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Honeysuckle is sometimes used for cabinet work, as it is 

 in Tasmania. 



The trees in this colony are much smaller than those 

 of the same kind in the other colonies, the eucalypti not 

 exceeding 100 to 120 ft. in height. 



The Sandalwood tree grows in abundance on Yorke's 

 Peninsula, is short in stature, produces solid and strong 

 wood, does duty as firewood, and is a deadly enemy DO 

 mosquitoes ; any one, indeed, who. has had the misfortune 

 to camp by a Sandalwood fire in the bush will admit that 

 the mosquitoes show good judgment in keeping away from 

 such objectionable fumes. South Australia is spending a 

 good deal of money on planting the various eucalypti of the 

 neighbouring colonies, as well as foreign trees, but will not 

 be an exporter for many years, if ever. 



Amongst foreign trees successfully tried is the American 

 ash (Fraxinus Americana), the timber from which has been 

 used in coachbuilding work and compares well in quality 

 with timber of the same kind imported from America. 



