CATALOGUE OF THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD 93 



Gum, Red. Eucalyptus calophylla, R. Br. Weight, 43 lbs. (Gamble), 

 Western Australia. 



Julius reports : " This tree is widely distributed, and of very handsome 

 appearance, growing to heights of over 100 feet and an average diameter 

 of about 3 feet. The wood is yellowish -red in colour, of lighter weight 

 than the other local eucalyptus, though fairly dense and hard, and splits 

 readily. It is apt to be much intersected with gum veins, which impair 

 its suitabihty for important or permanent works of construction. The 

 exuding gum has an acknowledged value for medicinal and tanning 

 purposes. . . . The timber is very strong and tough, but not very durable 

 under ground." 



Gamble reports : " Pores moderate-sized, usually in radial lines of 

 3 to 6, joined by concentric white bars. Medullary rays fine, numerous." 



Gum, Salmon. Eucalyptus salmonophloia, F. v. M. Weight, 66 lbs. 

 (at 12 per cent moisture). Western Australia. 



Concerning this timber C. E. Lane-Poole writes : [It is] " an exceed- 

 ingly dense wood, the second strongest in Australia. It is questionable 

 whether the gold mines of Western Australia, which have up to date 

 yielded £80,000,000 of gold, would have been developed had it not been 

 for this tree and its sisters Mulga {Acacia aneura and A. steresophylla) 

 and Gimlet [Eucalyptus salubris)." 



Gum, Spotted. Eucalyptus capitellata, Sm. Weight, 58 lbs. 6 oz. 

 Australia. 



This is so much like tallow wood that it is difficult to distinguish 

 between the two varieties. For conditions and uses it is similar in 

 all respects to tallow wood {q.v.). 



Gum, York. Eucalyptus Loxophleba, Benth. Weight, 67 lbs. (at 

 12 per cent moisture) (Lane-Poole). Western Australia. 



" The wood is reddish in colour, is exceedingly hard, heavy, dense, 

 and tough." This is the description given by Julius, who also reports 

 that it " does not grow to heights much above 80 feet or diameters 

 exceeding 3 feet, and the stem is apt to be more or less gnarled. . . . 

 The principal use of this timber has been in naves, felloes, and all kinds 

 of wheelwrights' work, its acknowledged peculiar excellence for which is 

 recognised beyond the limits of the State. It is also employed for 

 farming requirements and other local purposes." 



It is spoken of as possessing very "interlocked grain. 



