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The inevitable "Miscellaneous" will for the purpose of 'the pi 

 edition of the present part include such dissimilar trees as our White H< < < !i, 

 Sassafras, Coachwood, Black Bean, Red Ash, Bolly Gum, and Rusty Fig. 



As this Handbook deals in the future with a greater selection of tii 

 the classification may be modified and improved; but I thought it \v--jlJ ;t 

 the present stage to adopt a provisional classification before submitting 

 for official adoption. 



In the classification of timbers, as in other phases of forestry in Now. 

 South Wales, \v-> arc still in the pioneering stage, but as an old worker, 

 thirty-five years' \\ork OIL the subject behind me, it is a groat pleasure to ^ee 

 that, beginning with 11)17, progress in forestry work in New South "VY. 

 will be made by leaps and bounds. 



The following list of readily accessible illustrations of trees and shrubs 

 of Ne\v South Wales forests will be handy for reference: 



