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All these wattles, however, yield a good fuel and useful 

 poles, are easily and quickly grown and afford good 

 shelter. 



Acacia melanox'^lon (Blackwood). This tree is not usually 

 classed as a wattle. It produces a very valuable timber 

 closely resembling our native Stinkwood (Ocotea bullata) 

 and grows to a height of 75 feet with a diameter of 2 feet 

 or more. It is fast growing and prefers situations with deep 

 moist soil, such as is found on bottom lands. Suitable only 

 for the cooler, moister portions of the Province. The 

 climate of George and of the natural forest belt generally 

 seems to suit its best development. 



There are many more trees which could be dealt wath but the 

 foregoing are perhaps the most important from a Cape Province 

 afforestation point of view, and it would make this paper, already 

 too lengthy, although merely a sketch, too cumbersome if further 

 notes were given. 



