58 TASMANIAN TIMBERS. 



LABURNUM (Goodia lotifulia). 



NATIVE LAUREL {Anopterus glandulosus) . 



MINT TREE {Prosthanthera lasianthes). 



All the above are small trees, occasionally used for in- 

 laying and turnery. 



NATIVE BIRCH (Dodonea viscosa). 



Has a pink sap and a dark heart-wood of extreme hard- 

 ness, but this tree rarely grows to any size in Tasmania; 

 it is useful for rulers, turnery, &c. 



NATIVE CHERRY (Exocarpns cujyressiformis). 



This tree will grow a trunk of six or eight feet long by 

 ten inches in diameter; the wood is a warm red brown. It 

 is used in cabinet work, but is not of commercial value. Its 

 claim to notice is that the fruit is spoken of as the " Austra- 

 lian Cherry," which grows the stone outside instead of in 

 the centre of the fruit ; though, as a matter of fact^ the 

 fruit is more like that of the Yew-tree than the Cherry. 



