Inventory 68, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



PLATE III. 



A Fruiting Branch of the Andean Currant. (^Ribes punctatum 

 Ruiz and Pav., S. P. I. No. 53994.) 



This wild currant from the high Andes of Ecuador is not of great economic value, but when 

 crossed with the cultivated currants of northern countries it maj- jield new forms whose 

 climatic requirements will be dilTerent from those of present-day horticultural varieties. 

 The Andean currant bears golden-yellow fruits in great abimdance and grows in cool 

 regions subject to heavy rainfall. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Hacienda La Rin- 

 conada, Ecuador, June 8, 1921; P18600FS.) 



