Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 120
od so hard to cut that it is expen-sive to keep in shape ; but when grown to the proper size andform, its showy early bloom and glossy leaves, hanging late, makeit one of the prettiest. The common privet belongs to a differ-ent class. It is a natural hedge-plant; strikes root freely fromcuttings,… … natural that the privet should long have been a favorite for gardenhedges. The wax-leaved privet, Ligustrum lucidum, and the Cali-fornia privet, L. californica, are shrubs of larger and more glossyfoliage, and probably hardy in most parts of the country. Thelilacs, bush honeysuckles, syringas,…
