912 LIGUSTRUM 



as shown in Fig. 1272, especially if dug with spade and 

 given short roots. If 3-year plants, not cut iiack, 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. -Cattings 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 off by the tree- 

 digger. The leaves 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 :uv] j.n-L-i ,1 d-wn. The 

 cuttings can then be inserted ii' n' • ' !■ ■ -tli. The 

 trampling of the row settles tin 

 the top buds. With a one-hor^. 

 furrow is loosened where the pi 

 soil, and new furrows are made a 

 The cuttings are tilled during summer 



M I xpose 

 111 ..f the 

 ii.k.-d the 

 p planted. 

 wheel-hoe 



: tilling, fine 

 nd trampled 



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 maybe duff in tin fill ni;,! Iir. irrl-in, to 

 prevent possible winter-killiiiL'. 1 ' ■ ■ ■ - m sorted 

 into grades and planted in tin- ■] i ii|.art in 



rows 3-4 feet apart against tin- 1 > . . . :> i p fur- 



row, and a little soil kicked uvi r tin i ■! 

 is completed with a one-horse plow. Bof< 

 manure may be spread near the plants. 



The plants should be straightened up 

 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 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 2^-3}-2 feet high 

 and lJ^-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- 

 1S73. California Privet from short ber of plants is re- 

 cuttines, transplanted deep. quired than when 

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



first method are used. 

 As there are numerous vigorous buds near the ground, 

 the gro-wth 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. 



TBAnSPLAIir 



TO Hsmc 



LIGUSTRUM 



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 met/iod.— At Biltmore Nursery, North Carolina, 

 the Privet cuttings are run through a stalk cutter and 



the pie 



Califomicum, 5. 

 buxifolium, 10. 

 Chinense, 11. 



sown in a furrow. 



INDEX. 



Japonieum, 5. 

 Ketleriatmrn. I 

 KeUermanni. i 

 longifolium, 1 



lucidum, 7. 8. 

 macrophylhtm 



Henky Hicks. 



Tosiiiarlnifoliutn, 

 Bempervirens, 10. 

 Sieboldi, 6. 



, 7, 11. 



Fortimei'. 11 

 glahrtim. fi. 

 glaucum. 10, 



ia. 2. 

 medium, 2, 5. 

 myrtifolium, 1. 

 Nepalense, 9. 

 obtusifolium, 3. 

 ovalifoliura, 5. 

 talieum, 10. pendulum, 10. 



A. Corolla with the tube S or S ti 

 limb. 

 B. Lvs. linear-lanceolate or U 



supp. list. 

 syringcefiorum, 6. 

 tricolor, 5. 7. 

 variegatum, ,S, 10. 

 villosum, 11. 

 vulgare, 10. 



'S longer than the 



vergreen. 



1. Uassalongiinum, Vis. {L. longifbUum, angusiifb- 

 lium, myrtifolium, rosmarinifdlium and spicitum, 

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

 branehlets: lvs. tapering at both ends, glabrous, lK-3 

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

 small pedicelledfis.,2K-3>2 in. long. July, Aug. Himal. 

 G.C. II. 16: 149, -Graceful half-hardy shrub. 



1274. The Privet hedge at final transplanting. 



BB. Lvs. oblong to ovate or oval. 



C. Young branehlets and inflorescence pubescent: lvs. 



deciduotis. 



2. ciliiltuin, Blume (i. Ibdta, Sieb. & Zucc. L. Ibdia, 

 var. cilidtum, Dipp. L. midium, Hort., not Franch. & 

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

 lvs. 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: fis. almost 

 sessile; cal3rx glabrous: fr. shining. June. Japan.— 

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

 introduced under the erroneous denomination of L. 

 medium, which is sometimes misspelled L. meadia. 



3. Ibdta, Sieb. {L. obtttsifdlium, Sieb. & Zucc). Fig. 

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

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

 tuse, usually only pubescent on the midrib beneath, 

 1-2 in. long: panicles nodding, small, 1-1/^ in. long, 

 numerous along the branches on short branehlets: fis. 

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

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

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

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

 with almost horizontally spreading branches and oblong 

 or obovate, usually more pubescent lvs. 



