162 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



bulwarks, and also for the sides of boats. In strength it is consider- 

 ably superior to Baltic Deal. Kauri ought to be extensively 

 introduced into our denser forests. . Auckland alone exports about 

 100,000 worth of Kauri-timber annually. It is easily worked, and 

 takes a high polish. This tree yields besides the Kauri-resin of 

 commerce, which is also largely obtained from under the stems. The 

 greatest part is gathered by the Maoris in localities formerly covered 

 with Kauri-forests ; pieces weighing a ton have been found in such 

 places. The value of this resin, as exported from New Zealand in 

 1883, was 359,936, in 1885 it was 299,762, in 1888, 380,933, 

 the London market-price being about 50 the ton. The varnish 

 made of it is almost colourless. Recent vast destruction of Kauri- 

 forests through fire render the establishing of this tree elsewhere all 

 the more imperative. 



Dammara macrophylla, Lindley. 



Santa-Cruz Archipelagos. A beautiful tree, often 100 feet high, 

 resembling D. alba. 



Dammara Moorei, Lindley. 



New Caledonia. Height of tree about 50 feet. 



Dammara obtusa, Lindley. 



New Hebrides. A fine tree, resembling D. Australis, reaching 

 200 feet in height, with a long clear trunk. 



Dammara ovata, C. Moore. 



New Caledonia. This tree is rich in Dammar-resin. 



Dammara robusta, C. Moore.* (Agathis rolusta, J. Hooker.) 



Queensland-Kauri. A tall tree, known only from the vicinity of 

 Rockingham's-Bay, the mainland at Wide-Bay and FraserVIsland. 

 It thrives well even in open, exposed, dry localities at Melbourne. 

 Height up to 180 feet; largest diameter of stem 6 feet ; wood free 

 from knots and easily worked. Market value 3 10s. for 1,000 

 superficial feet of timber. As much as 12,000 feet (superficial) of 

 good timber have been cut from one tree, that not being the largest. 

 The species is closely allied to the Indian D. alba, and yields likewise 

 Dammar-resin. In the same region occurs Dammara (or Agathis) 

 Palmer stoni, F. v. M. 



Dammara Vitiensis, Seemann. 



In Fiji. Tree to 100 feet high ; probably identical with Lindley's 

 D. longifolia. 



