SALMON GUM 



continuous only in wide rings : sometimes reversed in direction, 

 sometimes crossing or branched : mostly single or pairs : few, 

 2-25 per sq. mm. : filled : appear much lighter in the solid 

 wood. 



Rays. Need lens : many, 13-16 per mm. 



Rings. Very clear : boundary and zone poor in pores and a 

 strong definite contrast between neighbouring zones : contour 

 regular. 



Soft-tissue. Prominent in very narrow borders encircling the 

 pores : conspicuous from their lighter colour : cells in radial 

 rows forming patches rather than circles. 



Radial Section. Pores rather prominent, scarcely clearly-cut 

 lines : sinuous : rather darker than the ground. Rays just 

 visible in certain lights; white or hoary. Rings doubtful, but 

 there are occasional denser zones with few pores. 



Type specimen authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of Western Australia. 



No. 109. SALMON GUM. Eucalyptus salmonophloia. 



F. v. M. 



As FIG. 65. PLATE VIII. 



Natural Order. Myrtaceae. 



Alternative Names. Salmon-barked Eucalypt. Salmon- 

 barked Jarrah (80). 



Source of Supply. Western Australia. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight, 79 Ibs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 3, compare Blackthorn. Smell or 

 taste none. Burns very well, with a lively, crackling flame, 

 easily maintained : no smell, embers glow in still air, ash white. 

 Solution with water the colour of the wood, afterwards with 

 alcohol scarcely perceptible. 



Grain. Very fine and smooth, though open. Surface rather 

 dull. Rays rich, obscure, but shining: pores with resinous 

 lustre : feels like Boxwood. 



Bark. " Grey : slightly purplish : oily lustre " (80). Brown, 

 with a silvery lustre like micaceous sandstone, finely wrinkled 

 otherwise quite smooth : - inch thick : one layer only : en- 

 closes large, white, spindle-shaped fibres. 



Uses, etc. " Exceedingly tough and hard, believed to be 

 superior to any of the Western Australian timbers " (80). 

 " Durable : mining, wheelwright's work, piles " (17). Can 

 scarcely be split. Saws almost as easily as English Beech: 

 planes badly, as the grain " picks-up " in belts : very tough : a 

 good solid wood: the most beautiful of all the Eucalypti in 

 of colour. 



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