KIBES 



Species 60 to 70. For culture, sec Cii 

 berry. Cuttings of hard wood in :iui 

 mound-layers in summer; new vari. tj, 

 Thory, Monographie ou Histoire N:ii 

 Grosseillier; Card, "Bush-Fruits- (li 

 2119, 2122, 2124- 



Aside from domestic Currants 

 and Gooseberries (which see in 

 Vols I and II) Ribes contamsj 

 few plants that are generally 

 prized for cultiv ition The most 

 1> )pular orninient il sptciis is the 

 Buttilo Currwt Ifil s uinium 

 xvlu, h 1 Iiu h ml II dmtne 

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!118. Flower of Garden | ^^ I I 



Currant, to show struc , 



'"=*^^'- huhn / ,/!, 



fairly well known, and is hud) lu th ncithedstem 

 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 



RIBES 1531 



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

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

 mens; berry small, agreeable. Along the Alleghany 

 mountains. L.B.C. 11:1094 (as J?. (Wrtoriim). — Some- 

 times offered by dealers in native plants. 



;?. oxyacantholdes, Linn. Fig. 2120; also 926-9, Vol. II. 

 Branches slender, reclined, but often crooked : thorns 

 single or triple slendei verj finely pointed }4-% m 





A. Stems bearing thorns below the lea f - clusters : 

 branches often with numerous scattered prickles: 

 berry sometimes prickly. {Gooseberries.} 

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

 exserted. 

 1. Bpeciosum, Pursh. Fuchsia - floweked 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^-flow- 

 ered: fls. showy; calyx cylindraceous, }^-j5 in. long; 

 stamens exserted % in. or more beyond calyx, both 

 bright red: berry small, pricklv, 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. 



'i or dull purplish, small, 5-parted: 

 stamens little or not at all exserted. 

 c. Berry smooth. 

 rotundifdlium, Miohx. Thorns mostly single, very 

 ■t: Ivs. wedge-shaped, smooth or slightly downy. 



long sometimes nearlv wintmg hs thin, roundish, 

 cuneite to coidite hneh pubescent glos&\ when grow 

 ing ( il\x greenish wliiti smooth or pubescent with 

 out lobes oblong oi obo% ite thin ind petal like equal 

 mg or exceeding the st imens 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 

 H. setosum). — Parent of the representative American 

 Gooseberries of gardens. 



cc. Berry rough-hairy or prickly. 



4. Grossularia, Linn. (i?. Uva-crlspa, Linn.). Euro- 

 pean GooSEBERKV. Figs. 922-5, Vol. II. Bush stocky, 

 rigid: branches thick: thorns mostly triple, heavy and 

 thick at base, the central one %-K 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. Cyn6sbati, 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- 

 cult. for its fruit, and worthy the atten- 

 tion of the plant-breeder. 



6. laciistre, Foir. Swamp Gooseberry. Upright 

 shrub, with many slender and straight prickles, and 

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



