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The following unto by Mr. R. T. Baker in regard to timber passing under 

 the name of " She Beech " will he found useful: 



There has Ion- been a doubt as |<> the exact botanical determination of the 

 marketable limber passing under the name of "She Reech." Many authors 

 have referred it to CriiiitwnriHi !/htnccx<Tn.*. U.Br.. and s])eeimens of timber 

 inhibited in International Exhibitions, and now in the Technological Museum. 

 were labelled with the latter name queried: but I think now the matter can be 

 delinitely settled, as I have acquired botanical (timber and lloweriug) speci- 

 mens from Gosford, Port Macquarie, and Lismore, and without doubt "She- 

 Beech" is TctnuiUicm r<l iciilnhi, Meissn. 



The timber of Cnjittocttriin i/ltnircxrcnx is finite distinct, being much lighter 

 in coloui'. more durable, and with little or no tigure, as against tlie rich brown 

 < olour and large figure of T. rctii-iilnt/i. 



" She P>eeeh " timber is. [ find, also being sold in the Sydney market under 

 the name of "Bully or "Roily Gum." so that we have the timber merchants 

 selling to an unsuspecting public apparently two distinct timbers, but which 

 are in reality from one and the same species, -i.e., T. rcficii!nt<i. (I'roc. Unit. 

 JSoc. .\.N.U'..'vol. xxii, 1897, p. 235.) 



Leaves. Attention is drawn to the somewhat rigid, leathery leave.-. 



Baric. Slightly rough and cracked, otherwise a smooth-barked tree as 

 are most of the Lauraceae. 



Timber. Pale coloured, very fissile, tough, with almost a fibrous frac- 

 ture; rather hard when fresh; exhibits a neat grain. 



Sir William Macarthur's original description of the tree (from Brisbane 

 Water) was : " A magnificent tree, producing a soft, white, but useful 

 wood." 



The Queensland Forestry Museum catalogue gives its chief uses a? : 

 Joinery, cabinet-work, packing-cases, staves (for which it is extensively 

 used), and for inside work of buildings as a substitute for Pine. 



Mr. G. R. Brown says that, in the Port Macquarie district, it is used for 

 lining boards, like sassafras (Doryphora). 



See also under " Vernacular Names." 



Size. A rather large tree. Trees 60 to 80 feet in height, with a diameter 

 of 2 to nearly 3 feet, are not uncommon. 



Sir William Macarthur gave the height of trees at Brisbane Water as 

 70 to 80 feet, and, a diameter of 2 feet. 



Propagation. Like most of the Litsccas, a beautiful shade tree for the 

 wanner, moister parts of this State; it requires shelter and good soil. 



Hal nt at. This is a coastal brush tree, occurring from Rockingham Bay, 

 Queensland, to the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales. Further search 

 will doubtless extend the recorded range. 



In the " Flora Australiensis " B.F1. v, 306), we have the following: 



(.hicrnxloiul. Rockingham Ray (Dallachy) ; Sydney woods (probably from 

 "Brisbane A'irrr. should be " Water"). Paris Exhibition, 1SS5 (Macarthur, n 

 24. 192.) 



I have it also in the Herbarium from the following intermediate localities 

 going north : 



Tuggerah Lakes (F. Gordon) ; near Tinonee, height 60 feet, diameter 

 20 inches (Augustus Rudder) ; Port Macquarie, " Scaly or Yellow Beech " 

 (G. R. Brown) ; Woolgoolga Creek (E. H. F. Swain). 



