HYDRANGEACEAE (HYDRANGEA FAMILY) 



6 HYDRANGEACEAE. Hydrangea Family. 

 i HYDRANGEA. 



1 a Wild species; flowers mostly perfect; leaves ovate 



WILD HYDRANGEA. (H. arbor esc ens.) 

 b Cultivated species ; flowers mostly sterile 2 



2 a Plant usually planted in tubs or pots; leaves oval 



GREENHOUSE HYDRANGEA. (H. hortensis*) 

 b Plant usually planted in gardens and lawns; leaves 



oblong-ovate OUTDOOR HYDRANGEA. (H. paniculata*) 



2 PHILADfiLPHUS. 



i a Flowers in clusters of 5-9, fragrant 



GARDEN SYRINGA. (P. coronarius.*) 

 b Flowers solitary or 2-3, rarely 5 together, not fragrant 



SCENTLESS SYRINGA. (P. inodbrus.*) 



3 DEtnrziA. 



i a Leaves smooth above ; shrub 2-3 ft. high 



SLENDER DEUTZIA. (D. grdcilis.*) 

 b Leaves rough above; shrub 3-6 ft. high 



BUSH DEUTZIA. (D. scabra.*) 



7 GROSSULARIACEAE. Gooseberry Family. 

 i RlBES. 



1 a Stems with spines or prickles 2 



b Stems not with spines or prickles 5 



2 a Bristles numerous ; flowers in racemes ; berry covered 



with glandular hairs. .SWAMP GOOSEBERRY. (R. lacustre.) 

 b Spines stiff; flowers 1-3 together; berry not covered 



with hairs 3 



3 a Cultivated shrub ; spines usually 3 together ; berry not 



spiny GARDEN GOOSEBERRY. (R. uva-crispa.*) 



b Usually wild shrubs; spines 1-3 together 4 



4 a Spines light colored, usually solitary; berry without 



prickles SMOOTH GOOSEBERRY. (R. oxyacanthoides.) 



b Spines not light colored, 1-3 together; berry usually 



with prickles WILD GOOSEBERRY. (R. cynosbati.) 



5 a Flowers %-i in. long, bright yellow, spicy-scented ; berry 



yellow to black ....MISSOURI CURRANT. (R. aureum*) 

 b Flowers not completely as in a 6 



6 a Flowers V-V% in. broad, yellow or whitish; berry 



black; wild shrub.. WILD BLACK JURRANT. (R. ftoridum.) 

 b Flowers greenish to purple; berry red, white, or black; 



cultivated shrubs 7 



7 a Calyx and raceme hairy; berry black 



GARDEN BLACK CURRANT. (R. ntgrum.*) 

 b Calyx and raceme not hairy; berry red 



RED CURRANT. (R. rubrum.*) 



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