. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RIBES RIBES 1533 BB. Fl:i. large, tubular, red or ijeUow. c. Racemes leafless. 16. sanguineum, Pursh. Red-flowered Currant. Fig. 2124. BraiK'lies red, siiiooth ; young parts pu- bescent or glandular-hairy: Ivs. 2-4 in. broad, round- cordate: racemes long, pendulous: bracts obovate, mem- branous, as long as the
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RIBES RIBES 1533 BB. Fl:i. large, tubular, red or ijeUow. c. Racemes leafless. 16. sanguineum, Pursh. Red-flowered Currant. Fig. 2124. BraiK'lies red, siiiooth ; young parts pu- bescent or glandular-hairy: Ivs. 2-4 in. broad, round- cordate: racemes long, pendulous: bracts obovate, mem- branous, as long as the pedicel: fis. pui-ple-red or rose- colored; calyx, ovary and peduncles beset with short, glandular-tipped hairs: fr. bluish black, rough, glandu- lar-hairy, dry and bitterish. British Columbia, through California and Mexico to South America. 3335. 10:1349. Gu. 51:1110. Var. variegELtum, "Watson. Bush low: racemes short and dense, ascending, barely glandular: Ivs. thicker, downy beneath. Var. albidum, Hort. [JS. alHdum, Hort.), is a form with whitish, dirtv vellow or yellowish red flowers and light-colored fruit'. ' 1843:419. Gn. 51:1110 (as R. album). Var. atrbrubens, Hort., one with dark, blood- red flowers. Var. fldre pleno, Hort., has dark, clear double flowers. 1845:245. U. 14:144. All the forms of this species are worthy ornamental plants. 17. Gordonianum, Lem. A hj^brid between R. san- guinenm and R. , intermediate in character: fls. resemble R. sanfjuineum, but lighter: bush resembles R. aureum, but generally fruitless. 2:165 and plate. Gn. 51:1110 (as R. hybridum).âOf English origin. Hardy and useful. cc. Racemes leafy. 18. aiireum, Pursh. Missouri, Flowering, Golden or Buffalo Currant. Fig. 2125; also Fig. 613, Vol. I. Plant free-growing, sprouting from root: Ivs. cuneate or truncate, smooth, shining, when very young densely cov- ered with brown or yellow resinous beads,which disappear with age: peduncles short, few-fld.; brac
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