IN EXTRA-TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 5 



Acacia glaucescens, Willdenow. 



Queensland and New South Wales. Extreme height about 60 

 feet. A kind of Myall, with hard, dark, prettily grained, but 

 less scented wood than that of some other species. 



Acacia harpophylla, F. v. Mueller. 



Southern Queensland, where this tree, according to Mr. Thozet, 

 furnishes a considerable share of the mercantile wattle bark 

 for tanning purposes. Wood, according to Mr. O'Shanesy, 

 brown, hard, heavy and elastic, used by the natives for spears. 

 Mr. Thozet observes that the tree attains sometimes a height 

 of 90 feet, growing naturally on sand lands, almost to the 

 exclusion of other trees and shrubs, furnishing wood of a violet 

 odour, splitting freely and used for fancy turnery. The tree 

 yields also considerable quantities of gum. 



Acacia homalophylla, Cunningham. 



The Victorian Myall, extending into the deserts of New South 

 Wales. The dark-brown wood is much sought for turners' 

 work on account of its solidity and fragrance; perhaps its 

 most extensive use is in the manufacture of tobacco pipes. 

 Never a tall tree. 



Acacia horrida, Willdenow. 



The Doornboom or Karra-Doorn of South Africa. A formid- 

 able hedge bush with thorns often 3 inches long, readily 

 available for impenetrable hedge copses. It exudes also a 

 good kind of gum, but often of amber colour : so A. Giraffse, 

 Burchell, which attains a great age ; the trunk assumes a large, 

 size, furnishing a wood of great hardness. 



Acacia implexa, Bentham. 



Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland. A tree of middle 

 size, content with poor soil. Wood firm and close, dark brown 

 with yellowish stripes; much in demand for turnery, cog- 

 wheels, and other purposes which need tenacity and strength 

 (Dickinson). Bark available for tanneries. 



Acacia longifolia, Willdenow. 



South-Eastern Australia. This tree is introduced into this list 

 inasmuch as the very bushy variety known as A. SophoraB 

 (R. Brown) renders most important services in subduing loose 

 coast-sand ; it should therefore be disseminated on extensively 

 bare sand-shores. To the recommendations of this bush can be 

 added that it grows so quickly. The bark .of A. longifolia is 



