RPBES ATROSAXGUT'XEUM-AUREUM. 
goeden’s currant. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOG\NIA. 
Natural Order. 
grossclacea;. 
Garden 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Raised 
Variety. 
6 feet. 
April, May. 
Shrub. 
in 1837? 
No. 1051. 
The name, Ribes, is noticed under Xo. 189. 
The first of this e.xtensive genus of shnihs which 
we j^iiblished, was Ribes aureuni, Xo. 189 : the 
next, Ribes sanguineuin, Xo. 377 ; and many cul- 
tivators will not forget the pleasure they may have 
had in possessing the one or other of these gay 
fiowerers; especially sanguineum, which, as an 
early-blossoming shinb, trained to a wall, is in 
beauty sui^passed but by few. That which we now 
publish is of hybrid origin, between the two spe- 
cies mentioned; and, as a novelty, is worthy of 
cultivation along A\ith its progenitors. 
We arc indebted to the Messrs. Pope of Hands- 
worth, for the opportunity of figuring it ; who state 
that it was raised by Mr. David Beaton, whilst 
gardener to Mr. Gorden of Haffield, near Ledbury. 
Hence the plant is often known as Ribes Gordeni- 
anum, but we prefer compounding the names of 
its parents, to provide for it a distinctive appella- 
tion, that will convey information. 
Its culture is quite easy. It can be conveni- 
ently increased by slippings of the young shoots, 
taken in Febrtiary or at Midsummer. 
