198 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



an elevation of about 1,500 feet above sea level, when it ceases, 

 though it is seldom plentiful above 1,200 feet. The timber is 

 used freely for fence posts and all kinds of buildings. It seems 

 to resist the white ants better than the Box timbers; but Mr. 

 Coles, of Gilgunnia, informs me that if a tree be ring-barked and 

 allowed to stand till dead, it is soon attacked if then cut down 

 and used; but if cut down green and allowed to season while in 

 a horizontal position, it offers much more resistance. The theory 

 advanced for this is, that the incisions made by ringbarking 

 afford a ready escape for the product which is required to keep 

 away the white ants, and the downflow is assisted by the vertical 

 position of the trees. I give these particulars, as any information 

 on the subject is useful; and if the treatment should be found 

 reliable it might possibly be of service in connection with the 

 attacks of the Teredo on the coast Turpentine, Syncarpia lauri 

 folia. As a firewood White Pine is not prized, because it burns 

 so rapidly. When first lighted it shows some similarit}^ to Budtha, 

 Eremophila Mitchelli, as both burn with considerable splutter, and 

 both are objectionable because they cover everything with soot 

 that comes within range of the fire. In other respects the 

 trees are quite dissimilar. It might be mentioned that there is 

 scarcely any western tree which does not make good burning 

 wood, but perhaps the favourites for cleanliness and slow burning- 

 are Myall and Yarran; while north of Cobar, where Myall does 

 not grow, Acacia excelsa (Ironwood) is considered one of the best 

 in these respects. 



Between Mudall and Pangee Homesteads the following trees 

 and shrubs were noticed : — Geijera parviflora (Wilga), Pimelia 

 microcephala, Eremophila tnaculata (Wild Fuchsia), E. Mitchelli 

 (Budtha), Sterculia diversifolia (Currajong), Casuarina Camhagei 

 (Belah), Pittosporum phillyrmoides, Myoporum deserti (Dogwood), 

 Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood),Z)oc/o?ire<x sp.(IIopbush), Canthium 

 oleifolium, Heterodendron olewfolium (Rosewood), Apophylhim, 

 anomaiiun (Currant or Emubush), Fusa^ius acuminatus (Quan- 

 dong), Callitris robusta, Capparis Mitchelli (Wild Orange), Exo- 

 carpus aphylla. 



