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 pomiferum) 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 P.. N. Meyer, vil- 
lage of Ya tze ko, south of Sianfu, Shensl, China, Jan. 
20, 1914. 
