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only, although used for packing cases in connection with 

 the fruit trade. The wood is of light brown colour. 

 Weight about 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Gum Top Stringy Bark (E. liaemastoma) is closer in grain 

 than the swamp gum ; it grows to a considerable height, 

 but small diameter, the average with a height of 150 ft. 

 being not more than 3 to 4 ft. The texture of the wood 

 is about a medium between stringy bark and swamp gum ; 

 it is largely used and found very satisfactory when seasoned 

 for house-building, flooring, and for coachbuilding and 

 wheelwrights' work. 



Weight about 48 to 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ironbark (E. sieberiana) is only found in the north east 

 of the island and in small quantities. It is used for local 

 requirements only and for similar purposes to blue gum 

 and stringy bark. 



Weight 48 to 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



There are at least half a dozen other varieties of 

 eucalypti in Tasmania, but those described are the only 

 ones likely to come into the foreign market. 



Peppermint (E. amygdalina) produces a good, durable 

 timber, much used for fencing posts, and makes excellent 

 shingles for roofs. It is only found in small quantities. 



Weight 39 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Blackwood (Acacia melanoxijlon), a tree of GO to 80 ft. 

 high with a diameter of 3 to 6 ft., is the most valuable of 

 the fine-grained woods of Tasmania. It is the " Black 

 Sally " of Western New South Wales and the hickory of 

 the southern part of that colony. It is a close, straight 

 grained timber of dark brown or walnut colour, varying 

 in shade and somewhat resembling cedar ; the sapwood is 



