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DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES AND PLANTS 

 CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



Millions of California Privet plants are now growing branches go high, and the roots go deep. Here is a 



in our nursery. They will be planted into many brief description. 



Hundreds of hundreds of miles of hedge in the California Privet is a very fast growing shrub, eight 



next few months. Many thousand to twelve feet tall when untrimmed. It has dark, oily 



Miles of Hedge homes of our customers in cities DeSCriDtion ^reen, long-oval leaves about two inches 



and in the country everywhere, £. long, and bears fragrant, white blossoms 



will be made more beautiful, more restful, more valu- of Privet ^n clusters, like small hlac flowers. The 



ble, and better examples of what they should be. — — — — growth of branches is compact, thick, 



A million plants is a large number, and many mil- dense. Plants can be transplanted readily. Even when 



lions is an immense number. We have to be Privet naturally tall, it will stand shearing to any extent at any 



Specialists to grow that many. On the other hand, a time in the year, and can be trimmed into hundreds of 



strong and swelling movement for homes that are shapes. In our latitude, it is almost entirely evergreen, 



homes and not mere barns, is what causes the demand Farther north the leaves fall very late, but the thickly 



for this immense number of plants. Individuals here interlaced branches are still sightly and attractive. No 



and there only could not use a fraction as many. It degree of cold measured in North America will kill 



takes a country-wide awakening to what California California Privet, and it will thrive in any locality and 



Privet can be made to do. A great many home owners in any soil. We have seen most perfect and beautiful 



are realizing more and more what Privet will do on hedges along the Northern Pacific Railroad near the 



their grounds. Continental Divide, in Montana, at an elevation of 



Wonderful results can be had on enclosed, fields, nearly six thousand feet; while at Ocean City, Mary- 

 fences, and lanes and roads bordered on both sides. land, seven miles from here, Berlin, our plants have 

 Large firms (as the railroads, for instance) find that formed many faultless hedges within reach of the very 

 it pays in beauty and utility to enclose their grounds spray of the Atlantic Ocean. 



about shops, mills, stations, offices, etc., with hedges. To plant California Privet, thoroughly work a strip 



Real Estate men divide and subdivide their property about two feet wide. Plow or dig a trench through the 



with hedges. It aids the imagination of their customers middle of this strip. Then set the plants about six 



Tnrr<^a<?pd ^^ P^'^ture the perfect place of later on. inches apart in the trench and fill in with fine top soil. 



Whether on a farm, or in a city, Califor- Dip the roots of each plant in a mud puddle before 



Values ^^^ Privet helps greatly to complete the setting. 



— homestead, arid makes for satisfaction p^ce of California Privet 



and contentment m the daily life of those who dwell 



there. Park, cemetery, walk, drive, church grounds — ^ *.„ « f«- iJ'Zr- i.Vi^ «.i'.?°^^ 



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all can use California Privet to very great advantage. 6 to 7 ft i 50 8 00 75 00 



As a hedge, it can be trimmed into any shape, square, 5 to 6 ft.. ........................... 1 25 6 00 55 00 



round or ridged, low or high. Single bushes will make 4 to 5 ft i 00 5 00 45 00 



pyramids, globes, or any odd and different shapes 3 to 4 ft 75 4 00 35 00 



desired. They are fine both for their flowers and their ^ to 3 ft.. 60 3 00 25 00 



greenery. A hedge or a bush is easily kept growing t to 1 1/ ft ^o ^ ^° 20 00 



and easily kept trimmed. The cost for planting and 6 to 12 m 30 150 10 00 



up-keep is low. It is less than the cost of a good fence p '^^.^ ' .^- " " postpaid add 2 cts. extra each 



of the same height, for purchase price and repairs. A ' ^ ' ^ "^ cAna ca^^u 



Privet hedge will make practical and efficient fence, ..privet came in excellent shape. Am very much pleased with 



too. It will not use much space, for neither the branches the plants. They are larger, sturdier, better in every way than 



nor the roots spread to any extent, except that the I expected." — George Erichson, Williamsport, Pa. 



Corner of a field of our two-year-old Privet plants. So rank and sturdy they will make a 3- or 4-foot hedge at once, without 



waiting. There are several blocks like this on our Nurseries. We sell only fine, perfect plants and always destroy the culls. 



