142 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



longirostris attains a height of 120 feet, with a stem of 70 feet with- 

 out a branch, in West- Australia, where it is vernacularly known as 

 Morrell. The wood is remarkably hard, splits freely, and is used for 

 spars, rafters, fence-rails, wheelwrights' work and agricultural imple- 

 ments. It is of a red tinge, and sinks in water, even when dry. 

 1,000 Ibs. of fresh foliage gave, in distillation, 62 oz. of oil (Nitschke). 

 Of other Malices E. gracilis gave 54 oz.; E. uncinata, 69 oz.; E. 

 incrassata, 112 oz. 



Eucalyptus paniculata, Smith.* 



The Red Ironbark-tree of New South Wales. This species fur- 

 nishes a hard durable wood, excellent for railway-sleepers. It is also 

 much used for building and fencing, as it splits well and is lasting 

 underground. All the trees of this series are deserving of cultivation, 

 as their wood, though always excellent, is far from alike, and that of 

 each species preferred for special purposes of the artisan. 



Eucalyptus patens, Bentham. 



The "Black -butt " of South- Western Australia. Attains a height of 

 120 feet and a stem-diameter of 6 feet. The timber is so tough as not 

 to yield to ordinary splitting processes, therefore useful for various 

 wheelwrights' work; it has proved also durable underground. 



Eucalyptus pauciflora, Sieber. (E. coriacea, A. Cunningham.) 



Vernacularly known as White-gumtree, Drooping-gumtree, or 

 Swamp-gumtree. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. A tree of 

 handsome appearance, with a smooth white bark and generally droop- 

 ing foliage; it attains considerable dimensions, grows best in moist 

 ground, ascends to alpine elevations, and thus is one of the hardiest 

 of all its congeners, enduring the winters of Arran (Rev. D. Lands- 

 borough); it shows a preference for basaltic soil. Horses, cattle and 

 sheep browse readily on the foliage. It is locally a " stand-by " in bad 

 pastoral seasons. Its timber is used for ordinary building and fencing 

 purposes. 



Eucalyptus phoenicea, F. v. Mueller. 



Carpentaria and Arnhem's Land. Of the quality of the timber 

 hardly anything is known, but the brilliancy of its scarlet flowers 

 recommends this species for a place in any park-plantation of countries 

 with a serene clime. For the same reason also E. miniata (Cunning- 

 ham) from North- Australia, and E. ficifolia (F. v. M.) from South- 

 western Australia, should be brought extensively under cultivation. 



Eucalyptus pilularis, Smith. 



The Black-butt of South-Queensland, New South Wales and 

 Gippsland. -One of the best timber-yielding trees about Sydney; of 

 rather rapid growth (Rev. Dr. Woolls). It is much used for flooring- 

 boards, also for railway-sleepers and telegraph-poles. Messrs. Camara 

 and Kirton measured a tree in the Ilia warra- district, which had a 

 stem-girth of 45 feet and a height of about 300 feet. 



