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THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, Woodmont Nurseries, Inc., New Haven, Conn. 
THE NEW 
Hardy Hybrid Privet 
Resembles California Privet in Habit with this added 
advantage: 
It’s as Hardy as Ibota Privet and will succeed 
whereve Ibota thrives. 
Name, IBOLIUM, coined thus:—IBO from Ibota and LIUM from Ovalifolium 
REGISTRATION 
Society of American Florists 
Apr. 5th, 1919 
IBOLIUM Privet is the product of 
crossing the California Privet (Seed 
parent) with Ibota, the hardy Chinese 
Privet. 
It is similar in general character to 
California Privet being perhaps some¬ 
what more robust in habit of growth. 
It is inclined to bush moie freely from 
the base than California Privet, a de¬ 
cided advantage. 
It can be propagated with the same 
ease as California Privet either from 
hardwood or softwood cuttings and is 
quite able to withstand the abuse inci¬ 
dent to the ordinary handling of a 
hedge plant, both by the Nurseryman 
and the planter, without serious injury. 
Its great claim for the public’s con- 
sidei’ation as compared with California 
Privet is its hardiness taking in this 
respect from the pollen parent, Ibota, 
having proven to be perfectly hardy 
wherever Ibota Privet is hardy. This 
gives this new hardy hybrid a very ex¬ 
tended range of usefulness. 
The extreme test as to hardiness was 
proven out in the winter of 1917-18 
when IBOLIUM Privet stood the test 
without the slightest winter injury 
side by side with the California Privet 
which was not only killed to the 
ground but in many cases died root 
and branch. 
John Young, Sec’y. 
IBOLIUM Privet—The ahove cut is 
from photo of a plant of IBOLIUM 
Privet, three years old. Softwood cuttings 
hav-e been taken from this plant twice 
this summer. This is the identical plant 
tchich was shipped to Chicago for ex¬ 
hibition purposes, was Icnocking about for 
at least three weeks and on its return to 
the Nursery appeared to be little the 
worse ferr wear, provimj the remarkable 
vitality of IBOLIUM Privet. 
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT 
American Nurserymen’s Association 
Chicago Convention, June 27th, 1919. 
Report of Committee on Plant Exhibits 
Jno. S. Kerr, Chairman. 
Your committee is pleased to report 
upon IBOLIUM Privet, originated and 
now introduced by The Elm City Nur¬ 
sery Company, Woodmont Nurseries, 
Inc., New Haven, Conn. 
IBOLIUM Privet is the result of 
cross breeding between the Ibota Priv¬ 
et and California Privet and combines 
the hardiness of the Ibota with the fine 
foliage and growth characteristics of 
the California Privet. Evidently IBO¬ 
LIUM is quite an acquisition to the 
privets for northern sections. 
Your committee readily commends 
this new introduction as very meri¬ 
torious. 
Jno. S. Kerr, 
Robert Pyle, 
Alvin E. Nelson, 
Committee. 
IBOLIUM Privet IS ideal for hardy hedge purposes, for training into specimens, general dec¬ 
oration as a tub plant, also in its natural form wherever a tall dignified shrub is desired. It 
also thrives well in the shade. It produces freely large panicles of pure white fiowers followed 
by clusters of glossy black fruits making the whole shrub very ornamental. The usefulness of 
IBOLIUM Privet is almost without limit. ' 
INTRODUCED NOW for the FIRST TIME to the TRADE 
for Propagating Purposes - Delivery November 25th, 1919 
PRICES ON APPLICATION 
We reserve the right to tcithdraw this offer after a given quantity is booked up as the entire stock of IBOLIUM Privet at 
the present time is only about 10,000. 
THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, *ooDMor<r nmes, l... 
Originators and Introducers of IBOLIUM Privet New Haven, Connecticut 
Also Originators and Introducers of BOX-BARBERRY. We offer well rooted summer frame cuttings of BOX-BARBERRY. 
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