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The PRIVET or PRIM Ligustrum. The privet or prim is 

 well known, as it is native to many sections. There are quite a 

 large number of varieties, distinguished by their foliage. All 

 are hardy, and their white flowers' in spring and black berries 

 in August make them beautiful although common. As hedge 

 plants for ornamental purposes they are among the very best, 



FIG. 55. PURPLE FRIKGE TREE. 



growing freely in almost any soil, and keeping thi,4r f /liage so 

 late as to be almost sub-evergreen. We have seen clumps of 

 the varieties in circles and clipped to give a round-headed mass 

 of from fifteen to twenty feet diameter and six feet high in 

 center, that were very attractive. Banks for screening lo\r but 

 unsightly objects may be formed readily by planting ai>d 

 shearing privet plants. 



