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younger growths unless they get the benefit of some sheltering trees 

 or hedgerows, This certainly militates against their general adoption 

 in certain localities, but on warm soils and in sheltered positions 

 nothing could be fresher or prettier for a hedge up to 3 feet in 

 height. 



Incidentally we might mention the fact, taken up again later, that 

 the various kinds of euonymus are used largely for window-boxes, 

 more especially the variegated forms. 



PRIVET 



Ligustrwn ovalifoliwn, the oval leaf privet, has practically super- 

 seded the old narrow leaf evergreen variety, and that entirely on its 

 merits. It is the best known and most largely used of all garden 

 hedge plants because of its utility and effectiveness. There is an 

 absence of grossness about it which is peculiarly desirable in plants 

 which have to be kept within bounds, yet its density is such that it 

 is admirably adapted to the making of screens and of shelters. It 

 becomes quickly effective, it is increased rapidly and easily, it is 

 inexpensive, and because of this the demand is practically unlimited. 

 It is therefore a good, a " certain " line for the grower to take up, 

 for it may be stated with certitude that at no time during recent 

 years has the supply been equal to the demand. 



The upspringing of garden cities is bound to increase that demand, 

 for while in most other things the popular tastes vary very consider- 

 ably the popularity of this privet as a hedge plant is universal. We 

 find in it a line worthy of special attention, and our preparations for 

 propagating up to the full extent of the demand are thorough. We 

 have plenty of uses for privet hedges in our nurseries, and if we 

 wanted them for no other purposes we should still have planted them 

 for stock. We are in a position to make some hundreds of thousands 

 of cuttings every year, and the growing of them costs nothing 

 because each hedge is a utility hedge and is doing its work by shelter- 

 ing young stock beds. 



Cuttings strike very freely. No one dreams of making them one 

 at a time with a knife, and this is one of the exceptions we make, 

 for we have elsewhere strongly advocated minute care in the making 

 of cuttings. But with this plentiful and easy-rooting subject we take 



