420 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
Lavender is easily propagated by cuttings or slips. It 
is a great pity that it is not perfectly hardy; but as it is, 
with a little choice in its location, it is easily preserved 
through the winter, and worthy of all the care and trou- 
ble that may be given to its cultivation. 
LIGUSTRUM.—Priver. 
[The ancient classical name.) 
Ligtistrum vulg4re.—The common Privet, or Prim.— 
The Privet isa native of Europe, and introduced from 
thence to this country, and now has become domesticated 
in many parts of New England. In England, the Privet 
is an evergreen, or the leaves remain until driven off by 
new ones. In this climate it is deciduous, shedding its 
leaves late in autumn. “In France and Great Britain, the 
Privet is much used for a hedge plant, either alone or with 
other plants. Its use for this purpose is recommended by 
the beauty of the foliage, the flowers and berries, by its 
rapid and easy growth, and by the fact that it grows well 
under the drip of other trees, except evergreens. It flour- 
ishes in almost any soil, as may be easily seen from the 
variety of ground on which it has sown itself in the vi- 
cinity of Boston; and it is propagated by seeds, or by 
cuttings, and requires very little pruning. It grows in 
clumps, from strong, matted, bright-yellow roots, in height 
six or eight feet. Flowers white, in short, terminal pan- 
icles, in June; the berries are of a shining black.” The 
blossom of the Privet, when exposed to the noonday sun, 
withers almost as soon as blown. In the shade, it not 
only lasts longer, but is much larger. The leaves too, are 
much larger and finer when so placed. 
The English Privet is much used for ornamental hedges, 
and is also desirable in a shrubbery, on account of the 
