SHRUBS, VINES, PLANTS AND BULBS 



pyramidal panicles, often a foot long, are at 

 the end of every branch. At first white, and 

 later changing to a russet-pink, they last for 

 weeks. A particularly satisfactory shrub, for 

 it blooms at a time when there is no other 

 blossoming shrub. 



Japanese Maple. 2 to 6 feet. Plant in 

 the spring. These shrubs have no blossoms, 

 but the brilliant tones — either red, yellow or 

 purple — of the delicate foliage lend a most 

 attractive note of color to shrubberies. 



LiGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM (California 

 Privet). 2 to 8 feet. Plant in the spring. 

 More frequently used for hedges than any 

 other plant; also very good as a screen. When 

 planted in hedges it should be set out 8 to 12 

 inches apart. Must be pruned twice a year, — 

 in June and August, — otherwise the plants 

 will be " leggy," and the hedge not thick 

 and fine. 



LiGUSTRUM VULGARE (Common Privet). 

 2 to 8 feet. Plant in the spring. Much more 

 hardy than the California privet and equally 



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