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spikes of pure-white salver-shaped flowers produced freely 

 during the summer months. 



L. japonicum (syns L. glabrum, L. Keller manni, L. Sieboldii 

 and L. syringaeftwum). — Japan Privet. 1845. This is a 

 dwarf-growing species rarely exceeding 4 feet in height, 

 with broad, smooth, glossy-green leaves, and large compound 

 racemes of white, slightly fragrant flowers. There are 

 several varieties, including L. japonicum microphyllum, 

 with smaller leaves than the parent; and one with tri- 

 coloured foliage named L. japonicum variegatum. 



L. lucidum {syns L. magnolicBfolium and L. strictum). — 

 Shining-leaved Privet, or Woa Tree. China, 1794. A 

 pretty evergreen species, with oval leaves, and terminal, 

 thyrsoid panicles of white or yellowish-white flowers. It is 

 an old inhabitant of our gardens, and forms a somewhat 

 erect, twiggy bush, of fully 10 feet in height. Of this there 

 are two varieties, one with larger bunches of flowers, named 

 L. lucidum floribundum, and another with variegated leaves, 

 L. lucidum variegatum. L. lucidum coriaceum (Leathery- 

 leaved Privet) is a distinct variety, with thick, leathery-green 

 leaves, and dense habit of growth. 



L. medium. — Japan, 1891. This has broadly lanceolate 

 acute leaves and small white flowers. 



L. ovalifolium (syn L. calif ornicum). — Oval-leaved Privet. 

 Japan, 1877. This is a commonly cultivated species, with 

 semi-evergreen leaves, and spikes of yellowish- white flowers. 

 It is a good hedge plant, and succeeds well as a town shrub. 

 There are several variegated forms, of which L. ovalifolium ' 

 variegatum (Japan, 1865) and L. ovalifolium aureum are 

 the best. 



L. Quihoi. — China, 1868. This is a much valued species, 

 as it does not flower until many of its relations have 

 finished. Most of the Privets flower at mid-summer, 

 but this species is often only at its best by the last week 

 of October and beginning of November. It forms a 

 straggling, freely-branched shrub, of fully 6 feet in height 



