TIMBEES OF NEW SOUTH WALES 229 



Muskwood (Olearia argopliylla) is made into beautiful 

 veneers, but requires long and careful seasoning, else it 

 warps and twists badly. It is found also in Tasmania and 

 Victoria. 



Weight about 40 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Native Teak (FUndersia bennettiana) is a large tree ; the 

 timber is hard, heavy, and difficult to work, but durable in 

 and out of the ground. It is used for railway and other 

 buildings and for ceilings, flooring, lining boards, etc. 

 Some small parcels have recently been sent to Great 

 Britain. Pale yellow in colour and often handsome grain. 



Weight 63 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Blueberry Ash or Pigeon Ash, sometimes called mountain 

 ash and sometimes whitewood, is good for bedroom furni- 

 ture, staves, oars, etc., and makes good handles and poles. 

 The sapwood is white, the heartwood of darker colour. 



Weight about 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Red Ash (Alphitonia cxcdsa) is not much used, but is 

 worth noting because of the peculiarities in its colouring. 

 When a log is first cut it resembles ordinary ash in colour, 

 and for some time no change is perceptible ; after a time 

 it gradually assumes a reddish colour, which deepens during 

 two or three years, at the end of which time it has assumed 

 a fiery red appearance. This colouration is superficial and 

 may be removed by the plane, but the same depth of tint 

 returns with time. It is very ornamental. 



Weight, thoroughly dry, 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Coachwood (Ceratopetalumapetalum], one of the Saxifrageae, 

 is a light, soft, close-grained, tough timber, much used in the 

 colony for coachbuildiug, and is also said to make good 



