Privet. 
Ligustrum vulgare. Narurat Orver: Oleacee—Olive Family. 
yf ROUPS of the common Privet, or Prim, are frequently found 
i adorning the fields and pastures in the New England States, 
and as far west as New York. It is a hardy shrub, from 
six to eight feet high, with small, delicate foliage, of a rather 
“somber green, and strong, yellow, matted or tangled roots. 
pee “The flowers are white, blooming in conical bunches, similar 
Se to the lilac, and are succeeded by a polished, black, bitter berry, that 
age?) shows in strong contrast in winter’s snow. It is well adapted for 
Na hedges, for which it is usually propagated by cuttings, although it is 
at m8 the foliage of this bush, as they do some others that are used for the 
-~By:fxlsame purpose. The wood is hard and compact, and when large enough 
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can be used in the arts, and is sometimes burned for charcoal for gunpowder. 
From the berries is obtained a rose tint used for staining maps. The Privet is 
a very ancient shrub, as in Virgil we find the mention of Alba Ligustra, White 
Privets, and in Columella, Ligustrum nigrum, the Black Privet. There are 
several varieties with white, yellow and green berries, some being from China, 
Japan and the East Indies. 
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HEN in the name of God, and all these rights, 
Advance your standards, draw your willing swords. 
— Shakespeare. 
IGER with tiger, bear with bear, you’ll find And forge that steel by which a man is slain, 
In leagues offensive and defensive joined; Which earth at first for plowshares did afford, 
But lawless man the anvil dares profane, Nor yet the smith had learned to form a sword. 
—Tate, 
IS sword, edg’d with defense of right and honor, 
Would pierce as deep as lightning, with that speed too; 
And kill as deadly. —Beaumont and Fletcher. 
EHOLD! I have a weapon; That with this little arm and this good sword 
A better never did itself sustain I have made my way thro’ more impediments 
f \ Upon a soldier’s thigh: I have seen the day, Than twenty times your stop. —Shakespeare. 
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