Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VI. 



A Tall-Growing Gooseberry from Kansu, China (Ribes alpestre giganteum, 



S. P. I. Nos. 39916 and 40022i. 



\ remarkably spiny tall will I gooseberry, growing al altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 feel in the Pto\ ince 

 of Kansu. Suitable as a hedge planl . The berries are elongated, of medium size, ami bang on the 

 in h throughoul mosl of the winter. These fruits arc preserved by American missionaries and 

 make a delicious tan jam. Photographed by Frank X. Meyer, near Yuugsa, Kansu, November 

 29, 1914 (P13149FS). 



