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good deal in quality, much of it, and particularly that found in the northern 

 parts of the State, is very durable, and has been used for wood blocks with 

 much success. I confidently recommend sound, mature Sydney Blue Gum 

 for this important purpose. 



Tin' late Rev. Dr. Woolls informed me that a coffin made of it was found 

 to be in a sound state after fifty years. 



In the Nelligen (Clyde River) district, where it is known as Redwood, it 

 is used by wheelwrights chiefly for felloes, and the local saw-millers often 

 go lout;' distance* for it. It is a favourable timber for inside work. On the 

 South ('oast tbis tree strongly resembles the Woolly Bu'tt in the trunk, 

 and the trees are hence often confused, local residents calling both 

 i-'tir(ili//i/uN milit/na and lontjifolia "Woolly Butt" with delightful imparti- 

 ality; but Woolly Butt for E. saligna is wrong, and is, I repeat, the result 

 of confusion. On the South Coast the Redwood (of course not to be con- 

 fused with Californian Redwood, so extensively used in tbis State), is not 

 much used for posts or underground work, as it is not considered at all 

 durable. 



Timber hard, not heavy, colour red, that from the smooth trees straighter 

 in the grain than that from the rough-hutted tree, whose timber is darker, 

 curled, and interlocked, resembling the wood I'm-. Icrcticuniix. If it were not 

 for its weight it would he a handsome furniture wood. Above ground It will 

 last a lifetime, but as posts it can only be depended on for from ten to fifteen 

 years. I have found both dry rot and white ants in it. The dwelling-house at 

 my place. 4 miles distant from here, is built chiefly of this timber, and I find 

 that many of the boards and some of the rafters are quite riddled by a minute 

 borer. (A. R. Crawford, referring to New England slopes (Moona Plains, 

 Walcha i timber.) 



. Up to 130 feet high and more, and a diameter of 3 or 4 feet, 

 though exceptionally attaining a much greater size. 



Habitat. Confined to New South Wales and Queensland, and essentially 

 a coastal and coastal-ranges tree. It does not extend further south, at least 

 in workable sizes, than Currawantr, a few miles south of Nellig'en, on the 

 Clyde River. I should be glad to hear from correspondents as to its extreme 

 -etithern limit. North of this it is extensively diffused throughout the 

 coastal districts of New South Wales, while it is fairly plentiful in Southern 

 Queensland. 



It is the tree which gives the name to so many New South Wales locali- 

 ties which rejoice in the name of Blue Gum Flat an indication of the 

 alluvial soil it prefers. 



M r. A. R. Crawford, of Moona Plains, wrote to me as follows in February, 

 IS'.M;, in regard to its distribution in New England: 



This species is found in heads of creeks on the eastern slopes, usually 

 smooth and white in appearance, like the Flooded Gum of the low country. 

 I have never seen the wood of trees grown there. On the tablelands it is 

 found in the gullies, running into ranges, and also on ridgy ground. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1.",. 



A. Twig of young foliage. 

 '1. Twig in flower. 



e. Front and back view of anthers. 

 D. Twig bearing fruits. 

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