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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
the preceding, and is of vigorous growth and very graceful habit at 
maturity. 
The Double Crimson, R. sanguinea flore plena., is a new variety, 
said to be more showy in flower. 
The R. s. glutifiosiim is a variety with pink flowers and earliest 
of all in leaf. The foliage of all these shrubs falls early, but turns 
to brilliant crimson and yellow colors before it falls. 
The Fuschia Gooseberry, Ribes speciosum, is necessary to 
complete the variety. Its shining leaves and vivid crimson 
blossoms, like miniature fuschias, and its lesser size, make it an 
appropriate border companion for the preceding sorts. Flowers in 
May and June. It can be budded on any of the currants. 
All these varieties of Ribes are natives of the valley of the 
Columbia, or California. 
Many of the old high-bush gooseberries are beautiful shrubs in 
the spring and summer, but most of them drop their leaves so 
early in the fall that it is a serious objection to their use. 
THE WHITE CYTISSUS, OR PORTUGAL BROOM. 
Cytissus alba. 
A half-hardy shrub, allied to the laburnums. A native of the 
south of Europe. Growth rapid, fastigiate, and composed of a 
great number of green upright shoots. Flowers white, in May, 
like very small pea-blossoms, and very sweet. “ Placed by itself 
on a lawn, it forms a singularly ornamental plant, even when not in 
flower, by the varied disposition and tufting of its twiggy thread- 
like branches. When in flower it is one of the finest ornaments of 
the garden. Trained to a single stem, its effect is increased ; and 
grafted on the laburnum, a common practice about Paris, it forms 
a remarkable combination of beauty and singularity” (Loudon). 
Height from ten to twenty feet. 
The Flesh-colored Cytissus. C. a. incarnata. — This is a 
dwarf variety of the above which blooms profusely, and is probably 
the most desirable of the species. The varieties of broom are very 
numerous, but not of sufficient value to enumerate. 
