Species 60 to 70. For culture see C» 

 berry. Cuttings of hard woi 1 m ml 

 mound-layers 

 Thory, Monographie 

 Grosseillier; Card, 



states. There are*ortKul 

 dark red, and purple flowc 

 useful in shrubbery mis!,e 



)u II I du Genre 



5u 1 I «liich Figs 



211 I I I taken) 



V 1 I u i 1 III tic Currants 

 and Cud cliLruea inbich see m 

 \ ols I ami II) Ribes Lontiins 

 few plants that are generally 

 prized for cultivatiou The most 

 popular ornamental species is the 

 Buffalo Currant J?i//fs uineum 

 which is hardy md pioductne 

 e^er^^^h n IW li\hrid S Go, 

 cl II 1 I iiular for its 



I it and Its 

 I / /It «m IS also 



1 ii 1( 111 ii northeastern 

 ural tonus with white verj 

 •s home of the species are 

 for their foliage and habit 



INDEX TO SPECIEb I\ AMERICAS TRADE 



albidum. 16. 

 album, 16. 

 alpinum, 11. 

 Americanum, 1' 

 atrorubens, 16. 

 aureum, 11, 18. 

 bracteosum, 13. 



flunaum 1 



(_ rossulallj 

 hybridum 



Cynosbati, 5. 

 fascieii latum 

 flore-pli 



..16. 



Lobbii 7 

 licustre 6 

 multiflonim 8 

 nigrum 14 

 ox\ acanthoides 3 

 prostratum 9 

 rotundlfohum 2 



variegatum 16 



A. Stems bearing tJwini below the leaf clusle}s 



branches often with niimeious scattered prickles 



berry sometimes ptitkly (Gooseberries ) 



B. Fls. red and shouy 4 parted stamens long, 



exioted 



1. speciosum, Pursh Fuch'^ia flowered Goo^e 



BERRY. Fig. 2119. Branches covered with hne reddish 



prickles and glandular tipped hairs thorns long slen 



der, commonly in 3 s Ks small thick shining par 



tially evergreen: peduncles slendei drooping 2^ flow 



ered: fls. showy; caljx cylmdraceous K-/4 in long 



stamens exserted % in or more beyond calyx both 



bright red: berry small prickly dry few seeded 



dry 

 California. B.M. 3530. B.R. 18:1557. Gn. 31, p. 333; 

 34, p. 230.— The most showy member of the genus, but 

 not hardy in the northern states. 



cc Be 

 i Grossul^ria Linn 



PEAN L OOSLBI 111 I 



rigid brani li i In 1 

 thick at bi 111 It 



very glossj ] iil ni 



broadly ovate, tbickish, 



2U9. Ribes speciosum, the Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry ( 



mall, 5-parted: 



c. Berry smooth. 



2. rotundiSdlium, Michx. Thorns mostly single, very 



short: Ivs. wedge-shaped, smooth or slightly downy, 



a CMsprt Linn ) Euro 

 ) \ ol II Bush stocky 

 mostly triple heavy and 

 H-% m long Ivs thick 

 trongly pubescent, lobes 

 ke, longer than the sta- 

 petals obovate, reaching to base of anthers : 

 ovary pubescent or glandular: berry generally oval, 

 large, green, yellow- 

 ish green or red, mi- 

 nutely but roughly 

 pubescent, often with 

 glandular hairs or 

 prickles. Eu., north- 

 ern Africa and west- 



5. Cyn6sbati, Linn. 

 Fig. 2121. Thorns 

 commonly .single, 

 slender, tine-pointed : 

 petioles and pedun- 

 cles pubescent and 

 glandular; peduncles 

 lung, flliform: calyx- 

 lobes narrow, oblong, 

 acute, half as long as 

 tube: ovary glandu- 

 lar - hispid : berry 

 large, prickly or rare- 

 ly smooth, reddish 



North America.— 

 Fruit edible, varia- 

 md worthy the atten- 



fruit. 



ble; sometimes cult, for 

 tiou of the plant -breeder. 



6. laciistre, Poir. Swamp Gooseberry. Upright 

 shrub, with many slender and straight prickles, and 

 weak .solitary or whorled thorns: Ivs. cordate, with 3-5 



