Cigustrum DlllgCUT. Natural Order: Oleacece — Olive Family. 
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/ROUPS of the common Privet, or Prim, are frequently found 
adorning the fields and pastures in the New England States, 
and as far west as New York. It is a hardy shrub, from 
six to eight feet high, with small, delicate foliage, of a rather 
somber green, and strong, yellow, matted or tangled roots. 
W The flowers are white, blooming' in conical bunches, similar 
to the lilac, and are succeeded by a polished, black, bitter berry, that 
shows in strong contrast in winter’s snow. It is well adapted for 
hedges, for which it is usually propagated by cuttings, although it is 
v|U-y sometimes grown from seed. Noxious insects seldom disturb or destroy 
tbis bush, as they do some others that are used for the 
'^y^same purpose. The wood is hard and compact, and when large enough 
can be used in the arts, and is sometimes burned for charcoal for gunpowder. 
From the berries is obtained a rose tint used for staining maps. The Privet is 
a very ancient shrub, as in Virgil we find the mention of Alba Ligustra , White 
Privets, and in Columella, Ligustrum nigrum , the Black Privet. There are 
several varieties with white, yellow and green berries, some being from China, 
Japan and the East Indies. 
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'HEN in the name of God, and all these rights, 
Advance jour standards, draw your willing swords. 
-— Shakespeare. 
'T'lGER with tiger, bear with bear, you’ll find And forge that steel by which a man is slain, 
In leagues offensive and defensive joined; Which earth at first for plowshares did afford, 
But lawless man the anvil dares profane, Nor yet the smith had learned to form a sword. 
— Tate. 
IS sword, edg’d with defense of right and honor, 
Would pierce as deep as lightning, with that speed too; 
And kill as deadly. — Beaumont and Fletcher. 
That with this little arm and this good sword 
I have made my way thro’ more impediments 
Upon a soldier’s thigh: I have seen the day, Than twenty times your stop. —Shakespeare. 
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nEIIOLD! I have a weapon; 
A better never did itself sustain 
