ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 109 
The Privet or Prim — Ligustrum . — The privet or prim is 
well known, as it is native to many sections. There are quite a 
large number of varieties, distinguished by their foliage. All 
are hardy, and their white flowers in spring and black berries 
in August make them beautiful although common. As hedge 
plants for ornamental purposes they are among the very best, 
growing freely in almost any soil, and keeping their foliage so 
late as to be almost sub-evergreen. We have seen clumps of 
the varieties in circles and clipped to give a round-headed mass 
of from fifteen to twenty feet diameter and^ six feet high in 
center, that were very attractive. Banks for screening low but 
unsightly objects may be formed readily by planting and 
shearing privet plants. 
