Show Chinas China's National Tree Treel I. I T THE HE E tung or wood oil tree J- J j. j worthily n named med the nations national tl tree ee of oC China It Is stately In appear appear ance amice nce with smooth th green bark an ant an wide ide spreading branches affording f fine n shade It bears a fruit blink a shell sheH bark nut but large as a small small orange Each nu flu nut contains cOl three triangular seeds to small Brazil nuts Tho oil oU is presse front from these seeds and amid the refuse I 1 used as a fertilizer Time The oil Is use use principally for polishing and antI dressing leather Considerable quantities are arc exported The wood ot the tung tree is used for making m mu mu- instruments instruments fine fine boxes and amid the framework of 01 small houses It Is believed bc 1 that this tree might flourish In warmer parts of the tho United States jj Scientific American |