30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40406 to 40496— Continued. 



land, gardener to the King of Denmark. Beyond that, I know nothing 

 of its origin." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 I sirs. vol. 2, p. J,06.) 



40477. Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Gooseberry. 



" 7500." 



"A native of the eastern United States, from Massachusetts to North 

 Carolina. Its solitary spines are small and inconspicuous; young wood 

 and leaves downy, but not glandular or bristly ; flowers greenish purple ; 

 calyx, ovary, and berry smooth. The fruit is purple and of good flavor." 

 ( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol 2, p. )<>!. i 



40478. Ribes eubeum L. Red currant. 

 " 7420." 



" Found wild in Britain, is sometimes met with in gardens under the 

 name of R. schlechtendalii Lange. Its racemes are horizontal or ascend- 

 ing, not drooping or pendent as in vulgare, and the flowers are urn shaped 

 or broadly funnel shaped rather than saucer shaped. Cultivated forms 

 of this species are grown in the gardens of Scandinavia, but in western 

 and central Europe the cultivated red and white currants are exclusively 

 R. vulgare." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol, 2, p. J,09.) 

 40479 and 40480. Ribes sanguineum Pursh. Flowering currant. 



40479. " 7360 B." 



"A deciduous unarmed bush, 7 or S feet high, usually considerably 

 more in diameter ; young shoots covered with a close, fine down. 

 Leaves 3 or 5 lobed, palmately veined, the lobes broad and rounded, 

 unequally toothed, the base conspicuously heart shaped ; 2 to 4 inches 

 wide, less in length; smooth or nearly so above, soft with pale down 

 beneath; stalks three-fourths to 2 inches long covered with minute 

 down, like the young shoots, but with a few bristles near the base. 

 Flowers deep rosy red, produced during April in drooping, finally 

 ascending, racemes 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to li inches wide: each 

 flower one-half inch long and nearly as wide ; the slender flower 

 stalk, ovary, and tubidar calyx dotted with glandular down. Cur- 

 rants globose, one-fourth inch diameter, glandular, black, covered 

 with blue bloom. Native of western North America ; discovered 

 by A. Menzies in 1793 and introduced by Douglas for the Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1826. This currant is the finest of Ribes and 

 in the very front rank of all spring-flowering shrubs, being one 

 of those that never fails to blossom well. Whilst all its forms are 

 beautiful, some are preferable." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. IfOt.) 



40480. " 7360 J. Var. intermedium." 

 See S. P. I. No. 40479 for description. 



40481. Ribes glutinosum Bentham. Currant. 



" 7360 I." 



" This differs from R. sangutneum in the young shoots and leaves being 

 furnished with glandular-glutinous hairs and in being less downy; also 

 in its quite pendulous racemes. It is inferior in garden value. Native 

 of California and Washington." (11'. ,/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hard;/ 

 in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408.) 



