TIMBERS. 503 
well; diameter, 2ft. 3in.. (Eastern N.S.W.) 3. ‘“ Blackbutt.” 
Very light coloured for a gum, a sound piece of timber, well 
seasoned, dresses very well; diameter, 15in. (Shoalhaven, 
N.S.W.) 4. ‘ Blackbutt.” Dark brown, full of shakes, works 
fairly well; diameter, 18in. (N.S.W.) 5. The timber marked 
No. 31 in the N.S.W. timber list, London Exh., 1862, and No. 85, 
Paris Exh., 1855. ‘‘ Mountain Ash,” of Illawarra. ‘‘ Willow,” or 
White-top,”’ of Berrima. Diameter, 24 to 48in.; height, 50 to 
120ft. Much valued for rough purposes in districts where the 
better sorts of timber are not produced. It usually occupies 
rocky sites, and seems to form a link between the Ironbarks and 
the Gums. It is straight in the grain, moderately heavy, light 
reddish-brown, works fairly well, but is of a very gummy nature ; 
adapted for bent work. 
Diameter, 36 to 48in.; height, 100 to 15oft. 
Eastern Gippsland to Southern Queensland. 
305. Eucalyptus piperita, Smith, in Trans. Linn. Soc., iii., 286 
(partly) ; (Syn. Z£. acervula, Sieb.) ; N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., 
ik, 207. 
“ White Stringybark” and “ Peppermint.’ It also bears the names of 
“Blackbutt” and ‘Redwood.’ A variety growing in the Braidwood 
district (New South Wales) goes by the names of ‘‘ Messmate” and 
* Almond-leaved Stringybark.” 
This timber is durable; it is known to have kept sound for 
40 years in damp soil; it is used for posts, shingles, house 
building, etc., and also for rough indoor housework. A log in 
the Technological Museum is labelled ‘‘ Redwood,” or ‘‘ Pepper- 
mint’ (S. and W. Districts of N.S.W.) Timber red, a mass of 
shakes, works with difficulty; diameter, 2ft. 
In the Sydney Mint Experiments, 1860, a sample of timber, 
“White Stringybark” (Zucalypius sp.), (EZ. acervula in the M.S.), 
was experimented upon, which doubtless belongs to this species. 
It came from Berrima; specific gravity, .g22; value of E, 351,600; 
of S, 2,268. 
