RIBES ALBIDUM. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
( Whitish-flovyeied Currant.) 
Natural Order. 
GROSSULACE^. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Character. — Calyx superior, five-parted, 
coloured. Petals five, inserted in the top of the calyx, 
and alternate with its lobes. Stamens similarly placed, 
opposite ; anthers compressed, incumbent. Germen 
simple. Style one. Stigmas two. Berry globose, um- 
bilicate, one-celled, many-seeded, with two opposite 
receptacles. 
Specific Character.— Plant a seedling prodiiction, 
like R. sanguineum, but with longer racemes of whitish 
flowers, which have a pink centre. 
Ribes sanguineum, or the Hed-flowering Currant, is now so thoroughly known 
to those who either possess gardens, or are in the habit of visiting others in spring, 
that it were needless to offer any remarks on its merits. As an early blooming 
shrub, indeed, it is truly invaluable, being laden with its splendid drooping racemes 
of sanguine blossoms from the present time till the end of May. 
Two or three fine varieties of that noble species have been originated within 
the last few years, and have become almost as common as the older kind. That 
best recognised has much deeper-coloured flowers than the first sort, and makes 
a very delightful variation when planted within sight of the lighter-flowered 
species. Last year, again, as we noticed in our Magazine at the time, a hybrid, 
generated by Mr. Beaton, now of Shrubland Park, blossomed at Mr. Low's, 
Clapton, and presented flowers of a pale greenish-white hue, slightly tinged with 
red. The plant has other distinctive features, which recommend it to notice. 
Beyond all comparison, however, the most beautiful thing of this description 
of which we have heard, is the plant delineated in our figure. This last was very 
kindly forwarded to us by Messrs. Thomas and William Handasyde, Nurserymen, 
of Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, who inform us that the plant was obtained 
from seed in the gardens of Admiral Sir David Milne, G.C.B., at Inveresk, near 
Musselburgh. Whether it was an accidental seedling or a hybrid, we are not 
44 The flowers are of a very delicate French white, with a pink eye ; while the 
plant has larger racemes of flowers than R. sanguineum, and is a more profuse 
