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R. GORDONIANUM (syns R. Beatonii and JR. Loudonii) is 

 a hybrid between R. aureum and R. sanguineum, and has 

 reddish, yellow-tinged flowers, and partakes generally of 

 the characters of both species. 



R. MULTIFLORUM, Eastern Europe (1822), is another 

 desirable species, with long, drooping racemes of greenish- 

 yellow flowers, and small red berries. 



R. PROSTRATUM (North America, 1812) is a good plant 

 for the rockwork, with deeply cordate, lobed leaves and 

 pretty erect racemes of yellowish flowers. 



R. SANGUINEUM. Flowering Currant. North-West 

 America, 1826. An old inhabitant of our gardens, and 

 well deserving of all that can be said in its favour as 

 a beautiful spring-flowering shrub. It is of North 

 American origin, with deep-red and abundantly-pro- 

 duced flowers. There are several distinct varieties as 

 follows : R. sanguineum flore-pleno (Burning Bush), with 

 perfectly double flowers, which are produced later and 

 last longer than those of the species ; R. sanguineum 

 album, with pale-pink or almost white flowers; R. 

 sanguineum atrorubens, with deeply-coloured flowers; 

 R. sanguineum glutinosum and R. sanguineum grandi- 

 florum, bearing compact clusters of flowers that are 

 rosy-flesh coloured on the outside and white or pinky- 

 white within. 



R. SPECIOSUM. Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry. Califor- 

 nia, 1829. A Californian species, remarkable for being 

 more or less spiny, and with flowers resembling some 

 of the Fuchsias. They are crimson, and with long, 

 protruding stamens. As a wall plant, where it often rises 

 to 6 feet in height, this pretty and taking species is most 

 often seen. 



The flowering Currants are of unusually free growth, 

 and are not at all particular about soil, often thriving 

 well in that of a very poor description. They are 

 increased readily from cuttings and by layers. 



