THE 
PRINCIPAL TIMBER TREES 
READILY ELIGIBLE FOR 
VICTORIAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, 
with indications of their native countries and some of 
their technologic uses. 
AN ENUMERATION OFFERED BY 
FERD. von MUELLER, 
COyviEGe Mo). seh). SBOR Se. Beles... Han. Gass 1 WeNloZ.ss 
Commander of the Order of St. Jago, Vice-President 
of the Acclimation Society of Victoria. 
This enumeration originated in a desire of the writ- 
er to place before his fellow-colonists a succinct list of 
those trees which, in our geographic latitudes, can be 
grown to advantage. Calls for such information arose 
gradually in the department of the Botanic Garden 
of Melbourne, not merely because it impressed itself 
more and more on the mind of every thoughtful set- 
tler that the wanton waste of the native forests should 
be checked, but that also largely should be added to 
our timber riches by means of copious and multifari- 
ous introductions from abroad, and that for these in- 
troductions the widest possible scope should be allow- 
