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Acacia homalophylla, Cunn.—The Victoria Myall, 
extending into the deserts of N. S. Wales. The dark 
brown wood is much sought for turner’s work, on ac- 
count of its solidity and fragrance ; perhaps its most 
extensive use is in the manufacture of tobacco-pipes, 
Never a tall tree. 
Acacia Melanoxylon, R. Br.—The well - known 
Blackwood of our river flats and moist forest valleys, 
passing also under the inappropriate name of Light- 
wood. In irrigated valleys of deep soil the tree will 
attain a height of eighty feet, with a stem several feet 
in diameter. The wood is most valuable for furni- 
ture, railway carriages, boat-building, casks, billiard 
tables, pianofortes (for sound-boards and actions), and 
numerous other purposes. The fine-grained wood is 
cut into veneers. It takes a fine polish, and is con- 
sidered equal to the best walnut. Our best wood for 
bending under steam. For further details refer to 
the volumes of the Exhibitions of 1862 and 1867. 
Acer campestre, L.—Extends from Middle Europe 
to North Asia, Height, forty feet, in shelter and 
deep soil ; the yellow and purple tint of its foliage in 
Autumn render the tree then particularly beautiful. 
The wood is compact and fine-grained, and sought for - 
choice furniture. The tree can be trimmed for hedge - 
growth. Comparatively quick of growth, and easily 
raised from seed. These remarks apply to almost all 
kinds of maples. 
Acer dasycarpum, Ehrhart.—The Silver Maple of 
North America. Likes rather a warmer climate than 
the other American maples, and therefore particularly 
desirable for us here. . Height, fifty feet ; wood pale 
and soft; stem sometimes nine feet in diameter, 
