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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Common Pkivet (483) — Ligustrum vulg3.re — grows to about the same 

 height, to 15 feet. This has flowers with a shorter tube and more spread- 

 ing border. Both have varieties with variegated foliage. The Common 

 Privet has one variety with weeping branches, Ligustrum vulgSje 

 pendulum. 



Fig. 484..— Wax Privet. 



Fig. 485. —Thick-leaved Privet. 



There are a dozen or more privets in cultivation with scores of named 

 varieties. The one with the narrowest leaves, evergreen and hardy- 

 South, is Ligustrum Massalongi&num. It has warty and hairy twigs. 

 Others, with hair-covered twigs, are, Ibbta, amur^nse, and nepaldnse. 



[Seeds — a year or two to grow ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE PEIVETS 



* Slender-flowered Privets, tube 2-3 times as long as the 4-lobed 

 border. (A.) 

 A. Branches hairy or velvety. (B.) 



B. Leaves slender and tapering at both ends, evergreen ; to 3 feet ; 

 hardy South ; blooming July, Aug. Ligustrum MassalongiJlnum. 

 B. Leaves broader, oval to ovate, 1-2J inches long, deciduous. 

 (C.) 



