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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Common' Privkt (48o) — liii^ustrum vulgarc — grows to about the same 

 height, to 15 feet. This has flowers with a shorter tube and more spread- 

 ing border. Both have varieties with variegated foliage. The Commox 

 Privet has one variety with weeping branches, Ligustrum vulgare 

 pendukim. 



Fig. 484. — Wax Privet. 



Fig. 485. — Thick-leaved Privet. 



There are a dozen or more privets in cultivation with scores of named 

 varieties. The (^ne with the narrowest leaves, evergreen and hardy 

 South, is Ligustrum INIassalongianum. It has warty and haiiy twigs. 

 Others, with hair-covered twigs, are, Ib6ta, amur^nse, and nepalense. 



[Seeds — a year or two to grow ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE PRIVETS 



* Slender-flowered Privets, tube 2—3 times as long as the 4-lobed 

 border. (A.) 

 A. Branches hairy or velvety. (B.) 

 B. Leaves slender and tapering at both ends, evergi-een ; to 3 feet ; 

 hardy South ; blooming July, Aug. Ligustrum Massalongi^num. 

 B. Leaves broader, oval to ovate, 1-2.1 inches long, deciduous. 

 (C.) 



