. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 912 LIGUtSTRUM LIGUSTRUM as shown in Fig. 1272, especially if dug with spade and givea shore roots. If 3-year plants, not cut back, are used, ttie base is open, as the okl wood at the lower part of the plant has had its side branches weakened or killed by crowding and they do not readily branch out. Plants. 127
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 912 LIGUtSTRUM LIGUSTRUM as shown in Fig. 1272, especially if dug with spade and givea shore roots. If 3-year plants, not cut back, are used, ttie base is open, as the okl wood at the lower part of the plant has had its side branches weakened or killed by crowding and they do not readily branch out. Plants. 1272. Common method of making Privet hedge. {Sealo V. ill. to ft.) grown by this method are frequently planted in a double row. Second method. —{jMiim^^oi. 5-G inches of stout, 1-year wood, are made in November. The cuttings arc made short so tliat tho roots will not bo cut off by the tree- digger. The leaves are stripped otf, and the cuttings tied in small bundles, as l-n*ge bundles mold. These are buried, tops up, over winter. In the spring, before growth starts, they are planted in rich, mellow land 4 inches apart, with rows 8 inches apart. To plant, a back furrow is plowed in the center of the block, tho top raked off. a lino stretched and pegged down. The cuttings can then be inserted nearly full length. The trampling of the row settles tho soil enough to expose the top buds. With a one-horse plow the bottom of tho furrow is loosened where the x^lanters have packed the soil, and new furrows are made around the strip planted. The cuttings are tilled during summer with a wheel-hoe orhanl-plow. To make wide plants, the tips of tho shoots are pinched when they are about 3 inches long. This is repeated at intervals of about three weeks during the summer. Nitrate of soda may be used to hasten growth. This method produces a plant as shown in Fig. 1273. The plants may be dug in tho fall and heeled-in, to prevent possible winter-killing. They are then sorted into grades and planted
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