SAXIFRAGACEi^ 



in June or July ; cut back selected shoots to within 4-8 ins. November — 

 February, and cut out old and distorted branches. 



Mowers greenish-white, ] in. diam., in a pendent axillary raceme, 1-3 ins. 

 long, many-flowered, glabrous or pubescent, never glandular, bracts ovate; 

 Cahjx cup-shaped, 4-5-fid, spreading, lobes obovate or rounded, twice length 

 of petals ; Petals 4-5, minute, inserted at base of calyx-segments ; Stamens 

 4-5, perigynous, filaments short; Ovari/ inferior, 1-celled, styles 2, stigmas 

 divided, spreading; Fruit a berry, globose, ] in. diam., thin skinned, red, 

 acid, 1-celled. 



Leaves alternate, 2-4 ins. long, 2-3 J ins. broad, palmately 3-5-lobed, 

 cordate at base, obtuse, irregularly and coarsely serrated, usually glabrous 

 above, paler beneath, tomentose, inodorous, young leaves pubescent, especially 

 beneath, eglandular; petiole pubescent or setose. Autumn tints yellow and 

 brown. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-5 ft. ; Branches grey ; T'wigs brown or grey ; 

 Buds pale brown, scales densely imbricated. 



Native of Britain. The name CuiTant is a corruption of Corinth, a small 

 gi-ape at one time principally produced near Corinth, the fruit being formerly 

 known as Uvce Corinthiacece. Leaves attacked by an Aphis {Myzus rihes). 



FLOWERING CURRANT, Rihes sanguineum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April. Best in a sunny position. 



Florvers rose, fragrant, in a drooping raceme, twice length of leaves ; 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, 5-fid, bright rosy-red, glandular pubescent ; Petals 

 5, white, inserted at throat of calyx ; Stamens 5, inserted with petals, alternate ; 

 Ovarij inferior, 1-celled, styles 2 ; Fruit a berry, turbinate, purplish, glaucous 

 bloom, bitter ; seeds numerous. 



Leaves alternate, cordate, 5-lobed, serrate, glabrous above, villous tomentum 

 beneath. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-8 ft. ; Tidgs orange-brown ; Bnd'i pointed, scales red. 



Native of North-west America ; discovered l)y Menzies ; introduced by 



Douglas, 1820. Specific name is Latin for " blood -red." 



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