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Kosciusko (Clark); Marion (Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Noble (Van 
Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Steuben (Bradner); 
Vigo (Blatchley); Wayne (Petry and Markle). 
Additional records are: Marion (Shipman); Montgomery (Ev- 
ans) and (Rose); Tippecanoe (Dorner); Bartholomew, Clark, ‘Craw- 
ford, Dearborn, Fountain, Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Marshall, 
Montgomery, Owen, Posey, Wabash, Warren and Wells (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood light, soft, rather tough, coarse-grained, 
takes a good polish. Used principally for fence posts and crossties. 
Too rare to be of any economic importance. Fruit edible and sells 
on the market at about the same price as the blackberry. 
Horticultural value. It is hardy and transplants easily. The 
fruit is a favorite with birds and squirrels. This tree could with 
advantage be planted along the borders of orchards to attract 
birds from the orchard fruits. The timber ranks next to the black 
locust and osage orange in value for fence post purposes. 
2. Morus alba Linneus. Wuitt Mutperry. A small crooked 
tree with white or pinkish fruit, introduced from the Old World, 
escaped from cultivation in the southern part of the State. The 
leaves are the principal food of the silk worm. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark 
(Baird and Taylor); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); 
Jefferson (Coulter) and (Young) ; Kosciusko (Clark); Miami (Gorby) ; 
Posey (Schneck). 
Additional records are: Jefferson (Deam); Putnam (Grimes); 
Union (Rose). 
2. TOXYLON. Tue Osace ORANGE. 
(From the Greek, toron, bow, rylon, wood, meaning, wood suitable for making bows). 
Toxylon pemiferum Rafinesque. Hrpar. Osage Orance. (Mac- 
lura pomifera (Rafinesque) Schneider.) Plate 69. Bark on young 
trees gray, becoming on old trees deeply fissured and somewhat 
shreddy, brown; mature twigs gray; spines about 1.5 em. (34 inch) 
long; leaves 6-12 em. (214-5 inches) long, pointed, rounded or some- 
what cordate at the base, smooth and glossy green above; flowers 
appear in May or June; fruit about 1 dm. (4 inches) in diameter, 
resembling an orange. 
Distribution. Missouri and Kansas south to Texas. A small 
thorny tree introduced into Indiana for hedge fences. Since land 
has become so valuable its use has been discontinued and many 
