ISGO 



LIOrSTRUM 



LIGUSTRUM 



TPM^SPLAnr 



TO HtFttL 



hcilee, as shown in l-"ip. 2150. cspocially if dug with 

 spadp and pivon sliort roots. If throo-yoiir plants, not 

 cut back, arc used, tin' base is open, as tiio old wootl at 

 the lower part of tlie plant has had its side branches 

 weakened or killed by crowding and they do not readily 



branch out. Plants 

 grown by this method 

 are freiiuently planted 

 in a double row. 



Stcoml imlliml. — Cut- 

 tings of 5 to () inches of 

 stout one-year wood, 

 are made in November. 

 The cuttings are made 

 short so that the roots 

 2151. California privet from ^^n ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ tlie 



t"a^".r.or^f ^"' '"-• tree^ligger. The leaves 



are stripped oil, 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 indies apart, with rows S 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 in.serted 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 lix)sened 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 repeate<l at intervals of about tliree 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 13-2 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 



_ TRIM TO MCnc 



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-hor.se cultivator or a two-horse 

 riding cultivator. At two years these will make i)lants 

 2^ to .3J4 feet high and 1 j^ to 2 feet wide at the base. 

 Dig with a tree-<ligger that operates on f)ne or both 

 8ide«, The plants may be set 12 to 15 inches apart, 



4 to t) inches deeper than before, and produce a hedge 

 as shown in Fig. 21.52. A smaller number of plants is 

 required tiian when plants grown by the ftrst method 

 are used. .\s there aw 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. 

 21.53. No. a is u-sed on Long Island; b is used at New- 

 port. At Newport, by rep<>ated clipjiing, the leaves 

 become very small and the growth den.se, resembling a 

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

 plants and allowing them to gi'ow at the top. 



Tliird method. — At Biltmore Nur.sery, North Caro- 

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

 and the pieces sown in a furrow. 



acuminatum, 2. 

 atho-marginatiim, 10. 

 Alivonii, 7. 

 aiiiurfiise, 3, 11. 

 at'ijttsti/ulitim, 1. 

 aurco-murginatum, 



5, 7. 

 aureum, 7, 10. 

 brachystachyum, 12. 

 cali/ornirum, 5. 

 bu-\ifoliuiii, 10. 

 chlorooarpuni, 10. 

 ciUalum, 2 and suppl. 

 coriaecuni, 8. 

 exr(?/.sum, 7. 

 Fortujiei, 11. 

 yUibrum, 0. 

 filaucum, 10. 

 Ibota, 3, 4. 

 italicum, 10. 



INDEX. 



japonicuni, .5. 6, 7, 8. 

 Ktll> riitiium, 6. 

 KiUtrmdntiii, 6. 

 latifiiUiim, 7. 

 IfUrdrarpum, 10. 

 loniti/oliurn, 1 and 



suppl. list, 

 luciduni, 7, S. 

 lutcseens, 10. 

 macrocarpum, 2. 

 macrophyllum, 7. 

 magnoli^foliiLm, 7. 

 Massalongianum, 1. 

 meadia, 2. 

 mf.dium, 2, 5. 

 multifloruin, .5. 

 ynurlifolnini, 1. 

 mpali-iiHc, y. 

 nitidum, 11. 

 obtusifolium, 4. 



ovalifolium, 5. 

 pendulum, 10. 

 pyramidalp, 10. 

 Quihoui, 12. 

 Regclianum, 4. 

 robustum, 5, 7, 

 rosinarini/ulivm, 1. 

 scniporvirrns, 10. 

 SicbuUii, 6. 

 sinensc, 7. 11. 

 spicalum, 1, 6. 7, 9. 

 Stauntonii. 11 and 



suppl. list. 

 STjringa:Jtorum, 6. 

 tricolor, 5, 7. 

 varicgatum, 5, 10. 

 vilhsum, 11. 

 vulgarc, 10. 

 x:mthocarpum. 10. 



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. longifblium, L. angusti- 

 fblium, L. myrtifblium, L. rosmarinifblium, and L. 

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

 and i)ilo.se branchlets: Ivs. tapering at both ends, 

 glabrous, lJ-2-3 in. long: panicles much branched, 

 many-fid., with rather small pedicelled fls., 2J4-3J^ 

 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: lvs. deciduous. 



D. Calyx glabrous or pubescent only at the ba-Hc: habit 



upright or upright-spreading. 



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

 Blume. L.?nerfiM»tt, Hort., not Franch. & Sav.). Shrub, 

 to 6 ft., with erect and spreading branches: lvs. rhombic- 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, api)ressed 

 pubescent near the margin and finely ciliate and )iubes- 

 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, Jjin. 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 lvs. in autumn. Var. macro- 

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

 upright: lvs. larger: fr. larger, j^in. long. M.D. 1904, 

 p. 75. 



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

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

 oblong, usually obtuse, soiiK'what glossy above, gla- 

 brous except the midrib beneath, 1-23/2 if- long: pani- 



