The Chinese Osage Orange. Cudrania triloba. 



"The peculiar looking trunk of a Chinese osage-orange 

 called 'Tcho che shu. ' The leaves are occasionally used 

 for feeding silkworms. Locally the small red fruits were 

 considered unwholesome." This species has proven hardy in 

 the Southern States and a hybrid between it and the ordi- 

 nary osage orange (Toxylon pomifenini] was produced in France 

 some years ago. It is a good hedge plant and hogs are 

 fond of the fruits. Photo. No. A 58, by F. N. Meyer, vil- 

 lage of Ya tze ko, south of S;- Shensi, China, Jan. 

 20, 1914. 



