TIMBERS. 515 
aft. gin. (Northern N.S.W.) 2. No. 23, London Exh., 1862 ; 
mae Paris Exh. 1855. “Grey Gum” and“ Maandowie” 
(aboriginal), names in Cumberland and Camden; diameter, 24 to 
48in. ; height, 60 to rooft. “An excellent gum timber.” It is of 
a brown colour, heavy, cross-grained, and difficult to season. 3. 
“Red Gum,” of Berrima. No. 37, London Exh., 1862; 268, Paris 
Exh., 1855. Diameter, 24 to 40in.; height, 40 to 80ft. ‘Said to 
produce good timber.”” Of warm red colour, and wavy appear- 
ance, close in the grain, and a splendid working timber. 
.““BLUE GUM” (E. saligna), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY 
THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 
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In the report of the Board this timber was described as Z. 
botryoides. Vide E. botryoides (supra), for an explanation as to 
the circumstances under which the confusion has arisen. 
Diameter, up to 7ft.; height, up to 100 or 120ft. 
New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 
oF 7. Eucalyptus salubris, /.v.17., N.O., Myrtacee, F.v.M., 
Braom., X., 54. 
Called “ Fluted Gum,” or “ Gimlet Gum,” from the structure of the 
stem. 
This wood is tough, yet easy to work, and serves for poles, 
shafts, and a variety of implements, and also for rough wood- 
engraving. (Mueller.) Height, up to 120, and even 15oft. 
Western Australia. 
