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wood is valuable. Important for its rapid growth, 
resistance to exposure for shelter plantation, and a 
speedy supply of fuel, a remark which applies also to 
the following species : 
Casuarina quadrivalvis, Labillard.—The Coast She- 
oak of South-east Australia, yet not merely living in 
coast sand, but also on barren places up to the hills 
inland. Height to sixty feet. The male tree is very 
eligible for avenues, the foliage of the species being 
drooping. Cattle are fond of the foliage. For arrest- 
ing the ingress of coast-sand by belts of timber, this 
is one of the most important trees. It produces, like 
other Casuarinas, seeds early and copiously, and is 
easily raised. 
Casuarina suberosa, Willd.—The erect She-oak of 
South-east Australia. Height to forty feet. A beau- 
tiful shady species, Casuarina trichodon (Miq.), C. 
Fraseriana, (Miq.), and C. Huegeliana (Miq.), are 
arboreous species of South-west Australia, all valua- 
ble for their wood. 
Cedrela Taona, Roxburgh.—The Singapore Cedar. 
A mere variety of this is the Red Cedar of East Aus- 
tralia (Cedrela Australis, Cunn.). The light, beautiful 
wood, easily worked and susceptible of high polish, 
is much in request for furniture, for the manufacture 
of piano-fortes, for boat-building and a variety of other 
work. As this important tree is largely extirpated 
in the cedar bushes, it is highly desirable to form of 
it in our rich forest gullies independent plantations 
for future local supply. The Red Cedar is hardy at 
Melbourne, but in our open exposed gardens and poor 
soil of slow growth. 
Celtis Australis, L.—The Lotus-tree of South Eu- 
