TREES AND SHRUBS 



FUCHSIA-FLOWERED GOOSEBERRY, Ribes speciomm. 



Gardens, shrubberies, walls. April — June. A rather hairy shrub with 

 small clusters of Fuchsia-like blossoms. Best on a wall in cold districts. 



Flowers deep red, 1-3 on axillary peduncle, which is longer than leaves; 

 Calyx cylindrical, lobes often 4, linear-lanceolate, acute, glandularly pubescent, 

 hairs red; Petak red, linear-lanceolate, as long as sepals; Stamens protruding 

 beyond calyx for 1 in. or more, filaments red, anthers purplish-black ; Fruit 

 a berry, red, rather dry, few-seeded. 



Leaves fascicled, indistinctly 3-lobed, cuneate at base, acute, crenate, glabrous, 

 shining, petioles short. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft. ; much higher on walls, 15-20 ft. ; Brandies 

 glandular hispid, spines triple, infra-axillary. 



Introduced from California, 1829. Syns. R. stamineum. (long stamens), 

 R. fuchsioides (resembling Fuchsia). 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division II. . . . Calyciflorce 



Natural Ohder . . . HamamelidecB 



Trees or shrubs with watery juice, alternate, petiolate leaves, and 

 deciduous stipules ; Floxvers perfect or unisexual ; Cabja' 4-partite or 0, 

 more or less adnate to ovary ; Petals usually 4 or ; Stamens 4-8, anthers 

 basifixed, introrse ; Ovary inferior, 2-celled ; Fri/it a woody capsule opening 

 at summit, usually 1 -seeded. 



Co7'ylopsis spicata. 



Shrubberies. February, March. Rest in sandy loam, and warm, sheltered 



situations. Propagated by cuttings of well-ripened shoots in summer in 



heat ; also by layers. 



Floivers pale yellow, fragrant, appearing before leaves, resembling Cowslips 



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