
          55890. RIBES sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural  
Explorer. A shrub which grows to a height of 5 or 6 feet in 
alpine meadows at an altitude of 12,000 feet, and to 15 feet in fir 
forests. It is a beautiful plant with pendent branches loaded with 
flowers early in May. In the latter part of August the fruits appear; 
these are yellowish red berries the size of peas, with an acid-sweet 
flavor.

56366. RIBES sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A shrub 4 feet high which grows on the Likiang 
Snow Range at an altitude of 15,000 feet. The small, oval, black fruits 
are rather tasteless.

49343. ROSA LAXA. Rose. Presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Elstree, 
England. This beautiful single rose is native to the Altai Mountains of 
Russia and to central Siberia. It has arching stems and very attractive  
white or pink flowers. The globose, pulpy fruits are bright red.

56113. ROSA ROXBURGHII. Rose. From Yunnan, China. Collected by 
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A low shrubby rose 2 to 4 feet high, 
which is found between Talifu and the Hsiakuan Plain at altitudes of 
about 6,800 feet. Its large, bright-red buds and magenta-red flowers 
make it very attractive. The compressed, fig-shaped fruits are an 
inch in diameter.

46002. ROSA sp. Rose. From Hupeh, China. Collected by Frank N. 
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A shrubby rose which sends up many stems. 
It has small foliage and bears single, medium-sized flowers of soft 
pink. It thrives in stiff, clay soil, resisting great humidity and 
high temperatures. This species was obtained from the gardens of a 
Roman Catholic convent at Ichang.

55721. ROSA sp. Rose. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A fine climbing rose which grows in great profusion 
at 8,000 feet altitude near Likiang. It is a prolific bloomer, 
bearing large masses of flowers which are at first yellow, but turn 
white when fully opened.

56017. ROSA sp. Rose. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A scrambling shrub or climber, 25 feet high 
with a spread of 30 feet or more, found with Rosa banksiae, all over the 
Lashipa Plain. The flowers, which are about an inch and a half across, 
when first open are yellow, and later become cream-colored. The 
orange-red fruits are borne in large, ample, compound clusters.

56126. ROSA sp. Rose. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. This is a large rambling or climbing shrub which 
grows in the pine forests back of Yangpi, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. 
The flowers are said to be large and whitish cream-colored, and the 
fruits deep red to orange.

56281. ROSA sp. Rose. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A large climbing rose growing on the slopes of

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