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THE PRIVET. 
Ligustrum vulgare. 
PiLaTE 8, Fra. 6. 
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a ~ TELDING very little as a contribu- 
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tion to the industrial arts, and, 
‘. f- ‘ indeed, having small pretensions 
“seven to rank as a Tree at all, the 
well-known Privet is both beau- 
: tiful and useful. Discussing first 
iC): the more strictly practical uses to which it 
‘3 | can be put, we shall merely have briefly to 
say that its berries are capable of furnish- 
ing both a green and a pink dye; that oil for 
burning, for culinary purposes, and serving as a 
contribution to the manufacture of soap, may 
be also obtained from the Privet fruit; that its 
