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Ribes aureum, Pursh. 
Arkansas, Missouri, Oregon. This favorite bush of our 
shrubberies would likely on our forest-streams produce its 
pleasant berries, which turn from yellow to brown or black. 
Allied to this is R. temoiflorum, Lindl., of California and the 
nearest States, with fruits of the size of red currants, of 
agreeable flavor, and either dark purple or yellow color. 
Ribes divaricatum, Douglas. 
California and Oregon. One of the G-ooseberries of those 
countries. Berries smooth, black, about one-third of an 
inch in diameter, pleasant to the taste. Culture might 
improve this and many of the other species. E. Nuttalli 
(i?. villosum, Nutt., not of Gay, nor of Wallich) is an allied 
plant also from California. 
Ribes Floridum, THerit. 
The Black Currant of North America. The berries resemble 
in odor and taste those of E. nigrum. Allied to this is 
R. Sudsonianum, Eich., from the colder parts of North 
America. 
Ribes Griffithi, j. Hook, and T. Thoms. 
Himalaia, at a height of 10,000 to 13,000 feet. Allied to 
E. rubrum, bearing similar but larger berries of somewhat 
austere taste. The naturalization of this Currant-bush on 
our highest alps may prove of advantage. R. laciniatum, 
H. and T., is likewise a Himalaian species with red berries, 
and so R. glaciale, Wall. Furthermore R. villosum, Wall. 
{R. leptostachyum, Decaisne) comes from the Indian high- 
lands and seems worthy of introduction. 
Ribes Grossularia, D. 
The ordinary Gooseberry. Europe, North Africa, Western 
Asia, on the Himalaian Mountains up to a height ol 
12,000 feet. This bush, familiar to every one, is mentioned 
here merely to indicate the desirability of naturalizing it in 
our alpine regions, where no fruits equal to it in value exist. 
Ribes hirtellum, Michaux. 
The commonest smooth Gooseberry of North America. It 
likes moist ground. 
