808 OBSERVATIONS OX THE EUCaLYPTS OF N.S W , 



AVo/.- — li()U,i;li barked to (lie ends of the branches; the bark of 

 the (niiik and branches is decidedly fibrous, but the fibres are not 

 so clean and tenacious as those of the true Stringybarks, and tlie 

 bark is not so suitaljle for roofing. 



Tiniher. — Timber from New South Wales localities is a rather 

 inferior, coarse, open-grained porous wood, liable to shrink and 

 warp. It is not esteemed for public works. Its open nature may 

 be, at least in part, a consequence of rapid growth, for which, 

 according to several authorities, E. obliqiin. has the reputation. 



It has been used in the Braidwood and Cooma districts for 

 many years for building purposes. In Victoria and Tasmania it 

 is largely used, and a recent official publication of the latter 

 colony states " It is our most valuable wood." In considering 

 the value of this statement it should, of course, be borne in mind 

 that neither of these colonies possesses a series of excellent timbers 

 such as New South Wales can boast of. 



Range. — Chiefly a Tasmanian and Victorian tree, it is abundant 

 in many places along the top of the eastern slope of the coast 

 range from Braidwood south. Its northernmost limit is a matter 

 for further investigation, but it extends nearly to the Clyde 

 River. It is found growing in company with E. <jonioccdyx and 

 otlier species on the Irish Corner Mountain, Reidsdale, Sugar 

 Loaf Mountain, and around Monga, both on the eastern and 

 western fall of those mountains. The trees are fairly abundant, 

 and are to be found growing to a height of from 100 to 150 feet, 

 with a girth of from 6 to 10 feet. 



Howitt (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. ii. Pt. i, 1890, \x 92) makes 

 the statement, as regards Gippsland, that " It appears to be' 

 essentially a littoral form, but ascends the mountains, kc." 



The first part of this statement does not appear to hold true in 

 New South Wales The tree grows right on the top of the 

 southern range with us and ne\ er in the littoral lands, as far as 

 oliserved. It frequents situations where it can be reached and 

 enveloped in the sea-fogs; in this remote sense alone can the word 

 " littoral " be applied to the trees with us. 



On the Tantawanglo Mountain it grows abundantly in compan}- 

 with "Cut-tail" and other Eucalypts at a height of about 3000 



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