Rl'BES MENZIE'SII. 
menzie’s gooseberr^. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
GROSSULACEA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
California 
8 feet. 
April. 
Shrub. 
in 1837. 
No. 944. 
Ribes, see No. 797. The specific name is given 
after Mr. Menzies, a botanist and surgeon, who be- 
came known from his services, in company with 
Vancouver, in a voyage round the world. 
Of the species of Ribes now before us, no engra- 
ving has, we believe, ever been published. It has 
a close alliance with speciosa, (Botanist, 38) but 
its flowers are not showy. It was raised from Cali- 
fornian seeds, sent home by Douglas; and has 
proved a completely hardy shrub, which may be 
called sub-evergreen, for it retains a great portion 
of its foliage throughout the winter. 
The number of introduced species of Ribes, has 
of late years been considerably increased, but none 
amongst them prove worthy of notice on account 
of their fruit. Our own truly valuable Ribes gros- 
sularia — the Gooseberry, and Ribes rubrum — the 
Currant, remain, as regards this genus, the mo- 
narchs of the garden. 
This is a very strong-growing shrub, forming a 
large compact bush, which blossoms freely, and may 
be easily increased by layers of the low branches or 
by its suckers, which are generally abundant. 
