lose its Ivs. in autumn. Var. macro- 

 carpum, Schneid. (L. macrocarpum, Koehne). More 

 upright: Ivs. larger: fr. larger, Hin. long. M.D. 1904, 

 p. 75. 



3. amurense, Carr. (L. Ibbta var. amurense, Hort.). 

 Shrub, to 15 ft., with upright branches: Ivs. oval or 

 oblong, usually obtuse, somewhat glossy above, gla- 

 brous except the midrib beneath, 1-2)^ in. long: pani- 



