TREES AND SHRUBS 



away shoots that have flowered as soon as blossoms fade. Propagate by cuttings 

 of young shoots in cold frame in April ; tongued layers with moss and damp 

 sand pressed into cut and kept moist in September ; suckers removed in autumn. 



Floivers white, fragrant, 2,^ ins. diam., axillary, panicled, usually in fives, 

 pedicels long ; Cdlyx inferior, 5-lobed ; Petak 5, obovate ; Stamens very 

 numerous, perigynous, anthers golden ; Ovary superior ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate, entire or serrated, recurved, acute, 

 petiolate, exstipulate, pinnately veined, pale green, whitened beneath with dense 

 pubescence, 2-4 ins. long. 



A deciduous sh?'tch, 6-15 ft. ; Branches slender. 



Native of Sierra Nevada, California ; introduced 1880 ; said to have first 

 flowered here in 1885. Named after Professor Carpenter of Louisiana. 



MOUNTAIN CURRANT, Ribes alpimm. 



Woods. April, May. 



Flowers yellowish-green, dioecious ; 3Iale racemes erect, 1-2|^ ins. long, 20-30 

 flowered, pedicels slender, shorter than bracts ; Females shorter, often nearly sessile, 

 8-10 flowered, more green; bracts linear; Calya: glabrous; Petals much shorter than 

 calyx-lobes ; Styles very short, cleft ; Fruit a berry, globose, i in. diam., scarlet, 

 tasteless, racemes erect. 



Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, serrate, nearly glabrous, 

 1^-2 ins. diam. ; petiole slender. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-4 ft. ; Branches slender. 



Probably indigenous in North of England. 



MISSOURI CURRANT, Ribes anreum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April, May. Best in an open, sunny situation. The 



flowering species of Ribes should be pruned only directly after the blossoms have 



withered. They may be propagated by cuttings 6-8 ins. long inserted in ordinary 



soil outdoors, October to February ; layering in autumn ; suckers November to 



February ; seeds in ordinary fine soil outdoors in September or October. 



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