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PLATE 17. Honey locust at Dodge City. 



feet high, and twelve inches in diameter. They are handsome, 

 graceful trees, good specimens of this very desirable species. 



OSAGE ORANGE. 



The Osage orange is equally as hardy and resistant to all 

 forms of tree troubles as the honey locust. It is not as rapid 

 in growth, nor so certain to make trees of good form, but its 

 value for posts, poles and fuel is widely appreciated. In spite 

 of its faults it is well toward the top of the list of trees for 

 localities where conditions are somewhat unfavorable for trees. 

 The thorns and the habit of sprouting are its faults, and, while 

 serious ones, they are readily overlooked by the planter who 

 must first of all ask the question, "Will it live?" At Ogallah 

 the Osage orange has lived up to its reputation. In the dem- 

 onstration block, in spite of sod and at least one fire, over 120 

 of the original trees or strong sprouts from them are still 

 vigorous. Fifty of these average over ten feet high and two 

 and a half inches at three feet from the ground. The best are 



