THE TIMBERS O! -LKRCE 



equal to English Oak in strength . . . the most widely 

 buted wood in New Zealand " (91). Works like English I 

 saws and planes easily and sweetly, but the grain "picks 

 in little scales. "Shrinks laterally in drying, . . . spar- 

 more used in carpentry than any other wood of the south of New 

 Zealand " (91). 



Authorities. Perceval (91), pp. 14 and 30. Laslett (60), p. 

 400. Ditto (61), p. 433. Collinson (24). Smith (in), p. 353. 

 Kirk (59). Agent-General for N.Z. (A.G.). 



Colour. Heart-wood blush-red or brown well denned from^fcie 

 yellowish-brown sap-wood. " Heart deep red, sap-wood less than 

 4 inches in trees 4 feet in diam., but proportionally greater in 

 smaller trees" (91). "Much varied in colour . . . brown or 

 chestnut with a nice diversity of shade and (60). 



" Reddish-brown resembling Rose-wood " (66). 



Anatomical Characters. As those of Podocarpus dacrydioides 

 No. 219, with the following differences : 



Rays. Visible \vith .difficulty with lens in the solid wood in 

 all sections. Theiv many cells filled with bright crimson 



contents which sho\\ up when moistened. 



Type specini : -nticated by the Forest Officer to the 



Government of New Zealand. 



No. 218. SILVER PINE (New Zealand). Dacrydium 



Westlandicum. T. Kirk. 



PLATE XVI. FIG. 140. 



Order. Caniferae. 



Manao (A. G.) Westland Pine (91). 

 7 supply. New Zealand only. 



Char act* Hardness Grade 7, compare English 



^ahikatea. Recorded dry-weight 41 Ibs. 



tell ragrant when worked. Taste astrin- 



very well with a long, smoky, quiet 



5 *arry smell : embers glow in still air. 



rate] , utifully clear green (? if with distilled 



qreen upon the addition 1 of potash, 



j>pt. 



; : moderately dense. Surface 



j-J inch thick : of three 



: ous in structure : the middle 



^rving to mark off the outer 



the external layer. An un- 



.ivvs cleanly and smoothly, something 

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