LIGUSTRUM, continued 
most desirable plants. The Privets are not particular as to soils, and 
they grow rapidly in open places or beneath the shade of trees. In 
shrubbery borders and masses their good qualities can be appreciated 
as well as in the hedges by 
which they are best known. 
They are seldom attacked by 
insects ; withstand shearing 
and can be kept at any height 
or clipped into artificial forms. 
See, also, Circular No. 5, 
Hedges and Screens. 
L. Ibota. One of the hardiest 
and most graceful of all Privets, 
Branches spreading and cur- 
ving ; foliage grayish green ; 
produces white, fragrant flow- 
ers in June, followed by black 
berries ; excellent hedge 
plant. 
var. Regelianum. Kegel’s 
Privet. A low, dense shrub, 
with almost horizontally 
spreading branches. It is abso- 
lutely hardy, graceful and suf- 
ficiently dense for hedge pur- 
poses without trimming. 
L. ovalifolium. CALIFORNIA 
Privet. A very handsome 
shrub, but of somewhat stiff 
habit. It transplants easily and 
is a strong, upright grower. 
Valuable for shrubbery, 
screens or hedges. 
L. vulgare. Common, or Euro- 
pean Privet. Not quite so 
regular in growth as the Ovalifolium, but hardier. Foliage grayish 
green ; flowers in June are white, followed by shining black berries. 
LESPEDEZA Sieboldi ; syn., Desmodium Japonica. Avery desir- 
able late-blooming plant ; produces rosy purple flowers in September, 
drooping in numerous long racemes, which at the top of the plant 
are panicled. 
LILAC. See Syringa. 
LONICERA. Honeysuckle. A varied genus that includes vines and 
shrubs. For the Vines, see Circular No. 7. The bush varieties are in 
demand for shrubbery groups and borders. They are hardy and grow 
easily. Their fragrant flowers are admired inspring, but another attrac- 
tion is the brilliant fruit that follows in the summer and fall. 
L. fragrantissima. Chinese Fragrant Bush Honeysuckle. An 
absolutely hardy variety of strong growth, but rather straggling habit. 
Produces pinkish flowers in early spring, which are very fragrant. 
Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs 
Busli Honeysuckle 
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