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The Ironbarks. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



1. Eucalyptus paniculata (White or Grey Ironbark). 



2. Eucalyptus siderophloia (Broad-leaved Ironbark). 



3. Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Mugga; a Eed Ironbark). 



_ The Ironbarks form such a natural group that I think it will be best to 

 give a preliminary account of them, and then a few notes on the species 

 under present consideration. 



We have six ironbarks, three of them of especial value. Timbers of this 

 class, are so important that it will be interesting to discriminate them. 

 There is a good deal of confusion in regard to the local names given to 

 ironbarks, and the names I suggest for the various species seem to me the least 

 objectionable. At the same time, the names " Narrow-leaved Ironbark " and 

 " Broad-leaved Ironbark " are too cumbersome for ordinary use, and certainly 

 for persons outside the State. It is probable that ironbark for the export 

 trade will go forward under two names only, viz., Grey Ironbark and Eed 

 Ironbark, the first being the White or Grey Ironbark, and the second 

 including both the Narrow and Broad-leaved Ironbarks, the timbers of which 

 closely resemble each other. The fourth ironbark, whose botanical name is 

 -Eucalyptus sideroxylon, is mainly an interior species, and will seldom, if 

 ever, be exported. A fifth species, Eucalyptus Caleyi, is chiefly confined to 

 New England. A sixth species, the Silver-leaved Ironbark (Eucalyptus 

 melanopliloia, occurs in the drier parts of the State. Perhaps timber will 

 go forward under the single generic name of ironbark; if so, I wish to 

 impress on friends at a distance that our various species of ironbark vary a 

 good deal in colour, as a consignee may readily be confused if an ironbark 

 be sent to him different in appearance to that to which he has been 

 accustomed. 



Table of Ironbarks. The following table brings out the principal points 

 of the four principal ironbark trees and ironbark timbers, and may help to 

 elucidate them : 



