is fo far from being general, that they 
more commonly form a regular pyra- 
mid. 
In that hedge you obferve a fhrub 
tram. ^^ a ^ite flower, which I dare 
fay you know to be the Privet, hav- 
ing often feen it form a regular hedge 
in gardens ; to which purpofe it is 
indeed well adapted. You will find 
it in the Synopjis> the firft genus in 
the Clafs and Order, Diandria, Mo- 
nogynia: accordingly, you fee, in the 
flower \wojtamina and one ptflillum. 
The generic name is Liguftrum and 
the fpecific vu/gare. The word Z,/- 
gujlrum reminds you of thefe lines in 
Virgil, 
O formofe puer^ mmlum ne crede colori: 
Alba Ligujlra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur. 
It is however by no means certain, that 
thefe alba liguftra of Virgil were what we 
call Privet: on the contrary, many com- 
mentators are of opinion, that our Convol- 
vulusfepium, Great Bindweed, is the plant j 
and they incline to this opinion from the 
extreme 
