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LIGUtSTRUM 



LIGUSTRUM 



as shown in Fig. 1272, especially if dug with spade and 

 givea shore roots. If 3-year plants, not cut back, are 

 used, ttie base is open, as the okl wood at the lower part 

 of the plant has had its side branches weakened or killed 

 by crowding and they do not readily branch out. Plants 



1272. Common method of making Privet hedge. 



{Sealo V. ill. to ft.) 



grown by this method are frequently planted in a double 

 row. 



Second method. — {jMiim^^oi. 5-G inches of stout, 1-year 

 wood, are made in November. The cuttings arc made 

 short so tliat tho roots will not bo cut off by the tree- 

 digger. The leaves are stripped otf, and the cuttings 

 tied in small bundles, as l-n*ge bundles mold. These 

 are buried, tops up, over winter. In the spring, before 

 growth starts, they are planted in rich, mellow land 4 

 inches apart, with rows 8 inches apart. To plant, a 

 back furrow is plowed in the center of the block, tho 

 top raked off. a lino stretched and pegged down. The 

 cuttings can then be inserted nearly full length. The 

 trampling of the row settles tho soil enough to expose 

 the top buds. With a one-horse plow the bottom of tho 

 furrow is loosened where the x^lanters have packed the 

 soil, and new furrows are made around the strip planted. 

 The cuttings are tilled during summer with a wheel-hoe 

 orhanl-plow. To make wide plants, the tips of tho 

 shoots are pinched when they are about 3 inches long. 

 This is repeated at intervals of about three weeks during 

 the summer. Nitrate of soda may be used to hasten 

 growth. This method produces a plant as shown in 

 Fig. 1273. 



The plants may be dug in tho fall and heeled-in, to 

 prevent possible winter-killing. They are then sorted 

 into grades and planted in the spring 1^2-2 feet apart in 

 rows 3-4 feet apart against the land side of a deep fur- 

 row, and a little soil kicked over tho roots. The filling 

 is completed with a one-horse plow. Before filling, fine 

 manure may be spread near the plants. 



The plants should be straightened up and trampled 

 firm. When finished, they should have tho lower branches 

 covered and the lower end of the cutting not below tho 

 level of the tree-digger. The pinching-back process may 

 be continued, or the tips may be cut with a sickle dur- 

 ing the early part of the season, especially on plants of 

 the smnller grade. To get more roots on tho brunches 

 the plants niav be hilled-up. They are cultivated with 

 a one-horse cultivator or a two-horse riding cultivator. 

 At two years these will make plants 2%-'3}4, feet high 



and l}^-2 feet wide at 

 tlie base. 



Dig with a tree-dig- 

 ger that operates on 

 one or both sides. Tho 

 plants may be set 12- 

 15 Inches apart, 4-6 

 inches deeper than be- 

 fore, and produce a 

 hr-dcreas shown in Fig. 

 1274. A smaller num- 

 ber of plants is re- 

 quired than when 

 plants gi'own by tbo 

 first method are used. 

 As there are numerous vigorous bads near the ground. 

 the growth is very dense at the l»ase. After planting, 

 the tops may bo cut olf to an even liei^'ht. 



Various forms of hedge an; used, as shown in Fi-::. 



TBAfiSF'LAfir 



TO H£Fi^ 



12/3. California Privet from short 



cuttincs, transplanted deep. 



(Sr.;,Io i.< in. ro ff.) 



1275. No. a is used on Long Island ; b is used at New- 

 port. At Newport, by repeated clipping, the leaves be- 

 come very small and the growth dense, resembling a 

 wall. Nos. d and e frequently result from using narrow 

 plants and allowing them to grow at the top. 



Third method. — At Biltmore Nursery, North Carolina, 

 the Privet cuttings are run through a stalk cutter and 

 the pieces sown in a furrow. Henry Hicks 



INDEX. 



Alivoni. 7. .Taponicnra, 5, G, 7. Quihoui,12. 



Amureiise, 4. Kelleriannm, 0. Regelianum, 3. 



an^ustifolium, 1. Kellernianid, (i, rohustum, 7. 



aureo-marginatum, longifoUuin, 1 and rosmaHnifolium, 1. 



5.7. supp. list. senipervirens, 10. 



Galifornicuni, 5. lucidum, 7, 8. Sieboldi, 6. 



biixifolium, 10. macropliyllum, 7. Sinense, 7, 11. 



C'hiiicnse, 11. magnolia' folium, 7. spic(i(am, 1, G. 7, 9. 



cUiatum, 2. Massalongianum. 1. Stauntoni, 11 and 



coriaceuni, 8. meadia, 2. supp. list. 



ezcclsT.m, 7. medium, 2, 5, syringceflorum, G. 



Fortiuiei, 11. myrtifoliu m , 1, tricolor, 5, 7. 



QlabDun, G, Nepaleiise, U. variegatum, 5, 10. 



glaucuni, 10, ohtusifo/.iuiu, ?.. vijlosura, 11. 



Ibota, 2, :!, 4. ovalit'olium, ;"). vulgare, 10. 



Italieum, 10. pendulum, 10. 



A. ComHa irith the tube 2 or 3 times longer- than the 



J hah. 



B. Li'S. linear-lanceolate or linear, evergreen. 



1. Massalongianum, Vis. {L. longifdUum, angustifd- 



littm , myrtifdlium, ro.sniarinifdUutn and spicdtum, 



Hort.). Erect shrub, to 3 ft., with warty and piloso 



branchlets: Ivs. tapering at both ends, glabrous, 1^-3 



in. long: panicles much branched, many-fid. with rather 



small pedicelled fis.,2H-3>2 in. long. July, Aug. Himal. 



Gr.O. II. IG: 149. — Graceful half-hardy shrub. 



_ T/W** 7D rtC/la 



1274. The Privet hedge at final transplanline. 

 (Scale H in. to ft,) 



BB. Lvs. ohioug to ovate or oval. 



c. Young hranrhlets and inHorescence puhescent: Ivs. 



deciduous. 



2. cili^tum, Blume {L. Ihbta, Sieb. & Zncc. L. Ibdta, 

 var. cilidtum, Dipp. L. m.edium, Hort., not Franch. & 

 Sav. ) . Shrub, to ft. ,with erect and spreading branches : 

 Ivs. rhombic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, appressed pubescent near the margin and finely 

 ciliate and pubescent on the midrib beneath, 1-2 in. 

 long: panicles small, erect, about 1 in. long: fls. almost 

 sessile; calyx glabrous; fr. shining. June. Japan. - 

 This is one of the least decorative species; it has been 

 introduced under the erroneous denomination of L. 

 medium, which is sometimes misspelled L. meadia. 



3. Ib6ta, Sieb. {L. ohtn^^ifdJinm, Sieb. & Zucc). Fig 

 1270. Shrub, to 10 ft., "with spreading and curving 

 branches: ivs. elliptic to obloug-obovate, acute or ''b- 

 tuse, usually only pubescent on the midrib beneath, 

 1-2 in. long: panicles nodding, small, 1-1>2 in. long, 

 numerous alonp; the branches on short branchlets: fls, 

 short-pedicelled; calyx pubescent: fr. with slight bloom. 

 June, July. Japan, Cluna. G.F. 0:425. M.D. CI. 1899:218. 

 -Graceful shru)>, hardy North. Var. KegeliAnum, 

 Rehder {L. BegcUAnnm, Hort.}. Low. dense shrub 

 with almost horizontally spreading branches and oblong 

 or obovate, usually more pubescent Ivs. 



