Botanical

Name

English

Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Ligustrum ibota

Japanese Privet

1

5-6

White

June

S. One of the hardiest of the Privets, and much used as a hedge plant. A low dense shrub with horizontally spreading branches. Foliage dark and oval. Flowers fragrant and quite prominent. It retains its foliage well into the winter, and turns a beautiful wine color in late summer. Especially attractive in fruit. A. D.G.

Ligustrum ovalifolium

California Privet

1

6-10

White

July

S. Upright and stiff in habit. Foli" age oval, dark green. A common attractive hedge plant. In exposed places it is liable to winter-kill, and should be well mulched with leaves or manure in winter. A. D.G.

Ligustrum ovalifolium var. variegatum

Variegated-leaved

California Privet

1

4-6

S. Like the preceding, this is an almost evergreen shrub, and is good in clumps among or in front of low evergreens of shrubbery. Its foliage is a very brilliant yellow. It is more tender than the type and requires heavy protection in winter. B. C.G.

Ligustrum vulgare

Common Privet

1

6-8

White

June & July

S. A good hedge plant, with narrow, dull green foliage and quite showy flowers. It produces clusters of black berries which are very prominent and adhere to the shrub all winter. A. D.G.

Lilium auratum

Golden-banded Lily

4

3

White, marked with yellow bands, dotted with purple

July & Aug.

This together with L. tigrinum, L. speciosum, L. rubrum and L. tenui-folium are perhaps the most satisfactory for general garden culture. Lilium auratum has extremely showy flowers, sometimes nearly a foot across. This, like other varieties, is effective among Rhododendrons, among rocks where sufficient depth of loam can be had, or massed in the hardy border. All Lilies require a deep loamy soil, and prefer a mixture of old compost, gravel or sand. It is important that good drainage be provided. In planting, the bulbs should be set from 6 inches to 1 foot deep, according to the size of the bulbs. All Lilies are subject to a blight or disease, which is very injuring, and Bordeaux mixture should be applied frequently as a preventive before any blight appears. A light mulch in winter is beneficial, but in planting Lilies, direct contact with manure should be avoided.

Lilium Brownii

Brown's Lily

4

3-4

Rose-red

July & Aug.

Hardy and of the easiest culture.

Lilium canadense

Canadian Lily

4

2-3

Deep orange spotted with brown

July & Aug.

A native species, excellent for massing in shrubbery borders and for wild-gardens.

Lilium candidum

Madonna Lily

4

3

White

June & July

Many flowers borne along the stem. Very ornamental.