82 INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION, 
Among the indigenous trees of the Cape—of which specimens 
were shown—were the Cape “ Yellow-wood” (Podocarpus Thun- 
bergvi), very suitable for waggon building; the ‘ Stinkwood” 
(Oreodaphne bullata), largely used in the manufacture of furniture, 
its colour and graining being good; and the “ Sneezewood” 
(Pteroxylon utile), which is of great specific gravity, and, like the 
greenheart of Guiana, capable of withstanding the attacks of 
marine boring worms. Specimens of Cape box-tree (Celastrus 
buxifolius) were recommended to notice as likely to answer well 
in connection with the art of wood engraving. In all, there were 
exhibited specimens of the wood of forty-five kinds of trees grown 
in the Colony. 
No wood is at present exported from Cape Colony, as more is 
required than the home-growth can supply. What is imported 
is chiefly in the shape of Norway deals, which it seems can be 
sold at Cape Town cheaper than the indigenous timber of the 
country, so great is the cost of transport, etc., from the Knysna 
forests. 
There were also shown in the Cape collection a capital model 
of a Timber Waggon, simply and efficiently constructed to 
render it safe for transporting heavy loads over rough ground 
and through African “kloofs ” or ravines,—impassable by any 
less strongly-built vehicle,—and found particularly serviceable 
for “Transport riding” over the hot, dry Karroo country of 
South Africa. The Commissioners who represented the Cape 
Colony at the Exhibition were The Hon. Robert Southey, 
C.M.G., of the Cape of Good Hope, and Charles D. Steuart of 
Dalguise, Perthshire, by whose efforts the collection was made 
one of the most interesting to visitors of any of its class in the 
Exhibition. 
Natal. 
The collection of exhibits from Natal was interesting, although 
not very large. It was chiefly contributed by a member of this 
Society, David M. Smythe, yr. of Methven, Perthshire, and con- 
sisted of Specimens of the Woods of the Colony, several of 
which seemed to be of considerable value for cabinet-making 
and higher-class woodwork ; and of botanical specimens of the 
Forest Flora of Natal. 
