i8 N.S.W. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 



The (tracts are less conspicuous than those of its northern congener, but at 

 the same time they harmonise proportionately in number with the indi vidua) 

 flowers in each head, and these characters in the hands of a master of decoration 

 could be utilised for artistic effect and conventionalisation. 



In certain directions in Decorative Art it has, perhaps, an advantage over 

 the New South Wales Waratah, for, having less flowers in the head and smaller 

 bracts, it lends itself to better treatment in basso-relief as against alto-relief. 



TIMBER. 



The Victorians should feel proud of their Waratah, as it grows to a forest 

 tree, and yields a beautifully light coloured fairly hard timber with a delicate, 

 yet neat, elegant figure when cut on the quarter, as shown in the coloured plate, 

 equal ni figure to American sycamore. It is eminently suited for furniture and 

 cabinet work. Figure 4. 



