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brown to dull red. The sapwood is of a light colour. It 

 polishes well. Warps and shrinks badly. 



Weight, seasoned, about 57 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Cedar or Eed Cedar (Cedrala australis) somewhat resembles 

 Honduras mahogany, but is lighter. It is easily worked 

 and durable and used for the better kinds of furniture, 

 house joinery and cabinet-making, and extensively for panels 

 in railway carriages. It is one of the best of the native 

 softwoods for panelling and interior work. Some of the 

 wood is handsomely marked. 



Weight about 28 Ibs. to 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Rosewood (Dysoxylon fraserianum) is a similar timber to 

 red cedar, of reddish colour, and obtains its name from the 

 odour of the wood when freshly cut. It is used for similar 

 purposes to cedar, but is heavier. 



Weight about 50 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Red Bean (Dysoxylon muelleri) is a similar wood to, and 

 often sold as, cedar. Of a uniform deep red colour, it is a 

 good furniture wood, and can be used for the same purposes 

 as any of the softer mahoganies. When freshly cut the 

 timber smells like a Swede turnip, hence it is sometimes 

 called Turnip wood. 



Onion Wood (Owenai cepiodora) derives its name from the 

 smell of the wood, which, however, does not last long. It 

 is often sold as bastard cedar. 



White Beech (Gmelina leichkardtii), a tree of 100 to 150 ft. 

 high and 3 to 5 ft. diameter, furnishes timber which 

 can be put to use soon after being cut, although it is better 

 for seasoning, and is in common use for ordinary carpentry 

 purposes, roof-stocks for carriages and wagons ; it is also 

 used for vats and casks, and for some classes of coopers' 



