RIBES 



RIBES 



1531 



Species 60 to 70. For culture, see Currant and Goose- 

 berry. Cuttings of hard wood in autumn or spring; 

 mound-layers in summer; new varieties by seeds. See 

 'Thory, Monographic ou Histoire Naturelle du Genre 

 Grosseillier; Card, "Bush-Fruits" (from which Figs. 

 2119, 2122, 2124-0 are taken). 



Aside from domestic Currants 

 and Gooseberries (which see in 

 Vols. I and II), Ribes contains 

 few plants that are generally 

 prized for cultivation. The most 

 popular ornamental species is the 

 Buffalo Currant, Sibft aureum, 

 which is hardy and productive 

 everywhere. The hybrid R. Gor- 

 donianum is also popular for its 

 long clusters of bright pink flow- 

 ers, its vigorous habit and its 

 hardiness. Jt. sanguineum is also 

 fairly well known, and is hardy in the northeastern 

 states. There are horticultural forms with white, very 

 dark red, and purple flowers. Some of the species are 

 useful in shrubbery masses for their foliage and habit. 



INDEX TO SPECIES IN AMERICAN TEADE. 



albidnm, 16. fltridum, 15. rubrum. 10. 



>118. Flo wei of Garden 

 Currant, to show struc- 

 ture (X 4). 



A. Stems bearing thorns below the leaf -clusters: 

 branches often with numerous 'scattered prickles: 

 berry sometimes prickly. (Gooseberries.) 

 B. Fls. red and showy, 4-parted: stamens long, 



exserted. 



1. speciosum, Pursh. FUCHSIA - FLOWERED GOOSE- 

 BERRY. Fig. 2119. Branches covered with fine reddish 

 prickles and glandular-tipped hairs: thorns long, slen- 

 der, commonly in 3's: Ivs. small, thick, shining, par- 

 tially evergreen: peduncles slender, drooping, 2-4-flow- 

 ered: fls. showy; calyx cylindraceous, %-% in. long; 

 stamens exserted % in. or more beyond calyx, both 

 bright red: berry small, prickly, dry, few-seeded. 

 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. 



ciliate on margins and veins: calyx-lobes narrow or ob- 

 long, greenish or dull purplish, shorter Hum the sta- 

 mens: berry small, agreeable. Along the Alleirliany 

 mountains. L.B.C. 11:1094 (as It. triflorum ). -Some- 

 times offered by dealers in native plants. 



3. oxyacanthoides, Linn. Fig. 2120; also 920-9, Vol. II. 

 Branches slender, reclined, but often crooked : thorn* 

 single or triple, slender, very finely pointed, Ji-% in. 



2119. Ribes speciosum, the Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry (X %). 



BB. Fls. greenish or dull purplish, small, 5-parted: 

 stamens little or not at all exserted. 



c. Berry smooth. 



2. rotundifdlium, Michx. Thorns mostly single, very 

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



2120. Ribes oxyacanthoides (X 

 Parent of the American garden Gooseberries. 



long, sometimes nearly wanting : Ivs. thin, roundish, 

 cuneate to cordate, finely pubescent, glossy when grow- 

 ing: calyx greenish white, smooth or pubescent with- 

 out; lobes oblong or obovate, thin and petal-like, equal- 

 ing or exceeding the stamens; petals broadly ovate or 

 spatulate, reaching half way to the anthers : ovary gla- 

 brous: berry round, perfectly smooth, but with delicate 

 bloom, small or medium, red. Swamps and low grounds, 

 eastern United States. B.M. 6892. B.R. 15:1237 (as 

 R. setosum). Parent of the representative American 

 Gooseberries of gardens. 



CC. Berry rough-hairy or prickly. 



4. Grossularia, Linn. (R. Uva-crispa, Linn.). EURO- 

 PEAN GOOSEBERRY. Figs. 922-5, Vol. II. Bush stocky, 

 rigid: branches thick: thorns mostly triple, heavy and 

 thick at base, the central one 3 /s-% in. long: Ivs. thick, 

 very glossy, pubescent: calyx strongly pubescent; lobes 

 broadly ovate, thickish, leaf-like, longer than the sta- 

 mens ; 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- 

 ern Asia. 



5. Cynosbati, Linn. 

 Fig. 2121. Thorns 

 commonly single, 

 slender, fine-pointed: 

 petioles and pedun- 

 cles pubescent and 

 glandular; peduncles 

 long, filiform : calyx- 

 lobes narrow, oblong, 

 acute, half as long as 

 tube: ovary glandu- 

 lar - hispid : berry 

 large, prickly or rare- 

 ly smooth, reddish 

 purple. Eastern 

 North America. 

 Fruit edible, varia- 

 ble; sometimes cult, for its fruit, and worthy the atten- 

 tion of the plant-breeder. 



6. lacuBtre, Poir. SWAMP GOOSEBERRY. Upright 

 shrub, with many slender and straight prickles, and 

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



