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BUSH-FRUITS 



Fig. 105. Ribes Gordonianum (X73). 



and southward along the mountains of the Pacific coast through 



Mexico and South America. 



Numerous forms appear in cultivation, some of which have 



received varietal names among horticulturists. The most impor- 

 tant are var. albidum, 

 with whitish, dirty yel- 

 low, or yellowish red 

 flowers, and even white 

 fruit;* var. atrorubens, 

 with dark, blood-red flow- 

 ers, and var. flore pleno, 

 with dark, clear, double 

 flowers. 



This is a handsome 

 currant, and is generally 

 prized for ornament, both 



in Europe and America. An excellent colored plate appears in 



the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, Vol. vii, p. 



509. In its native habitat, the woods are gay with its bloom in 



springtime. „ 



43. R. GLUTiNOSUM, Benth. 



Young growth more glandular and less pubescent than B. san- 

 guineum; leaves large, 2-6 inches (5-15 cm.) broad, not deeply 

 lobed, somewhat resembling the leaves of Eubus odoratus, not 

 downy; racemes long, many-flowered; calyx tube narrowly bell- 

 shaped, lobes thin, membranous, much longer than the stamens; 

 ovary glandular, but apparently becoming nearly smooth when 

 mature ; fruit as large as a gooseberry. 



California and the Pacific coast. 



According to Prof. E. L. Greene, this species blooms in Jan- 

 uary, and sanguineum in March. 



44. R. Gordonianum. (Fig. 105.) 



This is a hybrid between B. sanguineum and B. aureum, which 

 is said to have been raised in England many years ago. It is 

 intermediate between the two in character. The flowers resemble 

 those of B. sanguineum in shape, but are lighter colored, somewhat 

 like faded ones of that species; they are produced in showy 



♦Popular Gardening 4:10, Figure. 



