TREES AND SHRUBS 



2-4 ins. long in shady position outdoors or under handlight in summer ; 

 cuttings of firm shoots 8-12 ins. long in shady position outdoors, September — 

 November; layering of shoots, September or October; seeds (berries) in open 

 ground in November, transplanting largest seedlings in following October, 

 and remainder next year. 



Flowers white, in a large thyrHoid "panicle ; Calyx 4-toothed ; Corolla salver- 

 shaped, 4-lobed ; Stamens 2 ; Ovary superior, 2-celled ; Fruit a berry, round, 

 shining, black. 



Leaves ovate or elliptical, rarely lanceolate, obtuse, thick, fleshy, glabrous, 

 principal vein hairy beneath. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft. ; Branches long, slender, arching ; Twigs terete. 



A native of Japan and China; introduced 1861. 



JAPANESE PRIVET, Ligustrum japonicuvi. 



Gardens, shrubberies. June, July. Prefers dry soil and shelter. It 

 makes a good hedge. 



Flowers white, slightly fragrant, in a large, lax, thyrsoid panicle; Fruit 

 a berry. 



Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, dark glossy green, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, 2-3 ins. long, young leaves tinged with purple. 



An evergreen shrub, 5-10 ft. ; or tree, 30 ft. 



Introduced from Japan by Siebold, 1845. 



SHINING PRIVET, Ligustrum luddum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. September — October. The large glossy evergreen 

 leaves and Lilac-like panicles of sweet-smelling flowers make this perhaps the 

 handsomest and most striking of the Privets. Best in rich soil, well drained, 

 near sunny wall. 



Flowers white or cream, fragrant, in a much-spreading terminal thyrsoid 



panicle, 6-8 ins. long and broad ; Fruit a berry. 



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