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HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



HEDGE PLANTS-CALIFORNIA PRIVE,T 



(LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM.) 



Privet we consider the most popular of all hedge plants, and decidely the finest and best of all for forming 

 an ornamental hedge, its foliage being so abundant as to produce a wall of the deepest, richest green. It can 

 almost be called an evergreen, as its foliage is not shed until late in the winter, and then only in an exposed 

 position. We mention some of its merits: It is very hardy, easilj' and quickly pruned;' will grow almost any- 

 where; can be kept down to 18 inches, or you can let it grow, if a screen is required, to 15 feet high. You may 

 have it narrow or wide. 



Gentlemen: Your stock received in first class shape and I am more th, 



Rhode Island, April 8, 1905. 

 pleased with the California Privet. ■ 



Yours truly, E. B. Parmenter. 



MANAGEMENT. — As a general rule of guidance, we offer the following brief hints on their management: 

 After thoroughly working the soil of a strip at least 6 feet wide and as long as the hedge is to extend, open a 

 trench through the middle of the strip, and with a careful person to hold and range the plants, let one or more 

 assistants thorougly pulverize and fill in the soil about the roots. Before setting, dip each plant in a thin puddle 

 of mud, and place evergreens from 15 to 18 inches apart in the row; deciduous shrubs, including California 

 Privet, should be but 9 inches apart. 



Price of California Privet. 



Dozen. 



2 to 3 feet $0.60 



18 inches to 2 feet __ 50 



12 inches to 18 inches .40 



Hundred. Thousand. 



$4.00 $35.00 



. 3.00 25.00 



2.50 20.00 



Catalpa='Speciosa — One of the most rapid growers. Valuable for timber, fence posts, railroad ties, etc., 

 posse.ssing wonderful durability. Large, heart-shaped, downy leaves, and compound panicles of white flowers, 

 tinged with violet and dotted with purple and yellow. Very ornamental and useful. 



Each. 

 3 to 4feet $0.35 



Dozen. 



$3.00 



